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Cecilia Brækhus Was Told Women Couldn’t Enter Boxing Gyms. She Still Became an Undisputed Champion Despite a Ban on the Sport

Brækhus, the first undisputed women’s boxing champion, retires as Norway ends a 44-year ban on professional boxing, a move hailed as transformative for the sport.

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By George Ramsay, CNN (CNN) — Cecilia Brækhus embarked on her against-the-odds career in professional boxing almost two decades ago, and she’s hardly stopped fighting before or since. Along the way, her opponents have been many and varied, from world champions in the ring to a professional boxing ban in her native country and those who believed that women had no place in the sport at all. Now, at the age of 43, Brækhus is ready to hang up her gl…

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CNN broke the news in Atlanta, United States on Friday, October 3, 2025.
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