Huge Triple Hitter a Success in
Women's Boxing: A Day To Remember
by Sue TL Fox
November 15, 2020
(NOV 15) Saturday night
brought a great night for women's boxing on a Matchroom Boxing
card, in what was reported as the "first female triple-header
in the United Kingdom in boxing history" and streamed on Sky
Sports, DAZN, at the SSE Arena, in Wembley for boxing fans to be
treated to three fantastic matchups of women's boxing.
Boxing fans who viewed the video footage of these six female
boxers, could see that each represented the sport well, in how
they handled themselves when with their opponent in the weigh-in
and press conference. Every one of them were pure class!
Eddie Hearn stating: It is not women's boxing - it is
"Boxing". No longer a novelty act, we put it on because it
is great action. that women's boxing will withstand the
distance. He seems extremely positive about the progression of
women's boxing. Hearn stated how he would like to
see an undisputed world champion in every division.
In the mainliner, Katie Taylor, now 18-0 (6KO), faced
Miriam Gutierrezl The fight is a unification defense of
Taylor's WBA, IBF, WBC, WBO Lightweight titles.
Taylor won all ten rounds with an impressive 100-99, 100-90 and
99-91, and easily outclassed Gutierrez in last night's world
title unification bout. Gutierrez suffered her first loss
as a professional boxer, and is now 13-1-0.
The WBA wrote, "Once again, Katie
Taylor made it clear why she is considered one of the best
pound-for-pound boxers in the world. The Irish boxer ran over
the Spanish challenger Miriam Gutierrez from start to finish to
retain her World Boxing Association (WBA), WBC, IBF and WBO
Lightweight titles at the Wembley Arena in London."
"Although the Madrid native went out to fight, she was unable to
connect her power punches regularly and lost on the cards in
almost every round. In the fourth round, right at the
sound of the bell, Taylor took advantage of a counterattack to
throw a right punch over Gutierrez’s guard and sent her to the
canvas before going to the break. The rest of the fight
developed in an obvious advantage for the champion, but it was
quite entertaining due to the episodes of blow exchange that
both offered. It was Taylor’s ninth successful
defense, who has been the champion since October 28, 2017, and
has been on a successful path."
In a second female bout, Rachel Ball, finally got her shot to go
for a interim WBC world title belt taking on Jorgelina Guanini,
for the vacant WBA Bantamweight title. Ball won by ten round
unanimous decision with judges scores of 99-91, 99-91, and
99-92.
Ring rust for Guanini showed throughout the
ten-rounder as she had not fought for 17 months.
In a third female bout on the
card, Denaby’s Terri Harper (11-0-1, 6 KOs) faces her first WBC
Mandatory challenger in Spanish-Norwegian Katharina Thanderz,
now (13-1, 2 KOs). Harper stopped Thanderz 1:12 seconds of the
ninth round.
In a post fight interview, Harper said that
she had hurt her hand in the fourth round, which made it where
she couldn’t throw it, and that it was painful when she did.
Check out the video on this report on her post-fight interview
for details [below].
Hearn said that Katie Taylor was Brilliant tonight,
probably the best thing he had seen tonight, fighting in the
inside, being aggressive. Said Gutierrez was very tough.
Taylor is just amazing to watch. Terri Harper was
fantastic. He said that she doesn't at times know just how
good she is in boxing. Just a big night in boxing.
In a post fight interview, Taylor
said she just couldn't get her out of the ring---that she was
tough, and very dangerous and all in all it was a great
performance. Her opponent hung in there. It was an
amazing platform and three fantastic female fights. She
said “It’s about inspiring the next generation”
