Sarah Mahfoud (born 29 September 1989) is a Faroese-born Danish professional boxer who won the IBF female featherweight title in July 2020. She subsequently lost to Amanda Serrano in a title unification bout in Manchester on 24 September 2022. As of April 2024, she is ranked as the world's second best active female featherweight by BoxRec and The Ring.
Professional career Mahfoud made her professional debut on 11 February 2017, scoring a first-round technical knockout (TKO) victory over Petra Podraska at the Frederiksberghallen in Copenhagen, Denmark. She had three more fights that year, securing unanimous decision (UD) wins over Ainara Mota in April; Jessica Sanchez in June; and Gabriella Mezei in October.
She scored two fourth-round TKO victories in 2018 against Nana Chakhvashvili in January and Vanesa Caballero in September, followed by a UD win over Stephanie Ducastel in November.
She won her first professional title on 18 January 2019 at the Nykøbing Falster Hallen in Nykøbing, Denmark, by defeating Bukiwe Nonina for the vacant IBF Inter-Continental female featherweight title. All three judges scored the bout 100–90, 100–91 and 98–92 in favour of Mafhoud. She had one more fight that year; a UD win over Enerolisa de Leon in October.
Her first fight of 2020 was for the IBF interim female feather title against defending champion Brenda Carabajal. The bout took place at the Frederiksberghallen in Copenhagen, with Mahfoud winning via UD with scores of 100–90, 98–92 and 97–93.
Mahfoud faced Skye Nicolson for the vacant WBC women's featherweight title on 6 April 2024 in Las Vegas, losing a clear, one-sided unanimous decision.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes16Loss14–2Skye NicolsonUD106 April 202415Win14–1Marcela AcuñaUD107 October 202314Win13–1Veronica TosiUD826 May 202313Win12–1Lara OchmannUD104 March 202312Loss11–1Amanda SerranoUD1024 September 202211Win11–0Nina MeinkeUD1021 April 202210Win10–0Karen CarabajalUD101 February 20209Win9–0Enerolisa de LeonUD812 October 20198Win8–0Bukiwe NoninaUD1018 January 20197Win7–0Stephanie DucastelUD824 November 20186Win6–0Vanesa CaballeroTKO4 (8), 15 September 20185Win5–0Nana ChakhvashviliTKO4 (6), 5 January 20184Win4–0Gabriella Mezei UD627 October 20173Win3–0Jessica SanchezUD417 June 20172Win2–0Ainara Mota47 April 20171Win1–0Petra Podraska1 (4), 11 February 2017
See also List of IBF female world champions
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