“I Kicked Myself for Days” – Terri Harper Looks Back at Her Controversial Fight With Natasha Jonas
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NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND – MAY 10: Terri Harper of England in action against Claudia Lopez of Argentina during the Super-Featherweight contest fight during the JD NXTGEN Series at Motorpoint Arena on May 10, 2019 in Nottingham, England. (Photo by Matthew Lewis/Getty Images)
Boasting a perfect boxing record of 10 wins with 0 losses and a draw, IBO and WBC female super-featherweight champion Terri Harper doesn’t consider herself to be the perfect boxer. Instead, she vows to improve with every passing day and has pointed out the mistakes in her last title fight against Natasha Jonas.
Harper and Jonas had gone the distance against each other in one of the best fights of all-time in the women’s boxing history. Both pugilists dragged and pushed the other to the limit and put on a clinical showdown for the fans. However, neither could walk away with the win as the fight ended in a controversial draw. Many believed that Harper had done enough to grab the victory. However, ‘Belter’ does not believe the same.
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Looking back at her performance, Terri Harper has reflected on the mistakes she made. While she already has a fight against Katharina Thanderz on November 14, fans can expect some new fighting styles from the undefeated champion as she aims to leave no doubt in the minds of the judges or the fans around the world.
Terri Harper looks back at her fight against Natasha Jonas
The 24-year-old recently connected with Seconds out to talk about the ongoing scenarios in her boxing career. She feels that in her last fight she did a mistake by indulging herself in a ‘dogfight with Jonas. According to Harper, she is a long-range boxer and should have kept the fight that way.
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She said, “The fight with Natasha, I kicked myself for days after and when I actually watch it back, there a lot of things I was doing wrong but there are a lot of things I was doing well as well. So I just gotta remember myself that Rome’s not built in a day and I am not perfect.”
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MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – OCTOBER 30: Terri Harper in action during a Boxing Public Work Out on October 30, 2019 in Manchester, England. (Photo by George Wood/Getty Images)
Harper added, “I am going to make these mistakes but for me thing one were let allow myself get dragged into the fight and for me like, I am the long-rage boxer, I box people at range and just everything just went out of the window on the last fight and I just got dragged into that dog-fight.”
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That said, she can regain the momentum by winning her next fight against Katharina Thanderz. While both the women would collide for the world titles with their undefeated records at stake, fight fans can witness another epic thriller soon.
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