STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Cecilia Braekhus will be looking to reclaim the five world titles she lost in a shock defeat by Jessica McCaskill in August of last year when the two meet in a rematch in Dallas, ...
In 2012, she saw women boxers compete at the Olympics for the first time, then in 2018 took part in the first female boxing match to air on HBO in the network’s 45-year history, defeating American ...
Cecilia Braekhus, the best pound-for-pound female boxer in the world and current owner of five welterweight championships, is set for her second fight in Norway after leading the charge to overturn ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... CARSON >> A boxing institution ended its 45-year run Saturday night at the StubHub Center. The curtain fell on HBO’s long dance with pugilism after the ...
Jessica McCaskill’s championship belts were sprawled across the stage Thursday in Dallas. McCaskill won five of those titles from Cecilia Braekhus on August 15, when McCaskill became the first fighter ...
Cecilia Braekhus was originally scheduled to defend her junior middleweight world title this coming weekend, but due to an unforeseen twist of things, someone she is familiar with will now be facing ...
Cecilia Braekhus should not be anywhere near the criticism of tonight’s last HBO telecast. In fact, she should be praised for being the exceptional undisputed world champion that she is. Braekhus has ...
Cecilia Braekhus headlines the final HBO boxing card against Aleksandra Magdziak-Lopes as she continues to put women’s boxing on the map. Boxing is a sport long dominated by men, but the tide of ...
(CNN) — Cecilia Brækhus embarked on her against-the-odds career in professional boxing almost two decades ago, and she’s hardly stopped fighting before or since. Along the way, her opponents have been ...