McCaskill vs. Brækhus 2

Undisputed world welterweight champion, American Jessica McCaskill, successfully defended her titles by defeating former Norwegian champion Cecilia Brækhus by a UD, in an eagerly awaited rematch, this Saturday, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

Jessica McCaskill (10-2, 3 KOs) came out very aggressive from the start, against Cecilia Braekhus (36-2, 9 KOs), who had to soak up a lot of punches.

The first round was a firestorm. Jessica landed a lot of hard rights, which hurt The First Lady of Boxing and this continued at a tearing pace up to round four, also complimented with peppering uppercuts. Cecilia was able to retaliate from time to time, but with spasmodic success. From the fifth onwards the pace slowed and Cecilia was able to land more left jabs and long rights. In the seventh Referee Rafael Ramos stopped the action and deducted one point from Cecilia for holding.

By the ninth, Jessica had a swelling under her left eye, while Cecilia`s left cheek was puffed up. Cecilia was connecting with rights, but it was not enough to offset Jessica`s overall sustained attack throughout. Jessica is thirty six and Cecilia is thirty nine. Those extra years do count. Jessica McCaskill was dominant. Yet Cecilia fought with courage and sheer grit.

All three judges saw McCaskill winning: 100-89, 99-90, 98-91.

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Jessica McCaskill and Cecilia Brækhus ramped up their rivalry in a fiery e-press conference ahead of their rematch for the Undisputed WBO World Welterweight title at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, on Saturday March 13, live worldwide on DAZN.

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McCaskill (9-2 3 KOs) ripped the titles from Brækhus (36-1 9 KOs) on the streets of downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma in August as Matchroom returned to action in the US, and now it’s McCaskill putting the belts on the line and Brækhus is looking to avenge her first pro defeat.

Promoter Eddie Hearn sat them down as the date ticked over to under a month to go to the rematch, and after Hearn’s initial questions to both fighters, tensions rose and the Chicagoan and Norwegian could have been back in the ring as the traded verbal blows back and forth to light the blue touch paper ahead of the return bout.

“I feel the last fight was the last one of her career,” said McCaskill. “Once someone shows that weakness, shows they are not in it and alludes to retirement, that shows that they are mentally out of the game.

“We’ve never been given a whole lot, we’ve taken really big risks and they have gotten us to those higher places, I haven’t been given anything, I don’t want to take on anyone else’s legacy, I’m building my own and making history every step of the day and that’s what I want to continue to do.

“I feel great – every time I have had to fight for a belt, it’s been from a champion, Cecilia, you have fought for vacant titles, I’ve had to take mine from everyone I fought from, I’ve never just fought for a vacant title and it’s heads or tails on who is going to win it.

“I’m not saying I don’t get the credit for my last fight, but over the time that I’ve fought and the different hurdles that I have crossed, that’s what I don’t think I get the credit for, that’s not to make excuses. Everything I say is the truth, I don’t talk trash.”

“I felt I won’t the fight, it was very close, I could have got the decision,” said Brækhus. “A lot of people thought I won and it’s not the way to lose your belts.

“I know I am a better fighter than Jessica, I had a bit of an off day, but I feel I did what I needed to do to retain my belts, but I was not at home I was on her home turf and she got the belts.

“She says that people are hating on her because of the way she got the belts, they aren’t hating but people aren’t satisfied because that’s not the way anyone should become an undisputed champion, it should be harder than that. I don’t think she has a good feeling the way she won the belts.”

McCaskill and Brækhus clash on a massive night of action in Dallas with a triple header of World title action.

Topping the bill is another mouth-watering rematch as Juan Francisco Estrada (41-3 28 KOs) and Roman ‘Chocolatito’ Gonzalez (50-2 41 KOs) finally meet for the second time eight years after their first bout, this time in a unification for the WBC, WBA and Ring Magazine World Super-Flyweight titles.

There’s a Matchroom debut on the card for Hiroto Kyoguchi (14-0 9 KOs) as he defends his WBA and Ring Magazine World Light-Flyweight titles against Axel Vega (14-3-1 8 KOs).

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Undisputed world welterweight champion, Jessica McCaskill, will defend her world titles against former champion Cecilia Braekhus on March 13 at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.

McCaskill (9-2 3 KOs) snatched the belt from Braekhus (36-1 9 KOs) last August, ending her long undefeated record by majority decision and becoming a two-division world champion in just the eleventh professional fight.

Following this defeat, Brækhus, activated the rematch clause and will seek to recover the crowns.

Jessica is pushing herself to the limit in training camp, because she does not want to leave doubts of her superiority in the rematch.

The fight is promoted by Matchroom Boxing and will be broadcast on DAZN.

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