Harper suffers injury, unification bout with Choi cancelled
Earlier today WBC and IBO female Super Featherweight champion champion Teri Harper (11-0-1, 6) announced that she has had to pull out of her scheduled May 15th bout with WBA champion Hyun Mi Choi (18-0-1, 4) [최현미] after refracturing her hand:
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— Terri “Belter” Harper (@TerriHarper96) May 6, 2021
Harper fractured her hand last time out, when she stopped Katharina Thanderz back in November, and it seemed like things were fine following the injury. Sadly however it appears she had again done damage to the same hand.
We want to wish Harper a speedy recovery, though do worry a little bit about her long term career. Recurring hand injuries can become a genuine plague for fighters, as seen by the recurring injuries suffered by Joe Calzaghe and the lengthy breaks that saw Naoya Inoue have his rise to stardom delayed. Fingers crossed this is just a freak recurrence for Harper, and not a sign that her career is going to be plagued by on going issues.
As for Choi, we really hope that either this bout can be re-arranged for later in the year, or that she manages to get a worth while bout before the end of 2021, as she is certainly not getting any younger and has been horribly inactive in recent years, fighting just 3 times since the start of 2018.
We want to wish Harper a speedy recovery, though do worry a little bit about her long term career. Recurring hand injuries can become a genuine plague for fighters, as seen by the recurring injuries suffered by Joe Calzaghe and the lengthy breaks that saw Naoya Inoue have his rise to stardom delayed. Fingers crossed this is just a freak recurrence for Harper, and not a sign that her career is going to be plagued by on going issues.
As for Choi, we really hope that either this bout can be re-arranged for later in the year, or that she manages to get a worth while bout before the end of 2021, as she is certainly not getting any younger and has been horribly inactive in recent years, fighting just 3 times since the start of 2018.