(OCT 13) New Zealand Born Undisputed World
Bantamweight champion Cherneka Johnson (Ngāti Ranginui) will defend her title
against Amanda Galle on the Jake Paul vs. Gervonta Davis undercard on Netflix.
On November 14th at Kaseya Center, Miami, Florida, Cherneka Johnson will make
her first Undisputed World title defence against American highly ranked boxer
Amanda Galle. This is live on Netflix as part of the Jake Paul vs Gervonta Davis
exhibition undercard.
Johnson signed with Jake Paul's MVP Promotions before her undisputed world title
win back July 11th at Madison Square Garden. She made history becoming the first
New Zealand born and first Maori to become Undisputed World champion.
Johnson has always been a history maker for New Zealand being second Maori ever
to win a world title in April 2022, being the first Maori ever to successfully
defend a world title in October 2022, being the first Maori ever to win a world
title in two sanctioning bodies.
Johnson already has had a busy year defending her WBA World Bantamweight title
in March, winning the Undisputed title in July, now defending the Undisputed
title in November with a perfect end to 2025.
She will be defending the title against a high ranked opponent and the current
IBO World Bantamweight champion Amanda Galle. For those who might be confused,
in the sport of boxing, to become an undisputed world champion, you need to hold
the WBO, WBA, IBF and WBC world titles at the same time to be considered an
undisputed champion. The IBO world title might have a lot of history, but it
isn’t considered a major world title.
Amanda Galle is currently ranked 4th on Boxrec, 4th in IBF and 5th in WBA. On
top of that being the IBO World champion.
Galle began her career in 2019, three years after Johnson debuted. Galle is
currently undefeated with 12 wins and 1 draw. She became the Canadian national
super bantamweight champion in 2022, winning against Tania Walters, who is known
for fighting Mea Motu with Motu dislocating her shoulder in the first round but
still winning the fight.
Galle's biggest win of her career was winning the IBO world bantamweight title
in 2023 against the tough multiple time world title challenger Niorkis Carreno.
The two would fight again exactly one year later with Galle successfully
defending the title.
This will be a tough opponent for Cherneka Johnson, however, Johnson comes into
this fight with an edge with more experience, coming off two stoppage wins in a
row, and coming into this fight with both the height and reach advantage.
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