Thursday in Las Vegas: Cecilia Brækhus to be Honored with the Ring Magazine Women’s #1 Pound for Pound Title Belt

From Double B Publicity/Team Brækhus:

THURSDAY IN LAS VEGAS! CECILIA BRAEKHUS TO RECEIVE RING MAGAZINE’S WOMEN’S #1 POUND-FOR-POUND TITLE BELT

Las Vegas, NV (September 12, 2018) Adding to her “memorable year of dominant victories and accolades”, Undisputed Women’s Welterweight World Champion ‘The First Lady’ Cecilia Braekhus, (34-0-0, 9 KO’s) will be presented on Thursday afternoon, September 13 at 2:00 p.m. PT in Las Vegas with another first, THE RING Magazine’s Women’s #1 Pound-for-Pound Title Belt.

The presentation will be made by THE RING Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Doug Fischer in the Media Center (David Copperfield Theatre at the MGM Grand) for the World Middleweight Championship clash between Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin. Joining in the presentation will be Braekhus’ promoter Tom Loeffler.

WHO:      CECILIA BRAEKHUS/Undisputed Women’s Welterweight World Champion
                DOUG FISCHER/Editor-in-Chief, THE RING Magazine
                TOM LOEFFLER/Promoter of Cecilia Braekhus

WHAT:      Presentation of the first RING Magazine Women’s #1 Pound-for-Pound Title Belt.

WHEN:    Thursday, September 13, 2018 – 2:00 p.m. PT

WHERE:  David Copperfield Theatre
                 MGM Grand
                 3799 S. Las Vegas Blvd.
                 Las Vegas, NV 89109
                 (Entry limited to those with approved media credentials for fight week)

On January 5, 2018, Braekhus was named by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) as the First Female Fighter of the Year for 2017, a campaign which featured three sensational performances in her native Norway. The presentation of the award took place on Friday, May 11, 2018 in New York City at the association’s annual awards dinner.

On May 5, 2018, Braekhus was featured in the first women’s bout telecast in the storied history of HBO’s World Championship Boxing winning a 10-round decision over Kali Reis. Her victory from the iconic Stubhub Center in Carson, CA averaged an extraordinary 904,000 viewers in the live telecast on HBO. 

In their inaugural member poll for the Women’s Pound-for-Pound List, the BWAA’s announced on June 26, 2018 that Braekhus was voted the #1 Pound-for-Pound Women’s Fighter in the World.

Fighting for the first time in Moscow, Russia, Braekhus won a 10-round decision over WBC Interim Junior Middleweight Champion Inna Sagaydakovskya on July 21, 2018 at the Olympic Stadium.

Braekhus has been the Undisputed Women’s Welterweight World Champion since September 2014. Trained by the renowned Johnathon Banks, she is the holder of the WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF and IBO Welterweight World Titles.