Women’s welterweight title fight for HBO’s boxing swan song

[Alexandoy]

HBO is ending its run in boxing with a bang featuring 2 women boxing champion. Cecilia Braekhus will defend her welterweight title against Aleksandra Magdziak-Lopes.
With her fight record of 34 wins with 9 KOs, undefeated Braekhus is favored to win the 12-round bout. For the middleweight title fight, Claressa Shields will be defending her middleweight crown against Femke Hermans. Undefeated Shields will be gunning for her 8th win in her career.

 

[Alexandoy]

Welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus ably defended her titles with a unanimous decision win over challenger Aleksandra Magdziak-Lopes. In the middleweight bout for women, Claressa Shields retained her title by getting a unanimous decision win over Belgian Femke Hermans. It was HBO’s last coverage of boxing but there is hope that women boxing will continue to be popular.