Rhiannon Dixon v Terri Harper: Doncaster’s Harper wins on points to become three-weight world champion

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Rhiannon Dixon v Terri Harper: Doncaster’s Harper wins on points to become three-weight world champion

A week on from when a record-breaking 96,000 crowd witnessed Daniel Dubois’ triumph over Anthony Joshua at Wembley Stadium, there was fewer than 2,000 fans – and plenty of empty seats – at the community arena for another all-British world-title affair.

It perhaps highlights the progress still to be made in promoting female boxing, and how only a handful of names – such as Katie Taylor and Claressa Shields – appeal to the masses.

The women’s code aside, the investment in boxing by Saudi Arabia organisers has also impacted the magnitude of cards in the ******* Kingdom, with the biggest ticket-sellers heading to the Middle East.

But Dixon v Harper – originally set to take place as an undercard bout in August at Manchester’s 23,500-capacity Co-op Live Arena – has also been riddled by unfortunate luck with location and date changes after injuries to headline fighters.

“I thought it was a brilliant ****** – I’m so glad we kept this show on. [Harper] makes history tonight,” promoter Eddie Hearn said.

He added that Argentina’s IBF champion Beatriz Ferreira could be next in a unification ****** for Harper.

Dixon’s reign may have been short-lived, but for a fighter who competed a handful of times on the

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and just a few years ago was juggling boxing with her day job as a pharmacist, she can hold her head high.

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