On October 7 in Sheffield, England, Terri Harper will defend her WBA junior middleweight title against Cecilia Braekhus in a rescheduled bout from May that Braekhus had to cancel due to injury.
The 26-year-old Harper, who faced Ivana Habazin in May after Braekhus had to withdraw, will be making her second title defence. In Harper-Braekhus, the vacant WBO championship, previously held by Natasha Jonas, will also be on the line.
After being knocked out by Alycia Baumgardner in 2021 while Harper was the WBC junior lightweight champion, Harper (14-1-1, 6 KO) has won her last three fights.
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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.
Braekhus, 41, is a two-time junior middleweight champion and former world champion based on pound-for-pound rankings. After holding at least one of the four main welterweight championships from 2009 to 2020, when she lost to Jessica McCaskill by majority decision, Braekhus (37-2, 9 KOs) is attempting to capture a world title in a different weight class.
She fought at junior middleweight after losing to McCaskill by unanimous decision in a rematch.The Leigh Wood-Josh Warrington featherweight title battle will be the main event, and the Harper-Braekhus fight will be on the undercard.
