Terri Harper retained her WBO light-weight title with a transparent, unanimous resolution victory over a recreation, robust, and in the end over-matched Natalie Zimmermann in Doncaster, England.
Harper (16-2-2, 6 KO) gained on scores of 99-91 from all three judges, preventing in her hometown at Eco-Energy Stadium, house floor to Doncaster Rovers FC.
Zimmermann (13-1, 3 KO) gave an ideal effort, clearly doing the very best she may, however the 42-year-old German simply isn’t at Harper’s degree, which can also be to not say there isn’t something you’ll be able to criticize from Harper on this bout, as a result of she nonetheless confirmed some flaws, the type of issues which have damage her in higher-level fights earlier than.
Nevertheless it’s a clear and deserved win for Harper, and the 28-year-old says she needs unification subsequent.
“I wish to go on to the opposite champions on this division and actually step up,” she stated. “I’m simply gonna take a bit of little bit of time without work and see what occurs, if any contracts or something get despatched over.”
Caroline Dubois particularly got here up, which was to be anticipated, as the 2 have gone back-and-forth a bit already. Harper once more stated that may be a battle she needs.
“100%, that will get my fireplace burning,” Harper stated. “I stated the opposite day within the press convention, she rubs me the flawed means. I believe it makes a cracking battle, and that battle is smart.”
Dubois (11-0-1, 5 KO) has the WBC title, so it might be a unification and an enormous battle for each.
On the undercard, Maxi Hughes went to 29-7-2 (6 KO) with a choice win over Archie Sharp (25-2, 9 KO) in what was actually a little bit of a stinker, however a deserved victory for Hughes. We additionally noticed Lewis Sylvester (16-1, 4 KO) rating a career-best win over Reece Mould (20-4, 6 KO), and Haithem Laamouz (21-2, 9 KO) took a hard-fought win over Jimmy Joe Flint (15-3-2, 3 KO).
