Cecilia Braekhus shows the inaugural Ring Journal girls’s pound-for-pound championship belt awarded to her in 2018.
Cecilia Braekhus has a brand new opponent for Saturday evening.
The previous feminine undisputed world welterweight champion will now face Maricela Cornejo in a 10-round bout on the Mandalay Bay Resort and On line casino in Las Vegas. The Braekhus-Cornejo struggle will probably be a part of the Golden Boy Battle Evening card that can stream stay on the Golden Boy YouTube channel.
Golden Boy Promotions made the announcement on Tuesday. Tom Loeffler, who promotes Braekhus, confirmed the information that authentic opponent Ema Kozin of Slovenia, who was to defend her WBC and WBO world title belts towards Braekhus, was not in a position to safe a journey visa, thus withdrawing from the struggle.
Each Braekhus and Cornejo will collide for the WBC interim world title belt (not acknowledged by The Ring).
“Ema thought she may safe a working visa in Slovenia, however then ran out of time,” Loeffler advised The Ring Tuesday evening. “We had been in a position to safe the struggle for Cecilia on brief discover versus Maricela Cornejo for the WBC interim world title. It’s an awesome matchup for Las Vegas between a (probably) Corridor of Fame fighter in Cecilia and Maricela, who’s already challenged 4 occasions for a world title.”
Braekhus (37-2-1, 9 knockouts), who resides in Bergen, Norway, final fought on October 7, preventing to a majority resolution draw towards then-WBO/WBA world titleholder Terri Harper.
The 42-year-old turned the undisputed champion at 147 kilos in September 2014, defeating Ivana Habazin by unanimous resolution. Braekhus turned the primary feminine fighter in any weight class to concurrently maintain all 4 world title belts.
Braekhus would make 10 successive defenses of the undisputed welterweight championship till she misplaced an in depth majority resolution to Jessica McCaskill in August 2022. Within the rematch 5 months later, McCaskill would win a one-sided resolution over Braekhus.
Between the second loss to McCaskill and the draw towards Harper, Braekhus defeated Marisa Portillo by resolution in December 2022.
Cornejo (19-6, 7 KOs), who lives and trains within the Los Angeles space, defeated Sara Gabriel by resolution in her final bout on July 20. She has received her final three bouts since a one-sided loss to undisputed middleweight champion Claressa Shields on June 3 of final yr.
The 37-year-old twice fought Franchon Crews-Dezurn, shedding each occasions by resolution. The primary struggle in September 2018 was for the vacant WBC tremendous middleweight world title. Within the rematch one yr later, Dezurn efficiently defended her unified WBC and WBO 168-pound belts.
Francisco A. Salazar has written for The Ring since October 2013 and has lined boxing in Southern California and overseas since 2000. Francisco additionally covers boxing for the Ventura County (California) Star newspaper. He might be reached at [email protected]
