Elin Cederroos (born 16 January 1985) is a Swedish

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. She was a unified

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champion, having held the

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female title from 2019 until April 2022 and the WBA female title from January 2020 until April 2022. As of April 2023, she is ranked as the world's 4th best active female super-middleweight by ''The Ring''.

Professional career

Before becoming a professional boxer, Cederroos played

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professionally, doing so with Hammarby and

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. Cederroos made her professional debut on 8 April 2017, after her second pregnancy, defeating Sanja Ostojić by

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in the fourth round. With only five bouts in her career, on 22 March 2019, Cederroos fought Femke Hermans for the vacant

female

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title. Cederroos won the bout by

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after ten rounds.

Professional boxing record

External links

Official website
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cederroos, Elin 1985 births Living people Super-middleweight boxers Swedish women boxers International Boxing Federation champions Swedish women's footballers Hammarby Fotboll (women) players Djurgårdens IF Fotboll (women) players Sweden women's youth international footballers Women's association football players not categorized by position