WBO Lightweight Titel Bout Harper Vs. Zimmermann

WBO World Lightweight Champion Terri Harper (15-2-2, 6 food) will defend her title against lightweight contender Natalie Zimmermann (13-0, 3 COs) on Saturday, May 23 at the Eco-Power Stadium in Doncaster, UK, globally at Dazn.

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28-year-old champion Terri Harper will make the first defense of her title, while 42-year-old challenger Natalie Zimmermann will take part in her first world title. Harper is a world champion for a statement that wants to make a statement against her unbeaten opponent.

In November 2021, the then WBC Super Featherweight Champion Terri Harper first faced world title-challenger Alycia Baumgardner. Dit was ‘n skokkende aand van boks toe Baumgardner Harper in die vierde ronde stop.

A year later, Harper jumped back by defeating Hannah Rankin and winning the WBA junior middleweight title. Harper would continue to make two successful title defense, and then she decided to go down a weight class to fight for the WBO welterweight title.

Harper se bod om weltergewigkampioen te word, het kortgekom, omdat sy in die vierde ronde deur Sandy Ryan gestop is. Six months later, Harper got another shot at Championship Gold, and she benefited when she defeated Rhiannon Dixon and won the WBO lightweight tape.

Now the British champion Terri Harper is ready to defend the WBO title for the first time. Harper’s opponent plans to ruin the homecoming event by playing the role of Spoiler and bringing the title back to her homeland.

Natalie Zimmermann, a native of Hamburg, Germany, started her career in combat sports as a kick box where she won three consecutive German national championships. Zimmermann made the transition to professional box at the age of 38.

Sy het haar debuut in Augustus 2020 gemaak, toe sy Abigail Quashie met ‘n split-beslissing verslaan het. Zimmermann continued her winning points when she collected 12 additional wins. Now the unbeaten contender will try to take advantage of her first shot on a world title.

Judging by her unblemished record, you would think Natalie Zimmermann is a worthy world title challenger, but that may not be the case. Zimmermann is unbeaten, but she has never faced an opponent with a winning record.

Natalie Zimmermann is a fighter who has a in-and-out type of boxing style. She has quick feet and she is aggressive, but her technique is defective, she throws many poor shots, and her defense is sketchy.

Defending champion Terri Harper is by far the lake polished fighter. She has a solid stitch, good footwork, she knows how to control the series, and as soon as she finds out the series, she continues to fly the combinations.

It should be a showcase type battle for Terri Harper, but in a recent interview, the determined challenger talked about her ambitions.

“It has always been my dream to prove myself against fighters like Terri and show my skills,” Zimmermann said. “My coach and I will develop strategies for the fight. There will definitely be some surprises for my opponent. ‘