Rhiannon Dixon and Terri Harper Remaining Press Convention forward of their WBO Light-weight title combat on Saturday evening.
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The fourth time’s a allure for Rhiannon Dixon and Terri Harper.
The ten-round WBO light-weight title combat is lastly set after three earlier postponements. Each fighters made weight for his or her DAZN predominant occasion Saturday at Park Neighborhood Area in Sheffield, England.
Dixon (10-0, 1 KO) weighed 134.6 kilos forward of her first protection of the WBO light-weight strap.
Harper (14-2-2, 6 KOs), from close by Denaby Principal, was 134.4 kilos in her bid to turn out to be a three-division titlist. The burden was her lightest since March 2022, previous to her three-two-division leap to junior middleweight.
Dixon gained the vacant title in a ten-round resolution over Argentina’s Karen Carabajal on April 13 in Manchester. The bout marked the hardest take a look at so far for the 29-year-old southpaw from Warrington.
Harper beforehand held titles at 130 and 154 kilos. The 27-year-old is on a two-fight winless streak, nonetheless. She was held to a draw versus former pound-for-pound queen Cecilia Braekhus final Oct. 7 at Utilita Area in Sheffield. The bout marked her remaining combat because the WBA junior middleweight title claimant.
The identical venue noticed Harper endure a fourth-round stoppage defeat to reigning WBO welterweight titlist Sandy Ryan (7-1-1, 3 KOs).
Additionally on the present, Galal Yafai (7-0, 5 KOs) dangers a fall date with Sunny Edwards with a stay-busy affair. The 2020 Olympic Gold medalist hopes to keep away from it turning into a entice combat as he faces Mexico’s Sergio Orozco (9-8, 7 KOs) in a scheduled eight-round flyweight contest.
Yafai tipped the scales at 114.3 kilos. Orozco arrived at 113 ½ kilos.
With a win, Yafai will go on to face Edwards, the previous IBF flyweight titlist, on Nov. 30 in Birmingham.
DAZN predominant undercard, Saturday, 7:00 p.m. GMT/2:00 p.m. ET
Peter McGrail (9-1, 5 KOs), Liverpool, Merseyside, 121 ½ poundsBrad Foster (15-3-2, 5 KOs), Lichfield, England, 121 ½ pounds10 rounds, junior featherweight
George Liddard (8-0, 4 KOs), Billericay, Essex, 160.3 poundsGeorge Davey (9-1-1, 2 KOs), York, Yorkshire, 158 ½ pounds8 rounds, middleweight
Giorgio Visioli (4-0, 3 KOs), Guildford, Surrey, 133.1 poundsDiego Lagos (11-4. 5 KOs), Bogota, Colombia, 130 ½ pounds6 rounds, junior light-weight
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