As reported Saturday night by The Boxing Tribune, world welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus (27-0, 7 KO’s) retained the WBA, WBO, WBC, and IBF titles with a dominant performance over IBO and GBC title-holder Jennifer Retzke (15-2-1, 9 KO’s) in Denmark. During the contest, Braekhus injured her right foot and it’s being reported that she’ll be laid up for at least a … [Read more...]
Braekhus Takes “All” Over Retzke in “All or Nothing”
Tonight in Frederiksberg, Denmark, boxings' “First Lady”, Cecilia Braekhus (27-0, 7 KO’s) retained the WBA, WBO, WBC, and IBF welterweight titles with a unanimous 10 round decision over Jennifer Retzke (15-2-1, 9 KO’s) at the Falconer Centeret. The bout, billed as "All or Nothing" was part of a 12 fight Nordic Fight Night card by Sauerland Promotion. The defending champ … [Read more...]
Retzke Skips “All or Nothing” Press Conference
Its not always wise to piss off the champ, but Jennifer Retzke may have done just that. At a press conference in Oslo, Norway for the “All or Nothing” event to be held this Saturday, world welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus (26-0, 7 KO’s), holder of the WBA, WBO, WBC, and IBF titles was the lone participant in attendance as the challenger; Jennifer Retzke (15-1-1, 9 … [Read more...]
Double Header in Tokyo: Women’s Boxing – The Weekly Wrap Up
The Adachi Ward Sogo Sports Center in Tokyo, Japan played host to a double headliner this weekend featuring two world title contests. In one contest Naoko Shibata (13-3, 4 KO’s) defended the IBF light flyweight title for the second time against the WBF light flyweight champ Ana Arrazola (20-10-2, 13 KO’s). Shibata was comfortably ahead on the scorecards when she scored a ninth … [Read more...]
A Winning Weekend for Katie Taylor: Women’s Boxing – The Weekly Wrap Up
The bright spot in what was an otherwise uneventful weekend for women’s boxing was Olympic gold medalist Katie Taylor, who spent the past three days picking up three victories on her way to the European Women’s Elite Championships later this month. The three day winning streak started Friday night in Cork, when Taylor scored a decision over Croatia’s Marija Petric at Cork’s … [Read more...]