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Cecilia Carmen Linda Brækhus (born 28 September 1981) is a Norwegian professional boxer and a former kickboxer. She is currently the undisputed world welterweight champion, and the first woman in the world to hold the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO titles simultaneously. She currently resides in Berlin, Germany, and regularly appears in the co-main event on Sauerland Events Viasat Nordic Fight Night cards.〔(Braekus Sauerland page )〕 ==Career== Originally from Cartagena, Colombia, she was adopted as a 2-year-old by Norwegian parents and raised in the Sandviken area of Bergen.〔 (Profile/Blog ) at ''TV2blogg.no''〕 Brækhus started with kickboxing at the age of 14. In November 2007, she signed a pro contract with German promoter Wilfried Sauerland, who announced his intention of making her the first Norwegian woman World Champion.〔 Her first fight was against Croatian boxer Ksenija Koprek, 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. She also captured the vacant WBA female welterweight title.〔(Cecilia Braekhus new WBA 147 World Champion ) ''WBAnews.com''〕 Brækhus successfully defended her titles on May 30, 2009 against Amy Yuratovac in Helsinki, Finland, and on September 12, 2009 against Lucia Morelli in Herning, Denmark. Eight months later, on May 15, 2010, Brækhus successfully defended her WBA and WBC titles against Victoria Cisneros from the United States, while winning the WBO title. The match was fought in Herning, Denmark. In a unanimous decision, the judges declared the fight for Brækhus, having won all 10 rounds.〔(VG.no - ''Suverene Brækhus tok ny tittel'' )〕〔(Dagbladet.no - ''Brækhus forsvarte mesterbeltene'' )〕 On October 30, 2010, in what was expected to be the hardest match of her career, Brækhus successfully defended her WBA, WBC and WBO titles against Mikaela Laurén from Sweden, while winning the World Professional Boxing Federation (WPBF) title. After Brækhus having dominated the whole match, she knocked Laurén out in the 7th round. The match was fought in Rostock, Germany.〔(Brækhus vant på knockout ) ''vg.no''〕 On September 14, 2014, after defeating Croatian Ivana Habazin, Brækhus became the first Norwegian and the first woman to hold all major world championship titles in her weight division (welterweight) in boxing. 〔(Brækhus first woman to unify division ) The Foreigner〕 Voted female boxer of the year WBA, WBC, WBO and WPBF Champion Cecilia Brækhus is awarded as "Female Boxer of the Year 2010" by German boxing magazine ''BoxSport''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cecilia Brækhus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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