Terri Harper is the novel WBO lightweight champion after winning a unanimous decision over Rhiannon Dixon on Saturday at the Park Community Arena in Sheffield.

Dixon (10-1, 1 KO) won the vacant WBO title in April, defeating Karen Elizabeth Carabajal to secure a comfortable points victory. Harper (15-2-2, 6 KO) entered this fight as a former super featherweight and super welterweight world champion, but “Belter” dropped down to welterweight in her final fights, in which she retired after four rounds against Sandy Ryan, also for the WBO world title.

Harper had a great start in this round, landing with her back hand multiple times before reaching the first three rounds.

Dixon struggled to close the distance, which favored Harper, although the champion shook the 27-year-old with a powerful right hook in the sixth round.

The Doncaster native regrouped and continued to box out over the next few frames, and in the penultimate round she hit southpaw Warrington in an attempt to press her advantage.

The fight ended in a breathless result, and Harper achieved a momentous victory and became the world champion in three weight classes by two scores of 97-93 and the third score of 96-94.

Harper could now find herself in line for a unification clash with IBF champion Beatriz Ferreira, who has also signed with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom, while Dixon lost for the first time as a professional.

McGrail passes Foster

The second ten fighters at the gala included super bantamweight talent Peter McGrail (10-1, 6 KO) in ruthless form, as the Liverpool fighter defeated former British and Commonwealth champion Brad Foster (15-4-2) in two fights , 5 KOs). rounds.

A powerful body shot caused damage, Foster was unable to regain his balance, and the fight was stopped, with “The Blade” suffering the first stoppage defeat of his career.

Yafai moves on to face Edwards after the break

Galal Yafai was warming up before his meeting with Sunny Edwards later this year, stopping Sergio Oroczo Oliva in the third round of their flyweight encounter.

Orozco (9-9, 7 KO) was counted standing after a brutal volley of punches by Yafai (8-0, 6 KO), and referee Michael Alexander waved his hand and stopped the fight.

The 2020 Olympic gold medalist faced Edwards before his Gameplay on November 30which will be a fight for the interim WBC flyweight title.

Undercard remaining

Jimmy Sains (7-0, 7 KO) performed brilliantly to stop middleweight Omir Rodriguez (15-21-1, 6 KO) in the second round, while super featherweight Ibraheem Sulaimaan (5-0, 3 KO) ) made a technical decision and won after four rounds against Kevin Trana (15-20-3, 9 KO) after a head clash.

Super bantamweight hopeful Brandon Scott (8-0, 1 KO) was another technical decision winner, defeating Calum Turnbull (5-3, 1 KO) 59-56 in another headlock that stopped the fight.

Just too good 😮‍💨 @GiorgioVisioli drops and stops Diego Lagos in the third round 👏

Not even after leaving the first gear 🤷‍♂️ #VisioliLagos #DixonHarper pic.twitter.com/JY35SgYxw3

— Boxing at Matchroom (@MatchroomBoxing) September 28, 2024

Josh Babb (3-0) in the bantamweight category won closely 58-57 against Kelvin Madjid (2-2-1), and in the super featherweight division Giorgio Visioli (5-0, 4 KO) defeated Diego Lagos (11-5, 5 KO). ) ) in three rounds.

Connan Murray (9-1, 2 KO) was nervous after a six-round distance with Marco Simmonds (3-2), who gave a 58-56 verdict during the super welterweight fight, and middleweight George Liddard (9-0, 5 KO) ) dropped George Davey (9-2-1, 2 KO) twice on his way to success in the fifth round.

The British Boxing Board of Control has handed two-time world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua a 28-day suspension from boxing. This comes just a week after his defeat to fellow Briton Daniel Dubois.

The 34-year-old hit the canvas three times before being knocked out in the fifth round at Wembley.

It is standard practice for a player to receive a 28-day suspension following a stoppage defeat. However, since Joshua has no fight scheduled during this period, the suspension will not really impact his plans.

It also seems unlikely that he will return to the ring this year.

This loss to Dubois marks the fourth defeat of Joshua’s career. In 2019, he suffered a surprising defeat against Andy Ruiz Jr, only to win their rematch six months later.

Opinions on Joshua’s future are divided among experts and former fighters. Some, like Carl Froch, suggest he should consider retirement.

However, AJ’s promoter Eddie Hearn is convinced the Watford-born fighter still has a lot to offer in the sport.

In an interview with iFL TV, promoter Hearn discussed Joshua’s future fighting prospects.

He said, “If [Tyson] Fury was going to lose, maybe they were going to lose [AJ and Fury] they both say, “Okay, let’s give society one last hurrah, two gigantic fights, that’s it.”

“Or, if Fury wins, he can defend against AJ for the unified world heavyweight title, and AJ can beat him and become a three-time heavyweight champion.

“Everything is possible. Or we could have a rematch with Daniel Dubois. Or [he] he could fight someone else. Deontay Wilder.

“I don’t know, it hasn’t been discussed yet, but two guys after defeats, with challenging blows, someone has to leave the sport.

“But for me the options are a rematch with Daniel Dubois or wait and see what happens in Fury vs Usyk.”

Chris Eubank Jr admitted he had reached his career high after more than a year out of the ring, blaming the massive buffet at the iconic Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

The middleweight finally returns to action on October 12 when he faces Kamil Szeremeta in Saudi Arabia on the undercard of the undisputed lightweight heavyweight clash between Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol. However, he says that after feasting on Sin City’s culinary delights, he had to lose more weight than ever before.

The 35-year-old Briton lives in Vegas and claims he tipped the scales last month with a weight of 190 pounds (13st 5s), more than two stone above the 160-pound middleweight limit.

This is a very straightforward weight loss to achieve for an elite athlete, but Eubank admits it’s up-to-date territory for him.

“This year I hit 190 pounds for the first time in my life. I think it could be cruiserweight,” he told former rival George Groves on his podcast. “I don’t know how I did it. It was actually pretty frosty, because in Vegas, yeah.”

Groves asked if the renowned buffet at the iconic Las Vegas casino played a role, and Eubank agreed, before revealing his favorite dishes from the buffet. “You have to get the king crab legs with melted butter. “Steak,” he joked.

Not only does the Vegas lifestyle have its perks, but it has also provided Eubank with state-of-the-art amenities and high-quality sparring partners.

The Brighton native (33-3, 24 KO) has fought just four times in the last three years. During this period, he took revenge for his loss to Liam Smith after a blockbuster fight with rival Conor Benn, which ended in failure after Benn failed an anti-doping test.

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Eubank enjoyed the opportunity to train at gyms owned by Top Rank and Floyd Mayweather to hone his craft.

He said: “It was captivating because I would get in the ring at Top Rank and Floyd’s with the middleweights and their punches would just bounce off me.

“And these are guys who fight at middleweight and I just didn’t feel anything, I was just throwing them around and I was like, ‘Wow, that’s captivating.’”

Eubank’s passivity prompted him to turn down a lucrative offer to fight unified super middleweight king Canelo Alvarez, and he says his return to fight Polish prospect Szeremeta (25-2-2) will prove whether he can still fight at an elite level.

“That’s what the fight with Szeremeta is for,” he explained. “To make sure I can still keep the weight off and be effective. At the age of 35 [I have] I’ve been out of the ring for a year, what will this weight loss look like? We’ll see.

“You don’t want to know when you’re preparing for Canelo, right? Or a large, large name you want to know before you get into this situation. So I’m excited.”