Who won Harper vs Braekhus?
Terri Harper drew with Cecilia Braekhus by majority draw in their 10 round contest on Saturday 7th October 2023 at Sheffield Arena in Sheffield.
The scorecards were announced as 95-95, 95-95, 97-93, meaning it was a majority draw.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Super Welterweight division, which meant the weight limit was 154 pounds (11 stone or 69.8 KG).
This fight appeared on the undercard of Leigh Wood beating Josh Warrington for the WBA World Featherweight championship. Also, on the undercard Kieron Conway beat Linus Udofia, Hopey Price defeated Connor Coghill, Nico Leivars was victorious over Ryan Walker, Cameron Vuong beat Engel Gomez and Koby McNamara defeated Francisco Rodriguez.
Harper vs Braekhus stats
Back in October 2023, Terri Harper stepped into the ring with a record of 14 wins, 1 loss and 1 draw.
Cecilia Braekhus made her way to the ring with a record of 37 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws.
Terri Harper was the younger woman by 15 years, at 27 years old.
Harper had a height advantage of 2 inches over Braekhus. Despite this, Braekhus had 2-inch reach advantage.
Both Terri Harper & Cecilia Braekhus fought out of an orthodox stance.
Harper was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 23 less fights, and made her debut in 2017, 10 year and 9 months later than Braekhus, whose first professional fight was in 2007. She had fought 192 less professional rounds, 128 to Braekhus' 320.
Harper vs Braekhus form
Harper had beaten 3 of her last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.
In her last fight leading up to this contest, she had won against Ivana Habazin on 27th May 2023 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Manchester Arena, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Previous to that, she had won against Hannah Rankin on 24th September 2022 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Nottingham Arena, Nottingham.
Going into that contest, she had been beaten by Alycia Baumgardner on 13th November 2021 by technical knockout in the 4th round at Sheffield Arena, Yorkshire.
Before that, she had beat Katharina Thanderz on 14th November 2020 by technical knockout in the 9th round at Wembley (SSE) Arena, London.
She had drawn with Natasha Jonas on 7th August 2020 by split draw in their 10 round contest at Matchroom Fight Camp, Essex.
Activity check
Harper's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 2 months, meaning she had been fighting on average every 7 months and 19 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 43 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.6 rounds on average.
Braekhus' last 4 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 10 months and 7 days, meaning she had been fighting on average every 11 months and 17 days. In those fights, she fought a total of 36 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9 rounds on average.
What time did Harper vs Braekhus start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 PM BST at Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, United Kingdom, which was 4:00 PM EST or 1:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America.
Who broadcast Harper vs Braekhus?
Harper vs Braekhus was broadcast on DAZN Global in the UK, while the fight was broadcast in the United States by DAZN.
What were the odds on Harper vs Braekhus?
Terri Harper was a 1/6 (-590) favourite going into the contest, while Cecilia Braekhus made her way into the ring at 4/1 (+400) with oddsmakers.
