Our Picks:
Harper to beat Alycia Baumgardner @ 1/5
Terri Harper to beat Alycia Baumgardner by KO/TKO
Terri Harper to beat Alycia Baumgardner in round 8
The 25-year-old was scheduled to fight WBA super featherweight champion Hyun Mi Choi back in May at the Manchester Arena, but she injured her hand in training. Terri Harper has finally recovered her hand injury and will be looking to make up for lost time when she puts her WBC and IBO female super featherweight titles on the line. She is now back to full fitness and will be looking to send a message to the likes of Choi and WBO & IBF super featherweight champion Mikaela Mayer that she runs the super featherweight division. Harper is a pocket rocket. She has no quit in her. The Doncaster boxer can be tactical and fight the perfect fight, or she can get involved in a dogfight and she will probably come out on top in that.
Baumgardner has only been beaten once in her professional career – a points loss against Christina Linardatou. She has won her last four fights. This will be Baumgardner’s toughest fight yet, and Harper will be looking to shine brightly and prove she is the woman to beat.
We are backing Harper to be too strong and quick for Baumgardner and we expect her to stop this fight in rounds 7-8.