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Boxing

Cecilia Braekhus targets world champion for fight this year

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Cecilia Braekhus targets world champion for fight this yearDAZN

Cecilia Braekhus has plans to challenge for a world title.

The Norwegian is one of the most experienced fighters in women’s boxing, and is a former undisputed welterweight champion, winning her first belt in 2009.

At 41, she may not have too much time left in the ring to add to her resume of successes, but is targeting another veteran champion, 38-year-old Natasha Jonas.

"Both Natasha and Terri Harper are at the top of my list. They both went up to 154lbs, which is my natural weight division now,” she told Sky Sports.

"Natasha Jonas, ever since she became a professional I've been a big fan of hers. I would love to fight for her belts.

"I love her, she's an amazing boxer, she's an amazing representative of this sport inside the ring and outside the ring but I believe 100 per cent that I will beat her."

Jonas is currently the unified IBF, WBC and WBO super welterweight champion.

Braekhus praised Jonas for her achievements, saying: "Natasha, she's a mother, she's an athlete, I have so much respect for her, to the point that if I feel tired or I don't want to go to the gym today, I'm like what are you complaining about, this woman is literally a mother, she has a human being to take care of and she's a unified champion," Braekhus said.

"So I love Natasha, I have so much respect for her and I think it would be a tremendous fight."

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