15 years and 10 months into her professional boxing career, Cecilia Brækhus has fought 39 times with 37 wins and 2 losses. As of June 2023, Brækhus' boxing record stands at 37-2 (9 KO wins).
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Cecilia Brækhus (The First Lady) is a Norwegian professional boxer. She was born in Cartagena, Colombia on September 28, 1981. Brækhus made her professional boxing debut at the age of 25, on January 20, 2007. She is a welterweight world champion. Brækhus is 41 years old, she will turn 42 in three months and 19 days.
Total Fights | 39 |
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Wins | 37 |
Losses | 2 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
KO Wins | 9 |
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Total Title Wins | 4 |
Title Defenses | 25 |
Title-Fight KO Wins | 7 |
Losses via KO | 0 |
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Result | Via |
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39 | Dec 17, 2022 | 41 | Marisa Joana Portillo | Win | UD |
38 | Mar 13, 2021 | 39 | Jessica McCaskill | Loss * | UD |
37 | Aug 15, 2020 | 38 | Jessica McCaskill | Loss * | MD |
36 | Nov 30, 2019 | 38 | Victoria Bustos | Win * | UD |
35 | Dec 8, 2018 | 37 | Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes | Win * | UD |
34 | Jul 21, 2018 | 36 | Inna Sagaydakovskaya | Win * | UD |
33 | May 5, 2018 | 36 | Kali Reis | Win * | UD |
32 | Oct 21, 2017 | 36 | Mikaela Laurén | Win * | TKO6 |
31 | Jun 9, 2017 | 35 | Erica Farias | Win * | UD |
30 | Feb 24, 2017 | 35 | Klara Svensson | Win * | UD |
29 | Oct 1, 2016 | 35 | Anne Sophie Mathis | Win * | TKO2 |
28 | Feb 27, 2016 | 34 | Chris Namús | Win * | UD |
27 | Nov 29, 2014 | 33 | Jennifer Retzke | Win * | UD |
26 | Sep 14, 2014 | 32 | Ivana Habazin | Win * | UD |
25 | Jun 7, 2014 | 32 | Jessica Balogun | Win * | UD |
24 | Feb 1, 2014 | 32 | Myriam Lamare | Win * | UD |
23 | Sep 7, 2013 | 31 | Oxandia Castillo | Win * | TKO9 |
22 | Apr 13, 2013 | 31 | Mia St. John | Win * | TKO3 |
21 | Sep 22, 2012 | 30 | Anne Sophie Mathis | Win * | UD |
20 | Jun 1, 2012 | 30 | Jessica Balogun | Win * | UD |
19 | Dec 3, 2011 | 30 | Ku'ulei Kupihea | Win * | TKO10 |
18 | May 7, 2011 | 29 | Chevelle Hallback | Win * | UD |
17 | Apr 2, 2011 | 29 | Jill Emery | Win * | UD |
16 | Nov 20, 2010 | 29 | Eva Bajic | Win * | KO3 |
15 | Oct 30, 2010 | 29 | Mikaela Laurén | Win * | TKO7 |
14 | May 15, 2010 | 28 | Victoria Cisneros | Win * | UD |
13 | Sep 12, 2009 | 27 | Lucia Morelli | Win * | UD |
12 | May 30, 2009 | 27 | Amy Yuratovac | Win * | UD |
11 | Mar 14, 2009 | 27 | Vinni Skovgaard | Win * | UD |
10 | Oct 25, 2008 | 27 | Borislava Goranova | Win | UD |
9 | Sep 20, 2008 | 26 | Cimberly Harris | Win | UD |
8 | Jun 21, 2008 | 26 | Nicole Woods | Win | UD |
7 | May 17, 2008 | 26 | Adelita Irizarry | Win | UD |
6 | Mar 29, 2008 | 26 | Tatjana Dieckmann | Win | UD |
5 | Jan 26, 2008 | 26 | Wanda Pena Ozuna | Win | TKO4 |
4 | Jun 23, 2007 | 25 | Borislava Goranova | Win | UD |
3 | May 26, 2007 | 25 | Olga Bojare | Win | UD |
2 | Feb 17, 2007 | 25 | Jana Latova | Win | KO2 |
1 | Jan 20, 2007 | 25 | Ksenija Koprek | Win | UD |
* World-title fight
Brækhus is a welterweight world champion. She has held four world titles at the welterweight weight division, two of which were vacant title wins, and the rest two were lineal championship wins.
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Welterweight | WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO |
Cecilia Brækhus is 171 cm tall (5' 7.32") with a reach of 170 cm (5' 6.93"). She fights out of the orthodox stance and presents an ape-index of -1 cm (-0.39").
Brækhus has a 23.1% KO rate.
Cecilia Brækhus made her professional boxing debut against Ksenija Koprek at the age of 25 on January 20, 2007, defeating Koprek via 4 round unanimous decision. She went on to win 35 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 9 wins via stoppage.
Brækhus had her first world title fight at the age of 27 on March 14, 2009 after 10 professional fights, against Vinni Skovgaard for the welterweight WBA (vacant) and WBC titles. She defeated Skovgaard via 10 round unanimous decision to become the welterweight champion of the world.
She is a undisputed welterweight world champion, and has won four world titles at welterweight. For all the details about Brækhus' world title wins and defenses refer to "Cecilia Brækhus World Titles".
Some of Brækhus' best fights and notable victories include wins over Victoria Bustos, Klara Svensson, Anne Sophie Mathis, Mikaela Laurén, Kali Reis, Oxandia Castillo, and Eva Bajic.
Brækhus has had a total of two losses in her professional boxing career so far.
Her most recent fight was a non-title bout against Marisa Joana Portillo on December 17, 2022. Brækhus won the fight via 6 round unanimous decision. It's been 5 months and 23 days since this fight.
Brækhus has fought a total of 39 times till today, which includes 28 world-title fights at the welterweight division. She is among the very best of her generation and is known for her great performances in her fights. These nine fights are the highlight of her career.
March 14, 2009: Brækhus becomes a unified welterweight world champion by beating Vinni Skovgaard via 10 round unanimous decision, in her first world-title fight. She now holds the WBA and WBC welterweight world-champion belts.
May 15, 2010: Brækhus becomes a unified welterweight world champion by beating Victoria Cisneros via 10 round unanimous decision. She now holds the WBA, WBC, and WBO welterweight world-champion belts.
November 20, 2010: Brækhus successfully defends the WBC and WBO welterweight titles against Eva Bajic, winning the fight via 3rd round KO.
September 14, 2014: Brækhus becomes the undisputed welterweight world champion by defeating Ivana Habazin via 10 round unanimous decision. She now holds the WBA, WBC, WBO, and IBF welterweight world-champion belts.
October 1, 2016: Brækhus successfully defends the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO welterweight titles against Anne Sophie Mathis, winning the fight via 2nd round TKO.
February 24, 2017: Brækhus successfully defends the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO welterweight titles against Klara Svensson, winning the fight via 10 round unanimous decision.
October 21, 2017: Brækhus successfully defends the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO welterweight titles against Mikaela Laurén, winning the fight via 6th round TKO.
May 5, 2018: Brækhus successfully defends the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO welterweight titles against Kali Reis, winning the fight via 10 round unanimous decision.
November 30, 2019: Brækhus successfully defends the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO welterweight titles against Victoria Bustos, winning the fight via 10 round unanimous decision.
The following is a fight-by-fight progression of Brækhus' boxing career; all the way from her debut, to winning world-titles, to her latest win against Marisa Joana Portillo, and all the other wins and losses of her career.
On December 17, 2022, a 41-year old Cecilia Brækhus (36-2, 9 KO) fought Marisa Joana Portillo in her 39th professional fight. She defeated Portillo via 6th round unanimous decision, making a successful comeback from her last loss..
On March 13, 2021, in their 2nd fight, which was an immediate rematch, a 39-year old Cecilia Brækhus (36-1, 9 KO) faced Jessica McCaskill again, who was now 36 years old with a record of 9-2 in an undisputed welterweight championship bout. Brækhus had lost to McCaskill in their last fight. Brækhus was the taller of the two by 3 cms and also had a 2 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, McCaskill had two losses, but had never been stopped.
Brækhus lost to McCaskill via 10 round unanimous decision. She is now on a two-fight losing streak.
On August 15, 2020, a 38-year old Cecilia Brækhus (36-0, 9 KO) faced American boxer Jessica McCaskill for the first time, who was 35 years old with a record of 8-2 in an undisputed welterweight championship bout. McCaskill was on a three-fight win streak with 3 KO wins. Brækhus was the taller of the two by 3 cms and also had a 2 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, McCaskill had two losses, but had never been stopped.
Brækhus lost to McCaskill via 10 round majority decision and lost the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO welterweight titles. She suffers the first loss of her career, and her 36-fight win streak comes to an end with this loss.
On November 30, 2019, a 38-year old Cecilia Brækhus (35-0, 9 KO) faced Argentinian boxer Victoria Bustos, who was 30 years old with a record of 19-5 in an undisputed welterweight championship bout. Bustos was on a one-fight win streak with 0 KO wins. Brækhus was the taller of the two by 7 cms and also had a 6 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, Bustos had five losses, but had never been stopped.
Brækhus defeated Bustos via 10 round unanimous decision to retain the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO welterweight titles. She is now on a 36-fight winning streak.
On December 8, 2018, a 37-year old Cecilia Brækhus (34-0, 9 KO) faced Aleksandra Magdziak Lopes in an undisputed welterweight championship bout. She defeated Lopes via 10th round unanimous decision to retain the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO welterweight titles. She is now on a 35-fight winning streak.
On July 21, 2018, a 36-year old Cecilia Brækhus (33-0, 9 KO) faced Inna Sagaydakovskaya in an undisputed welterweight championship bout. She defeated Sagaydakovskaya via 10th round unanimous decision to retain the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO welterweight titles. She is now on a 34-fight winning streak.
On May 5, 2018, a 36-year old Cecilia Brækhus (32-0, 9 KO) faced American boxer Kali Reis, who was 31 years old with a record of 13-6-1 in an undisputed welterweight championship bout. Reis was on a three-fight win streak with 4 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 2 cms and also had a 3 cm reach advantage over Brækhus. Coming into this fight, Reis had six losses, but had never been stopped.
Brækhus defeated Reis via 10 round unanimous decision to retain the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO welterweight titles. She is now on a 33-fight winning streak.
On October 21, 2017, in their 2nd fight, a 36-year old Cecilia Brækhus (31-0, 8 KO) faced Mikaela Laurén again, who was now 41 years old with a record of 28-4 in an undisputed welterweight championship bout. Laurén was on a two-fight win streak with 14 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 7 cms and also had a 8 cm reach advantage over Brækhus. Coming into this fight, Laurén had four losses, one of which was via stoppage.
Brækhus defeated Laurén via 6th round TKO to retain the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO welterweight titles. She is now on a 32-fight winning streak.
On June 9, 2017, a 35-year old Cecilia Brækhus (30-0, 8 KO) faced Erica Farias in an undisputed welterweight championship bout. She defeated Farias via 10th round unanimous decision to retain the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO welterweight titles. She is now on a 31-fight winning streak.
On February 24, 2017, a 35-year old Cecilia Brækhus (29-0, 8 KO) faced Swedish boxer Klara Svensson, who was 29 years old with a record of 17-1 in an undisputed welterweight championship bout. Svensson was on a two-fight win streak with 5 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 4 cms and also had a 5 cm reach advantage over Brækhus. Coming into this fight, Svensson had a single loss, but had never been stopped.
Brækhus defeated Svensson via 10 round unanimous decision to retain the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO welterweight titles. She is now on a 30-fight winning streak.
On October 1, 2016, in their 2nd fight, a a 35-year old Cecilia Brækhus (28-0, 7 KO) faced Anne Sophie Mathis in an undisputed welterweight championship bout. She defeated Mathis via 2nd round TKO to retain the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO welterweight titles. She is now on a 29-fight winning streak.
On February 27, 2016, a 34-year old Cecilia Brækhus (27-0, 7 KO) faced Uruguayan boxer Chris Namús, who was 28 years old with a record of 21-3 in an undisputed welterweight championship bout. Namús was on a five-fight win streak with 8 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 3 cms and also had a 4 cm reach advantage over Brækhus. Coming into this fight, Namús had three losses, one of which was via stoppage.
Brækhus defeated Namús via 10 round unanimous decision to retain the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO welterweight titles. She is now on a 28-fight winning streak.
On November 29, 2014, a 33-year old Cecilia Brækhus (26-0, 7 KO) faced Jennifer Retzke in an undisputed welterweight championship bout. She defeated Retzke via 10th round unanimous decision to retain the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO welterweight titles. She is now on a 27-fight winning streak.
On September 14, 2014, a 32-year old Cecilia Brækhus (25-0, 7 KO) faced Ivana Habazin in an undisputed welterweight championship bout. She defeated Habazin via 10th round unanimous decision to win the IBF welterweight title and retain the WBA, WBC, and WBO welterweight titles. She is now on a 26-fight winning streak.
On June 7, 2014, in their 2nd fight, a a 32-year old Cecilia Brækhus (24-0, 7 KO) faced Jessica Balogun in a welterweight title-defense fight. She defeated Balogun via 10th round unanimous decision to retain the WBA, WBC, and WBO welterweight titles. She is now on a 25-fight winning streak.
On February 1, 2014, a 32-year old Cecilia Brækhus (23-0, 7 KO) faced Myriam Lamare in a welterweight title-defense fight. She defeated Lamare via 10th round unanimous decision to retain the WBA, WBC, and WBO welterweight titles. She is now on a 24-fight winning streak.
On September 7, 2013, a 31-year old Cecilia Brækhus (22-0, 6 KO) faced Oxandia Castillo in a welterweight title-defense fight. She defeated Castillo via 9th round TKO to retain the WBA, WBC, and WBO welterweight titles. She is now on a 23-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On April 13, 2013, a 31-year old Cecilia Brækhus (21-0, 5 KO) faced American boxer Mia St. John, who was 45 years old with a record of 47-12-2 in a welterweight title-defense fight. John was on a one-fight losing streak. Brækhus was the taller of the two by 3 cms and also had a 1 cm reach advantage. Coming into this fight, John had 12 losses, three of which were via stoppage.
Brækhus defeated John via 3rd round TKO to retain the WBA, WBC, and WBO welterweight titles. She is now on a 22-fight winning streak.
On September 22, 2012, a 30-year old Cecilia Brækhus (20-0, 5 KO) faced Anne Sophie Mathis in a welterweight title-defense fight. She defeated Mathis via 10th round unanimous decision to retain the WBA, WBC, and WBO welterweight titles. She is now on a 21-fight winning streak.
On June 1, 2012, a 30-year old Cecilia Brækhus (19-0, 5 KO) faced Jessica Balogun in a welterweight title-defense fight. She defeated Balogun via 10th round unanimous decision to retain the WBA, WBC, and WBO welterweight titles. She is now on a 20-fight winning streak.
On December 3, 2011, a 30-year old Cecilia Brækhus (18-0, 4 KO) faced Ku'ulei Kupihea in a welterweight title-defense fight. She defeated Kupihea via 10th round TKO to retain the WBA, WBC, and WBO welterweight titles. She is now on a 19-fight winning streak.
On May 7, 2011, a 29-year old Cecilia Brækhus (17-0, 4 KO) faced Chevelle Hallback in a welterweight title-defense fight. She defeated Hallback via 10th round unanimous decision to retain the WBA, WBC, and WBO welterweight titles. She is now on a 18-fight winning streak.
On April 2, 2011, a 29-year old Cecilia Brækhus (16-0, 4 KO) faced Jill Emery in a welterweight title-defense fight. She defeated Emery via 10th round unanimous decision to retain the WBA, WBC, and WBO welterweight titles. She is now on a 17-fight winning streak.
On November 20, 2010, a 29-year old Cecilia Brækhus (15-0, 3 KO) faced Eva Bajic in a welterweight title-defense fight. She defeated Bajic via 3rd round KO to retain the WBC and WBO welterweight titles. She is now on a 16-fight winning streak, with two back-to-back KO wins.
On October 30, 2010, a 29-year old Cecilia Brækhus (14-0, 2 KO) faced an undefeated Swedish boxer Mikaela Laurén for the first time, who was 34 years old with a record of 6-0 in a welterweight title-defense fight. Laurén was on a six-fight win streak with 1 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 7 cms and also had a 8 cm reach advantage over Brækhus.
Brækhus defeated Laurén via 7th round TKO to retain the WBA, WBC, and WBO welterweight titles. She handed Laurén the first loss of her career, and put an end to Laurén's 6-fight win streak. Brækhus is now on a 15-fight winning streak.
On May 15, 2010, a 28-year old Cecilia Brækhus (13-0, 2 KO) faced Victoria Cisneros in a welterweight title-unification fight. She defeated Cisneros via 10th round unanimous decision to win the vacant WBO welterweight title and retain the WBA and WBC welterweight titles. She is now on a 14-fight winning streak.
On September 12, 2009, a 27-year old Cecilia Brækhus (12-0, 2 KO) faced Lucia Morelli in a welterweight title-defense fight. She defeated Morelli via 10th round unanimous decision to retain the WBA and WBC welterweight titles. She is now on a 13-fight winning streak.
On May 30, 2009, a 27-year old Cecilia Brækhus (11-0, 2 KO) faced Amy Yuratovac in a welterweight title-defense fight. She defeated Yuratovac via 10th round unanimous decision to retain the WBA and WBC welterweight titles. She is now on a 12-fight winning streak.
On March 14, 2009, in her 11th professional fight, a 27-year old Cecilia Brækhus (10-0, 2 KO) had her first world title fight against an undefeated Danish boxer Vinni Skovgaard for the vacant WBA and WBC welterweight belts. Skovgaard was 28 years old with a record of 7-0. Skovgaard was on a seven-fight win streak with 3 KO wins, and was the taller of the two by 3 cms and also had a 4 cm reach advantage over Brækhus.
Brækhus defeated Skovgaard via 10 round unanimous decision to win the vacant WBA and WBC welterweight titles. She handed Skovgaard the first loss of her career, and put an end to Skovgaard's 7-fight win streak. Brækhus is now on a 11-fight winning streak.
On October 25, 2008, in their 2nd fight, a a 27-year old Cecilia Brækhus (9-0, 2 KO) fought Borislava Goranova in her 10th professional fight. She defeated Goranova via 8th round unanimous decision. She is now on a 10-fight winning streak.
On September 20, 2008, a 26-year old Cecilia Brækhus (8-0, 2 KO) fought Cimberly Harris in her 9th professional fight. She defeated Harris via 8th round unanimous decision. She is now on a nine-fight winning streak.
On June 21, 2008, a 26-year old Cecilia Brækhus (7-0, 2 KO) fought Nicole Woods in her 8th professional fight. She defeated Woods via 6th round unanimous decision. She is now on a eight-fight winning streak.
On May 17, 2008, a 26-year old Cecilia Brækhus (6-0, 2 KO) fought Adelita Irizarry in her 7th professional fight. She defeated Irizarry via 6th round unanimous decision. She is now on a seven-fight winning streak.
On March 29, 2008, a 26-year old Cecilia Brækhus (5-0, 2 KO) fought Tatjana Dieckmann in her 6th professional fight. She defeated Dieckmann via 6th round unanimous decision. She is now on a six-fight winning streak.
On January 26, 2008, a 26-year old Cecilia Brækhus (4-0, 1 KO) fought Wanda Pena Ozuna in her 5th professional fight. She defeated Ozuna via 4th round TKO. She is now on a five-fight winning streak.
On June 23, 2007, a 25-year old Cecilia Brækhus (3-0, 1 KO) fought Borislava Goranova in her 4th professional fight. She defeated Goranova via 6th round unanimous decision. She is now on a four-fight winning streak.
On May 26, 2007, a 25-year old Cecilia Brækhus (2-0, 1 KO) fought Olga Bojare in her 3rd professional fight. She defeated Bojare via 4th round unanimous decision. She is now on a three-fight winning streak.
On February 17, 2007, a 25-year old Cecilia Brækhus (1-0) fought Jana Latova in her 2nd professional fight. She defeated Latova via 2nd round KO. She is now on a two-fight winning streak.
On January 20, 2007, a 25-year old Cecilia Brækhus successfully debuted against Ksenija Koprek. She defeated Koprek via 4th round unanimous decision.
Brækhus has knocked out 9 of his 39 opponents so far. Her KO ratio currently stands at 23.1%. Of her total 37 wins, nine of them have been via KO (24.3%).