(OCT 4) This year Cecilia "The First Lady" Braekhus, 34-0-0 (9KO), of Norway, has had quite a year in 2018 thus far. On October 1, 2018, welterweight multi-world champion was honored at the WBC 57th Annual convention by being presented with the Guinness Book of World Records awards for three categories.  The categories were following: the longest Reigning Female Boxing Champion; the longest Reign as a Four-Belt Undisputed Boxing Champion; and the Most Bouts undefeated by a female World champion boxer.

In addition to the Guinness Book of World Records awards, the  WBC also awarded Braekhus with the "Lady of the Year" award.

On September 13, 2018, Braekhus, was honored with being presented with the history first Ring Belt by THE RING Magazine. The presentation of the first belt of its kind was made by RING Magazine’s Editor-in-Chief Doug Fischer in the Media Center for the World Middleweight Championship clash between Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez and Gennady ‘GGG’ Golovkin.

“This is one of my biggest dreams, a dream I was never really able to believe would be true,” said Braekhus. “I remember watching Muhammad Ali with his Ring belt, and I was wondering whether a female fighter would carry his belt. I never dreamt I would be the one, and the first one. I am so happy and proud, and this is one of my biggest moments in boxing. I will do my best to prove that I am the best female fighter in the world and honor this belt."  Full Story



On June 26, 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.

 

And Lastly....In a history-first, 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.