(DEC 1) Cecilia Brækhus (27-0, 7
KOs) retained her WBC, WBA, WBO & IBF Female World Welterweight
titles with a unanimous points victory over IBF mandatory
challenger Jennifer Reztke (15-1-2, 9 KOs) at the Falconer Hall,
at the Radisson Blu in Copenhagen.
Brækhus once again proved why she
is the pound-for-pound number one with a dominant display
against her German opponent. ‘The First Lady’ started strongly
and looked likely to stop Retzke before injuring her foot in the
third-round. Despite the injury, Brækhus fought on to claim a
clear victory, with the judges scoring the fight 100-90, 100-90
& 98-92.
‘’I would like to thank all the
fans that travelled to Copenhagen to support me,’’ said Brækhus.
‘’I thought I could have got the stoppage but I injured my foot
and had to adjust my tactics. I was unlucky, but fortunately the
injury doesn’t appear to be serious. Retzke was a tough opponent
but I think I showed, even with one foot, that I’m a class
above.’’
Said promoter Nisse Sauerland:
‘’This was an entertaining fight and a great advert for women’s
boxing. Cecilia continues to impress, she seems to get better
and better with every fight. Full credit to Retzke, she came to
fight, but was ultimately outclassed by Cecilia, who must now be
considered the greatest female boxer of all time.’’
In the co-featured Swedish main
event, Klara Svensson (15-0, 5 KOs) successfully defended her
interim WBC World Light Welterweight title against Lucia Morelli
(18-5, 8 KOs). The 27 year-old outworked the tough Italian and
at the final bell was ahead on all the judges’ scorecards
(100-90, 100-91 & 99-91).
‘’Morelli was a tough opponent,’’ said Svensson. ‘’I was pleased
with my performance and happy to beat such an experienced
fighter. This is another step in the right direction for me and
another step towards dominating the light welterweight division.
I’m ready for the big fights in 2015.’’
In the evening’s third
championship fight, 22 year-old Norwegian super middleweight
Tim-Robin Lihaug (9-1, 5 KOs) captured the vacant WBO Youth
World title in an entertaining battle with George Beroshvili
(14-4-2, 7 KO).
‘’I felt that I was always in control of the fight,’’ said
Lihaug. ‘’Beroshvili is a good boxer so I couldn’t afford to
make any mistakes. I had to keep calm and stick to my game plan,
and that’s exactly what I did. It is a great honour to win the
youth world title. This is the beginning of my journey to become
a world champion!’’