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Boxing queen Cecilia Braekhus wants a fight with Cris Cyborg in 2017

Cecilia Brakhus may be at the top of the mountain in the boxing world, but she’s still hungry for more and wants a new kind of challenge.

After defeating fellow elite boxer Anne Sophie Mathis on Braekhus’ home soil in Norway over the weekend, she intends to take on a different kind of opponent for next year - none other than Cristian Justino, a.k.a. Cris Cyborg. As noted over at BoxingScene.com, Braekhus wants the fight to happen sometime next year:

"About her future plans, Braekhus said: "Two things I want to do next year - fight in the United States and fight Cris Cyborg.