(JULY 12) On Saturday, July
21, 2018, at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow, Russia, Cecilia "The
First Lady" Cecilia Braekhus, 33-0 (9KO), is set to fight Inna
"The Ice Queen" Sagaydakovskya, 7-0-0 (3KO), where she will be
defending her WBC, WBA, WBO, IBF, and IBO Welterweight titles.
Braekhus spent her final week of
training in Kiev, Ukraine, and said that the training in Kiev at
the Olympic facility has been fantastic, and that it has been a
great training camp, with terrific sparring.
Braekhus said on one news media outlet, "We’ve also had some
great friends visit while we’ve been here including Wladimir
Klitschko and Alexander Usyk.”
Braekhus vs.
Sagaydakovskya will be the chief support to the highly
anticipated World Boxing Super Series Final between
cruiserweight world champions Murat Gassiev of Russia and
Alexander Usyk of Ukraine. The event takes place just six days
after the final of the World Cup.
Braekhus said at a recent press
conference, "“This year has been one of taking
chances and taking different paths than I have in the past. This
fight on July 21, which will be telecast worldwide, is very big
not just for me but for all of women’s boxing.”