Terri Harper Defeats Rhiannon Dixon for WBO Title in Sheffield

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 lightweight title at Utilita Area, 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 effectively off the again foot and discovering an everyday house for the fitting hand. Dixon was attempting to be the aggressor – however Harper’s footwork stored 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 gave the impression to be the important thing at this level as she managed the gap effectively and was the busier of the 2 fighters. When Dixon lets her fingers go, it appears to be like good, however she must do extra.

Spherical six was one of the best from Dixon up so far as she rocked Harper with an enormous 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 have been a few of the rounds. Harper confirmed her expertise as she landed the smarter work however the champion was the aggressor and it’s right 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.

Submit Battle Quotes

Within the post-fight interview, an emotional Harper spoke on the win and mentioned: “Superb, that’s one of the best win of my profession.”

Speaking about her gameplan she mentioned: “We labored rather a lot on counters.”

Reflecting on what the win means for her: “Simply, for me to get that is every little thing I’ve ever needed,” mentioned the brand new WBO champion.

Eddie Hearn spoke on what may come subsequent for Harper: “There are some large names on the market,” mentioned Hearn.

Undercard

Peter McGrail (10-1, 6 KOs) began confidently towards 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 combat. 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 good looking 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 big punch once more, forcing the ref to wave the combat off.

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Galal Yafai (8-0, 6 KOs) was dominant in his eight-round flyweight tune-up combat towards 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 combat off in spherical three, awarding Visioli one other victory.

Earlier than the Bell

Within the ultimate combat of the before-the-bell section, Josh Babb (3-0, 0 KOs) confirmed his clear promise, defeating a troublesome, sturdy Kelvin Madjid (2-2-1, 0 KOs) 58-57 of their six-round tremendous bantamweight combat.

Certainly one of Britain’s finest prospects Ibraheem Sulaimaan (5-0, 3 KOs) confirmed his capacity as soon as once more towards Kevin Trana (15-20-3, 9 KOs) as he scored a knockdown in spherical three, earlier than struggling a nasty reduce from an unintended conflict of heads in spherical 4 which led to the combat 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 unintended conflict of heads, however “The Executioner” was dominant from the primary bell within the middleweight contest.

Brandon Scott (8-0, 1 KO) was impressing towards Callum Turnbull (5-3, 1 KO) of their six-round tremendous bantamweight earlier than an unintended conflict of heads within the final spherical precipitated the referee to wave the combat 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 combat of the evening, defeating the beforehand unbeaten Connan Murray (9-1, 2 KOs) 58-56 of their six-round tremendous welterweight bout.