Girls’s Boxing Icon Cecilia ‘The First Woman’ Braekhus (37-2-1, 9 KOs), of Bergen, Norway, will now face four-time world title challenger Maricela ‘La Diva’ Cornejo, (19-6), of Los Angeles, CA this Saturday, August 10 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, NV. The ten-round bout might be contested for the vacant WBC Interim Tremendous Welterweight Title.
The initially introduced WBC/WBO Tremendous Welterweight World Champion Ema Kozin of Ljubjana, Slovenia is unable to defend her titles in opposition to Braekhus because of visa points.
Offered by Golden Boy Promotions and Tom Loeffler’s 360 Promotions, Braekhus vs. Cornejo will headline the Golden Boy Battle Night time: Bohachuk vs. Ortiz Prelims which can stream on the Golden Boy You Tube Channel.
Cornejo is returning to motion on a three-fight successful streak following a hotly contested 10-round middleweight championship battle in opposition to Claressa Shields on June 3, 2023 for the WBA/WBC/IBF/WBO and Ring Journal titles in Detroit, MI. Two of her extra world title challenges have been in opposition to present WBC Tremendous Middleweight World Champion Franchon Crews-Dezurn, each fights fought over the gap of ten rounds.
The primary ladies’s undisputed champion, a title she held within the welterweight division for six years (2014-2020), Braekhus seeks a return to world championship glory following a controversially scored majority draw with Terri Harper on October 7, 2023 in Sheffield, England. The bout was contested for the WBA and WBO Tremendous Welterweight World Titles in Harper’s residence nation.
A real pioneer in boxing, Braekus competed within the first ladies’s combat on HBO World Championship Boxing defeating high contender Kali Reis over ten rounds on Could 5, 2018 in Carson, CA. Efficiently defending her undisputed standing within the welterweight division, Braekhus debut on the community and first combat in america since 2008 was watched by 904,000 followers on HBO and in entrance of a sold-out crowd on the Stubhub Heart (Dignity Well being Sports activities Park).
