There’s a brand new pressure within the girls’s junior light-weight recreation.
American Alycia Baumgarner wrenched the WBC title from Britain’s Terri Harper with a shocking fourth-round stoppage on the Sheffield Area in Sheffield, England on Saturday. The official time was 0:23.
Baumgarner, who resides on the outskirts of Detroit, Michigan, was forward on factors coming into the fourth when she pounced on a lazy left hand with an ideal counter proper to the jaw. Harper was actually knocked out on her toes and the referee’s intervention fortunately saved her from taking the total pressure of a clean-up left hook.
“I dreamed of this second,” mentioned Baumgarner (11-1, 7 knockouts) throughout her post-fight interview with DAZN. “I came visiting right here because the challenger, because the underdog; my confidence was 100 and I didn’t see that from her. I seen that she was fragile and I jumped on it.”
Baumgarner was noticeably faster along with her palms within the opening spherical and displayed her energy when she damage the defending titleholder with an overhand proper within the second. Harper’s legs betrayed her barely and she or he was additionally thrown to the canvas.
The third was barely higher for Harper but it surely was hardly a foothold and Baumgarner at all times regarded snug.
Harper, who entered as The Ring’s No. 1 rated junior lightweight, was having her first bout in 12 months attributable to a damaged bone in her proper hand. She falls to 11-1-1 (6 KOs).
Chris Billam-Smith (14-1, 9 KOs) retained his European cruiserweight championship with a 12-round unanimous resolution win over Frenchman Dylan Bregeon. The official scores had been 120-109, 119-109 and 119-109.
A head conflict opened a deep gash on the Frenchman’s left ear within the second spherical, however durations of fresh, efficient punching had been few and much between within the early going. Billam-Smith was at all times forward, nevertheless, and compounded his lead with a robust end within the championship rounds.
Bregeon falls to 11-2-1 (3 KOs).
Tom Grey is Managing Editor for Ring Journal. Comply with him on Twitter: @Tom_Gray_Boxing
