Sarah Mahfoud (born 29 September 1989) is a Faroese-born Danish

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who won the IBF female

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title in July 2020. She subsequently lost to

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in a title unification bout in Manchester on 24 September 2022. As of April 2024, she is ranked as the world's second best active female featherweight by

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and ''The Ring''.

Professional career

Mahfoud made her professional debut on 11 February 2017, scoring a first-round

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(TKO) victory over Petra Podraska at the

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, Denmark. She had three more fights that year, securing

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(UD) wins over Ainara Mota in April; Jessica Sanchez in June; and Gabriella Mezei in October. She scored two fourth-round TKO victories in 2018 against Nana Chakhvashvili in January and Vanesa Caballero in September, followed by a UD win over Stephanie Ducastel in November. She won her first professional title on 18 January 2019 at the Nykøbing Falster Hallen in Nykøbing, Denmark, by defeating Bukiwe Nonina for the vacant IBF Inter-Continental female

title. All three judges scored the bout 100–90, 100–91 and 98–92 in favour of Mafhoud. She had one more fight that year; a UD win over Enerolisa de Leon in October. Her first fight of 2020 was for the IBF interim female feather title against defending champion Brenda Carabajal. The bout took place at the Frederiksberghallen in Copenhagen, with Mahfoud winning via UD with scores of 100–90, 98–92 and 97–93. Mahfoud faced

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for the vacant WBC women's featherweight title on April 6, 2024 in Las Vegas, losing a clear, one-sided unanimous decision.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mahfoud, Sarah Living people Sportspeople from Tórshavn 1989 births Danish women boxers Featherweight boxers Danish people of Faroese descent Danish people of Syrian descent 21st-century Danish sportswomen

Professional career

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