Cecilia Braekhus will defend her welterweight titles against Jessica McCaskill on Saturday in Tulsa, Okla.
If she wins, Braekhus (36-0, 9 KOs) will have broken Joe Louis’ record of 26 successful title defenses.
McCaskill (8-2, 3 KOs) is a junior welterweight beltholder.
Also on the card, which will be streamed on DAZN: junior middleweight prospect Israil Madrimov (5-0, 5 KOs) faces Eric Walker (20-2, 9 KOs); Shakhram Giyasov (9-0, 7 KOs) takes on Wiston Campos (31-7-6, 19 KOs) in a junior welterweight fight; Raymond Ford (5-0, 2 KOs) faces Eric Manriquez (7-10-1, 3 KOs) in a featherweight matchup; and Nikita Ababiy (8-0, 6 KOs) fights Jarvis Williams (8-2-1, 5 KOs) in a middleweight bout.
Here is a video of the news conference, courtesy of DAZN.
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