Rhiannon Dixon vs. Terri Harper | DAZN - 28 September 2024

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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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khelifa gonna crawl out from under the ring and drag both of them away

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Rhiannon Dixon-Terri Harper head back to Sheffield after Johnny Fisher withdraws

Johnny Fisher has been forced out of his Sept. 28 heavyweight bout against Andriy Rudenko, which was scheduled to take place at the Copper Box Arena in London. An unspecified injury has been citied as the reason.

The WBO lightweight title fight between Rhiannon Dixon and Terri Harper will now top the card in Sheffield, 175 miles north of Britain's capital and the original site for the troubled bill.

Dalton Smith was supposed to take on Jon Fernandez in the initial headliner until Smith suffered an injury. The card was then switched to London, with Fisher - a huge ticket-seller in the UK - named as the new star attraction. Then he, like Smith, fell injured.

Boxing Scene understands that Matchroom Boxing were keen to avoid cancelling the entire card following Fisher's withdrawal yesterday (Sept. 5) despite the popular British heavyweight accounting for the vast majority of tickets sold.

As of 11am (EST) today, "work was being done in the background to move the undercard elsewhere".

Presuming there are no more mishaps, Dixon and Harper will collide over 10-twos, inside the Canon Medical Arena, while Peter McGrail and Brad Foster provide a tasty crossroads bout, Cameron Vuong takes on Joe Underwood Hughes and George Liddard will battle George Davey.

Also set to appear on the DAZN-televised show are Jimmy Sains, Giorgio Visioli, Brandon Scott, Ibraheem Sulaimaan and Josh Babb.

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Press Release

Rhiannon Dixon makes the first defence of her WBO Lightweight World Title against domestic rival Terri Harper in what promises to be an electric all-British match-up on Saturday, September 28, live worldwide on DAZN.

Johnny Fisher has sustained an injury and his international Heavyweight contest with Andriy Rudenko, initially scheduled for London’s Copper Box Arena, is cancelled.

That means WBO queen Dixon will now defend in the main event on the same day but at the rescheduled venue at the Canon Medical Arena in Sheffield.

Warrington’s Dixon (10-0, 1 KO) picked up the vacant WBO crown by outpointing Karen Elizabeth Carabajal over ten rounds on the undercard of Zelfa Barrett’s win over Jordan Gill at the AO Arena in Manchester last April – adding a World Title to her Commonwealth and European Titles at 135lbs.

Denaby Main’s Harper (14-2-2, 6 KOs), a former World Champion at Super-Featherweight and Super-Welterweight, will be looking to bounce back from her stoppage loss to WBO Welterweight World Champion Sandy Ryan last time out at Sheffield Arena in March.

Elsewhere on the card, Liverpool Super-Bantamweight talent Peter McGrail (9-0, 5 KOs) meets former British and Commonwealth 122 lbs champion Brad Foster (15-3-2, 5 KOs) over ten rounds for the WBA International Title, Blyth Lightweight prospect Cameron Vuong (5-0, 3 KOs) looks to extend his unbeaten streak against Beeston’s Joe Underwood Hughes (8-3-0, 1 KO) and Billericay Middleweight George Liddard (8-0, 4 KOs) fights York’s George Davey (9-1-1, 2 KOs) over eight rounds.

Guildford Super-Featherweight standout Giorgio Visioli (4-0, 3 KOs) aims to make it four wins from four in 2024, Birmingham Lightweight Ibraheem Sulaimaan (4-0, 3 KOs) gets his third fight of the year, Brentwood Middleweight Jimmy Sains (6-0, 6 KOs) looks to make it seven knockouts from seven fights, Swansea Featherweight Brandon Scott (7-0, 1 KO) returns and there’s action for Durham Super-Bantamweight Josh Babb (2-0).

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Fight Week!

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Anyone know if Galal Yafai is on this card? Listed on BoxRec, but without an opponent.

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Fight Night!!