Rhiannon Dixon-Terri Harper Rescheduled For Sept. 28 in Sheffield
Terri Harper will now get a home game for her next title bid.
The former 130- and 154-pound titlist’s challenge of unbeaten WBO 135-pound beltholder Rhiannon Dixon has a new date and location. Their bout will now take place on Sept. 28 at Utilita Arena in Sheffield, England.
Matchroom Boxing confirmed the development on Thursday. Dixon-Harper was previously due to land on the Aug. 24 Jack Catterall-Regis Prograis card at Co-op Live in Manchester, England. That event was postponed by at least two months after Catterall (29-1, 13 knockouts) suffered a rib injury during training camp.
The title fight will now come in supporting capacity to the Dalton Smith-Jon Fernandez EBU junior welterweight title fight.
Dixon (10-0, 1 KO) will attempt the first defense of the belt she won earlier this year. She outpointed Karen Elizabeth Carabajal (22-2, 3 KOs) in their April 13 vacant title fight at nearby AO Arena.
The 29-year-old southpaw from Warrington is The Ring’s No. 3-rated lightweight.
Harper (14-2-2, 6 KOs) returns home, though to a local arena that has produced mixed results for her career.
She came up well short in her previous bid to become a three-division titlist. The 27-year-old from nearby Denaby Main suffered a fourth-round stoppage to WBO welterweight titlist Sandy Ryan (7-1-1, 3 KOs) on March 23 at this very location.
The fight marked her debut at welterweight after she previously held the WBA 154-pound title. Harper vacated that belt after a ten-round draw versus former undisputed welterweight champ Cecilia Brækhus last October.
Her challenge of Dixon’s title marks Harper’s third straight fight at Utilita Arena and sixth of her career. She won her first major title at the venue, a Feb. 2020 decision over Eva Wahlstrom to claim the WBC 130-pound title. Two successful defenses followed before her Nov. 2021 knockout defeat to Alycia Baumgardner (15-1, 7 KOs), also at this site.
Harper also held the WBC 130-pound title. She is currently The Ring’s No. 1-rated junior middleweight.
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