Jessica McCaskill was ecstatic after her upset of Cecilia Braekhus to become undisputed welterweight champion Saturday in Tulsa, Okla. Braekhus was classy in defeat.
McCaskill (9-2, 3 KOs) defeated Braekhus (36-1, 9 KOs) by a majority decision, the first setback in the Colombian-Norwegian’s decorated career.
Braekhus was making the 26th defense of her 147-pound title. Had she won, she would’ve broken Joe Louis’ record for consecutive successful title defenses.
McCaskill is now a two-division titleholder, as she also is a unified junior welterweight titleholder. She could face the winner of the Aug. 22 Katie Taylor-Delfine Persoon lightweight title fight.
Braekhus, 38, hinted at retirement but no announcement has been made.
DAZN commentator Todd Grisham interviewed the fighters and analyst Sergio Mora gave his thoughts. Here is what they had to say.
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