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Miriam Onyango

Terri Harper To Defend WBA Title Against Cecilia Braekhus In Rescheduled Bout

Terri Harper punches Ivana Habazin during the WBA World Super Welterweight Title fight. Terri Harper will defend her WBA junior middleweight title against Cecilia Braekhus on On October 7 in Sheffield, England. NATHAN STIRK/GETTY IMAGES.

Terri Harper will defend her WBA junior middleweight title against Cecilia Braekhus in a rescheduled bout from May that Braekhus had to pull out. The new date for the bout will be on October 7 in Sheffield, England, 

Harper was knocked out by Alycia Baumgardner in 2021. Harper now 26, was the WBC junior lightweight champion, Harper (14-1-1, 6 KOs) has won her last three fights. Since that fight, Harper has moved up two weight divisions: first to junior middleweight, where she defeated Hannah Rankin for the WBA title, and then to lightweight, where she defeated Habazin.

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