Rhiannon Dixon: record, next fight and profile →
It may take a while, but Rhiannon Dixon is going to have to get used to being described as a world champion rather than a former pharmacist. On Saturday night, the 28-year-old southpaw dropped Argentina’s accomplished Karen Elizabeth Carabajal and boxed her way to a comprehensive unanimous decision victory to claim the WBO lightweight title.
Ellie Scotney added the WBO title to her IBF super bantamweight belt, and banked The Ring championship, with an impressive 10-round win over Segolene Lefebvre.
Photos fromJordan Gill-Zelfa Barrett Final Press Conference
Thick-Skinned Rhiannon Dixon Ready To Reign After Embracing The Path Less Trodden
It is just over four years since a relaxed Rhiannon Dixon sauntered to the ring at Bolton’s White Hotel, bringing to an end her seven-fight white collar career and entering the world of professional boxing.
At the Fontainebleau Las Vegas on Saturday April 6. New York Super-Lightweight ace Richardson Hitchins (17-0, 7 KOs) looks to build on his shutout points win over Jose Zepeda at the Caribe Royal Orlando last September when he takes on Argentina’s Gustavo Daniel Lemos (29-0, 19 KOs) in a Final Eliminator for the IBF World Title.
Katie Taylor has decided to remain at junior welterweight, with her decision to vacate the IBF world title at 135-pounds, according to TNT Sports. Taylor, who was the undisputed champion at lightweight, continued her march at 140-pounds and won a ten round decision over Chantelle Cameron to become the undisputed champion at junior welterweight last November. The victory avenged a decision loss to Cameron in May of 2023.
The raised stakes and opposition level were not of any concern to Rhiannon Dixon. A world class boxing display was turned in by the fighting pharmacist, who is now a threat in an already stacked lightweight division. Dixon effortlessly prevailed in a ten-round decision victory over Katharina Thanderz in their EBU lightweight title fight Saturday on DAZN from OVO Arena Wembley in London.
Jai Opetaia and Jordan Thompson are set for their championship clash. The pair of unbeaten cruiserweights both easily made weight for Saturday’s DAZN main event from OVO Arena Wembley in London. Sydney’s Opetaia was 198.6 pounds in the first defense of his lineal and IBF crown, while the Manchester-bred, London-based Thompson packed 198.9 pounds onto his 6’6” frame.