Cecilia Carmen Linda Brækhus (born 28 September 1981) is a Colombian-born Norwegian former professional boxer and kickboxer. She reigned as the undisputed female welterweight boxing champion from 2014 to 2020, and is the first woman in any weight class to hold the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO titles simultaneously. Brækhus is also one of only 11 boxers in history, male or female, to hold all four major world titles simultaneously. She held the IBO title from 2016 to 2020. Brækhus won the WBC and WBO female super-welterweight titles in her final fight before retirement in October 2025.

In 2017, the Boxing Writers Association of America named Brækhus their inaugural Female Fighter of the Year."Cecilia Braekhus - BWAA Female Fighter of the Year". BoxingScene. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 6 January 2018. Guinness World Records awarded her with three recognitions in 2018: the Longest Reigning Female Boxing Champion, the Longest Reign as a Four-Belt Undisputed Boxing Champion, and the Most Bouts Undefeated by a Female World Champion Boxer."Undisputed champ Cecilia Braekhus honored by WBC in Kiev" . World Boxing News. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 24 October 2018. Brækhus held the WBC and WBA titles for 11 years and 154 days between 14 March 2009 and 15 August 2020.

Early life Born in Cartagena, Colombia, Brækhus was adopted as a two-year-old by Norwegian parents and raised in Sandviken, Bergen. Profile/Blog Blog at TV2blogg.no She started kickboxing at the age of fourteen and soon began competing in amateur boxing competitions, achieving an amateur record of 75–5 before turning professional.

Kickboxing career (semi-contact) 2003 WAKO World Champion, Semi Contact 65 kg 2002 WAKO Euro Champion, Semi Contact 65 kg 3 National Championships 2 H.M. The King's Trophy2002 King's trophy recipients

Amateur boxing career Brækhus fought 80 matches and won 75 of them. Silver medal at the 2005 World Championships Gold medal at the 2005 European Championships Silver medal at the 2004 European Championships

Professional boxing career In November 2007, Brækhus signed a pro contract with German promoter Wilfried Sauerland, who announced his intention of making her the first Norwegian female World Champion. Her first fight was against Croatian boxer Ksenija Koprek on 20 January 2007. Nervøs, men selvsikker BA.no On 14 March 2009, she became the WBC World Champion in welterweight against Danish boxer Vinni Skovgaard and also claimed the vacant WBA female welterweight title.Cecilia Braekhus new WBA 147 World Champion WBAnews.com Brækhus successfully defended her titles on later that year on 30 May against Amy Yuratovac in Helsinki, Finland, and on 12 September 2009, against Lucia Morelli in Herning, Denmark.

Eight months later, on 15 May 2010, Brækhus successfully defended her WBA and WBC titles against American boxer Victoria Cisneros in Herning, Denmark, while winning the WBO title. In a unanimous decision, the judges declared the fight for Brækhus, having won all 10 rounds.VG.no - Suverene Brækhus tok ny tittelDagbladet.no - Brækhus forsvarte mesterbeltene On 30 October 2010, Brækhus successfully defended her WBA, WBC and WBO titles in Rostock, Germany against Mikaela Laurén from Sweden, while winning the World Professional Boxing Federation (WPBF) title. Brækhus won by knockout in the 7th round.Brækhus vant på knockout vg.no

In 2010, Brækhus was voted the "Female Boxer of the Year" by German boxing magazine BoxSport. On 14 September 2014, after defeating Croatian Ivana Habazin, Brækhus became the first Norwegian and the first woman to hold all major world championship belts in her weight division (welterweight) in boxing history.Brækhus first woman to unify division The Foreigner

On 5 May 2018, HBO broadcast its first women's bout, between Brækhus and Kali Reis, where Brækhus successfully defended her titles.🖉🖉

Brækhus lost her titles to Jessica McCaskill by majority decision in a contest staged in Tulsa, Oklahoma on 15 August 2020. A rematch in Dallas, Texas on 13 March 2021 saw McCaskill take a unanimous decision win.

Brækhus claimed the vacant interim WBC female super-welterweight title with a unanimous decision win over Maricela Cornejo in Las Vegas on 10 August 2024.

Having previously announced her intention to retire, in her final fight as a professional boxer, she defeated defending WBC and WBO female super-welterweight champion, Ema Kozin, by unanimous decision at Nova Spektrum in Lillestrøm, Norway, on 4 October 2025.

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes42Win39–2–1Ema KozinUD104 Oct 202541Win38–2–1Maricela CornejoUD1010 Aug 202440Draw37–2–1Terri HarperMD107 Oct 202339Win37–2Marisa Joana PortilloUD617 Dec 202238Loss36–2Jessica McCaskillUD1013 Mar 202137Loss36–1Jessica McCaskill1015 Aug 202036Win36–0Victoria BustosUD1030 Nov 201935Win35–0Aleksandra Magdziak LopesUD108 Dec 201834Win34–0Inna SagaydakovskayaUD1021 Jul 201833Win33–0Kali ReisUD105 May 201832Win32–0Mikaela LaurénTKO6 (10), 21 Oct 201731Win31–0Erica FariasUD109 Jun 201730Win30–0Klara SvenssonUD1024 Feb 201729Win29–0Anne Sophie MathisTKO2 (10), 1 Oct 201628Win28–0Chris NamúsUD1027 Feb 201627Win27–0Jennifer RetzkeUD1029 Nov 201426Win26–0Ivana HabazinUD1014 Sep 201425Win25–0Jessica BalogunUD107 Jun 201424Win24–0Myriam LamareUD101 Feb 201423Win23–0Oxandia CastilloTKO9 (10), 7 Sep 201322Win22–0Mia St. JohnTKO3 (10), 13 Apr 201321Win21–0Anne Sophie MathisUD1022 Sep 201220Win20–0Jessica BalogunUD101 Jun 201219Win19–0Ku'ulei KupiheaTKO10 (10), 3 Dec 201118Win18–0Chevelle HallbackUD107 May 201117Win17–0Jill EmeryUD102 Apr 201116Win16–0Eva BajicKO3 (10), 20 Nov 201015Win15–0Mikaela LaurénTKO7 (10), 30 Oct 201014Win14–0Victoria CisnerosUD1015 May 201013Win13–0Lucia MorelliUD1012 Sep 200912Win12–0Amy YuratovacUD1030 May 200911Win11–0Vinni SkovgaardUD1014 Mar 200910Win10–0Borislava GoranovaUD825 Oct 20089Win9–0Cimberly HarrisUD820 Sep 20088Win8–0Nicole WoodsUD621 Jun 20087Win7–0Adelita IrizarryUD617 May 20086Win6–0Tatjana DieckmannUD629 Mar 20085Win5–0Wanda Pena Ozuna4 (4), 26 Jan 20084Win4–0Borislava GoranovaUD623 Jun 20073Win3–0Olga BojareUD426 May 20072Win2–0Jana Latova2 (4), 17 Feb 20071Win1–0Ksenija Koprek420 Jan 2007

See also List of female boxers List of female kickboxers

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References

External links

Cecilia Brækhus profile at Awakening Fighters Cecilia Brækhus profile at Women Boxing Archive Network