By Per Ake Persson

WBO, WBA, IBF, IBO and WBC female welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus (28-0) will take on former foe Ann Sophie Mathis (27-3-1) in the headliner of the first professional boxing event in Norway since the fall of 1980. The event takes place on October 1.

Braekhus beat Mathis in 2012 on points and the now 39-year old Mathis retired after a draw against Oxandia Castillo in February of 2015.

Not that anyone cares much in Norway: the show at the Spektrum in Oslo was sold out in a few hours after it had been announced (with Braekhus to fight an opponent to be announced). In this case a full house means a crowd of about 10 000 with the event televised live by TV 3 in Norway.

IN OTHER NEWS - This Friday, August 5, 2016, in the Grand Ballroom of the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California, Greg Cohen Promotions and Ringside Ticket Inc., in association with David Schuster's Winner Take All Productions, will proudly present a quadrupleheader of professional boxing, televised live on CBS Sports Network (11 pm ET/8 pm PT).

In the night's televised main event, red-hot WBA #4- and WBO #7-rated middleweight and current WBO NABO and WBA NABA Middleweight Champion, Rob "Bravo" Brant (20-0, 13 KOs) of Saint Paul, Minnesota, will look to keep his momentum going in a 10-round battle against Cleveland's Chris "The Irish Ghost" Fitzpatrick (15-4, 6 KOs).

In the six-round super welterweight co-featured bout, Fort Worth, Texas, slugger Skender Halili (10-1, 10 KOs) will look to keep his perfect knockout record intact against experienced Ghanian veteran (now living in Silver Springs, Maryland) Ben Odamattey (16-14-3, 9 KOs).

In another televised four-rounder, undefeated former amateur world champion Cem Killic (5-0, 2 KOs) of Sherman Oaks, California, via Frankfurt, Germany, will take on pro-debuting middleweight Jerhed Fenderson of Las Vegas.

And in the night's opening televised bout, red-hot prospect Malik Hawkins (8-0, 7 KOs) of Baltimore, Maryland, will look to keep his march to the top of the welterweight division alive against Portland, Oregon's Sean Gee (3-4).

Tickets for CBS Sports Network Championship Boxing are priced at $85, $65 and $50 and are available at or by calling the Pechanga Box Office: (877) 711-2946.