Cecilia Carmen Linda Brækhus, born September 28, 1981, is a professional boxer and former kickboxer from Norway. In boxing, she has been the women’s welterweight champion since 2014 and the first female boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO titles. In 2016, she won the IBO title, becoming the first boxer to ever hold five world titles simultaneously. Many women feel very proud of Braekhus, who started his professional boxing career in 2007 and made a huge impact lifting the ban on professional boxing in his home country of Norway in 2014.
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