Cecilia Braekhus is a Norwegian professional boxer, born in Colombia, who held the undisputed status across the welterweight division's four major world title belts for most of a decade beginning in 2014, the longest unified reign in the history of women's boxing at the time. Nicknamed the First Lady of Boxing, she helped raise the visibility and commercial standing of the women's professional game in Europe.
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NationalityNorwegian (Colombian-born) 3 Career HighlightFirst woman in any weight class to hold the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO titles simultaneously, and reigned as undisputed female welterweight champion from 2014 to 2020. 3 Classification
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What did it mean for Cecilia Braekhus to be the undisputed welterweight champion?
She held the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO titles at once, the first woman in any weight class to do so.
Cecilia Braekhus held all four major world titles, those of the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO, at the same time. She reigned as the undisputed female welterweight champion from 2014 to 2020, and she was the first woman in any weight class to hold all four belts simultaneously.
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1. Wikipedia: Cecilia Braekhus
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Cecilia Carmen Linda Brækhus (born 28 September 1981) is a Colombian-born Norwegian former professional boxer and kickboxer.
2. Wikidata: Cecilia Braekhus
Wikidata Q292783, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source 3. Wikipedia, Cecilia Braekhus
Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org lead sentence, birth-date clause: "born 28 September 1981"
born 28 September 1981
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born 28 September 1981
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is a Colombian-born Norwegian former professional boxer and kickboxer.
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She reigned as the undisputed female welterweight boxing champion from 2014 to 2020, and is the first woman in any weight class to hold the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO titles simultaneously.
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