Terri Harper was born on 2 November 1996 and is a British professional boxer and current WBO female lightweight champion.
16 Facts About Terri Harper
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Terri Harper is a former WBA and IBO Super-Welterweight champion and former super-featherweight world champion, having held the IBO female title from 2019 to November 2021 and the WBC version from 2020 to November 2021.
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Terri Harper won her first championship two years later, capturing the regional WBC International female lightweight title in 2019.
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Terri Harper got into boxing at the age of 12 after watching Jack Osbourne box on the TV show Jack Osbourne: Adrenaline Junkie.
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Terri Harper returned to amateur boxing after completing her GCSEs, only to become disillusioned with the sport after losing her first two bouts.
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Terri Harper subsequently accepted the offer, and stated that she has "never looked back since".
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Terri Harper made her professional debut on 25 November 2017, at the Doncaster Dome in Doncaster, scoring a four-round points decision victory over Monika Antonik.
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Terri Harper dropped her opponent twice in the eighth round before referee Howard Foster called a halt to the contest, handing Terri Harper her first world title via eighth-round TKO.
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Terri Harper knocked Wahlstrom down in round seven en-route to a UD victory, adding the WBC to her IBO title to become the second British female boxer, after Nicola Adams, to capture a major world title.
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Terri Harper defended her titles against former Olympian Natasha Jonas on 7 August 2020, at the Matchroom Sport headquarters in Brentwood, Essex.
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Terri Harper followed up with a sustained assault, landing combinations to the head and body, prompting referee Victor Loughlin to call a halt to the contest to award Terri Harper a ninth-round TKO victory.
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On 23 March 2024 in Sheffield, England, Terri Harper challenged Sandy Ryan for her WBO welterweight title, but lost the fight via fourth-round RTD.
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Terri Harper was due to challenge WBO female World lightweight champion Rhiannon Dixon at Manchester's Co-op Live Arena on 24 August 2024, but the fight was moved to take place on 28 September 2024 at Sheffield Arena after an injury to Jack Catterall who had been scheduled to headline the original bill.
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Terri Harper won the fight by unanimous decision to become a three-weight world champion and inflict the first loss of Dixon's professional career.
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Terri Harper was scheduled to make the first defense of her WBO lightweight title against Natalie Zimmermann in Doncaster, England on 23 May 2025.
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Terri Harper came out as gay to her father and step mother at the age of 14.