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Nordic Fight Night: Braekhus
vs. Mathis Set
For March 17 In Frederikshavn, Denmark
Photo: Viasat Norway
Team Sauerland is
delighted to announce that the Nordic Fight Night will
hit Frederikshavn on March 17, featuring the very best
of Danish boxing as well the biggest fight in women's
boxing. At the Arena Nord, highly-rated WBA & WBC & WBO
Female Welterweight Champion Cecilia Braekhus (19-0, 5
KOs) and top-ranked contender Anne-Sophie Mathis (26-1,
22 KOs) will determine the undisputed pound-for-pound
queen. A full Danish card as well as a Danish main event
will be announced shortly. “We are thrilled to come to
Frederikshavn,” promoter Nisse Sauerland said. “We will
present an unforgettable night of exciting, high-class
and dramatic boxing action.”
In one of the main fights of the night, Braekhus, the
30-year-old “First Lady” from Norway, and Mathis, the
famed and feared French power-puncher with a KO record
of over 80 percent, will battle out supremacy in women's
boxing. With unbeaten Braekhus holding three major
titles and Mathis having destroyed pound-for-pound queen
Holly Holm in December, the two are widely considered
the best female boxers on the planet. “This is the fight
the world wants to see,” Braekhus said. “It's the
biggest challenge of my life. Mathis clinched a
spectacular victory against Holm but her winning streak
will come to an end when we meet on March 17. Only one
of us can be the number one and that will be me.”
Braekhus will be counting on the home support of her
Norwegian fans. “This is the closest I have fought to my
home country and I expect many, many fans to come over
by ferry from Oslo and support me,” she added. “This
will be a home match for me.”
Mathis, who travelled all the way to Albuquerque to
knock Holm out cold, is ready for another spectacular
victory. “I have knocked out Holm in her backyard and I
will also defeat Braekhus, no doubt about it,” she said.
“It will be the first loss for the First Lady. I will
show the world that I am the best.”
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