On September 28, Terri Harper (15-2-2, 6 KOs) confirmed her expertise as she boxed well, defeating Rhiannon Dixon (10-1, 1 KO) to win the WBO world light-weight title at Utilita Enviornment, Sheffield. The occasion was promoted by Matchroom Boxing and proven dwell on DAZN.
Terri Harper Defeats Rhiannon Dixon in Sheffield
Terri Harper vs. Rhiannon Dixon Recap
The opening two rounds noticed Harper settle faster, boxing properly off the again foot and discovering a daily house for the appropriate hand. Dixon was making an attempt to be the aggressor – however Harper’s footwork saved her out of vary. The third spherical noticed Harper proceed to frustrate Dixon by ready for her opponent to make the primary transfer.
Harper’s expertise appeared to be the important thing at this level as she managed the gap properly and was the busier of the 2 fighters. When Dixon lets her palms go, it appears to be like good, however she must do extra.
Spherical six was the very best from Dixon up thus far as she rocked Harper with a giant proper hook and landed one other hook later within the spherical. The attention-catching earlier footwork from Harper seems to be slowing at this level. One other good spherical within the seventh for Dixon as she landed a wise three-punch mixture, which was the spotlight of the spherical.
The Cheshire fighter was the aggressor within the eighth earlier than Harper landed some eye-catching punches in direction of the tip of the spherical. It was all motion within the ninth with each fighters touchdown heavy pictures, however the work from the Doncaster native was extra noticeable.
A scrappy final spherical was troublesome to attain as had been a number of the rounds. Harper confirmed her expertise as she landed the smarter work however the champion was the aggressor and it’s all the way down to what the judges like. Each fighters met in the course of the ring as David Diomante learn the scorecards 97-93 x2 and 96-94, all in favour of Terri Harper who turns into a three-weight world champion.
Put up Battle Quotes
Within the post-fight interview, an emotional Harper spoke on the win and stated: “Wonderful, that’s the very best win of my profession.”
Speaking about her gameplan she stated: “We labored so much on counters.”
Reflecting on what the win means for her: “Simply, for me to get that is all the things I’ve ever needed,” stated the brand new WBO champion.
Eddie Hearn spoke on what may come subsequent for Harper: “There are some huge names on the market,” stated Hearn.
Undercard
Peter McGrail (10-1, 6 KOs) began confidently in opposition to Brad Foster (15-4-2, 5 KOs) of their tremendous bantamweight bout earlier than touchdown a brutal physique shot within the second spherical, which left Foster in anguish on the canvas, unable to beat the depend. McGrail efficiently retains his WBA worldwide tremendous bantamweight battle. It now appears the Liverpudlian fighter may face Dennis McCann subsequent – for the British and European titles.
George Liddard (9-0, 5 KOs) handed the largest check of his profession, stopping George Davey (9-2-1, 2 KOs) within the fifth spherical of their middleweight contest. A fantastic left hook gave Liddard a knockdown in spherical quantity two earlier than an enormous proper hand gave him one other knockdown. He smelt blood and pounced, touchdown a large punch once more, forcing the ref to wave the battle off.
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Galal Yafai (8-0, 6 KOs) was dominant in his eight-round flyweight tune-up battle in opposition to Sergio Orozco Oliva (9-9, 7 KOs), stopping him in spherical three, with Yafai now set to face Sunny Edwards on November 30.
Giorgio Visioli (5-0, 4 KOs) recorded a powerful victory over Diego Lagos (11-5, 5 KOs). A right-left-right mixture despatched Lagos to the canvas, with the referee waving the battle off in spherical three, awarding Visioli one other victory.
Earlier than the Bell
Within the last battle of the before-the-bell phase, Josh Babb (3-0, 0 KOs) confirmed his clear promise, defeating a tricky, sturdy Kelvin Madjid (2-2-1, 0 KOs) 58-57 of their six-round tremendous bantamweight battle.
Certainly one of Britain’s greatest prospects Ibraheem Sulaimaan (5-0, 3 KOs) confirmed his capacity as soon as once more in opposition to Kevin Trana (15-20-3, 9 KOs) as he scored a knockdown in spherical three, earlier than struggling a nasty lower from an unintentional conflict of heads in spherical 4 which led to the battle being waved off and going to the playing cards. The referee scored the light-weight six-round contest 40-36 in Sulaimaan’s favour.
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Jimmy Sains (7-0, 7 KOs) continued his excellent begin to his skilled profession with a second-round TKO win over Omir Rodriguez (15-21-1, 6 KOs) with a pleasant physique shot adopted up with a chopping proper hand, which led to the referee counting out Rodriguez. It appeared the Panama fighter was affected by an unintentional conflict of heads, however “The Executioner” was dominant from the primary bell within the middleweight contest.
Brandon Scott (8-0, 1 KO) was impressing in opposition to Callum Turnbull (5-3, 1 KO) of their six-round tremendous bantamweight earlier than an unintentional conflict of heads within the final spherical precipitated the referee to wave the battle off. It went to the scorecard and the ref had it 59-56 for Scott.
Marco Simmonds (3-2, 0 KOs) precipitated an upset within the first battle of the night time, defeating the beforehand unbeaten Connan Murray (9-1, 2 KOs) 58-56 of their six-round tremendous welterweight bout.
