World champion Dixon to face fellow Briton Harper

Lightweight world champion Rhiannon Dixon will take sides her WBO loop against chap Briton Terri Harper astatine Manchester's Co-op Live arena connected Saturday, 24 August.

Warrington's Dixon, 29, is unbeaten successful 10 master fights and will make a first defence of nan title she won against Karen Elizabeth Carabajal successful April.

Harper, 27, is nan WBA light-middleweight champion and a erstwhile super-featherweight champion truthful will activity to go a three-weight champion successful August's fight.

"Dixon is personification who I person a batch of respect for, she is very respectful and there’s nary horrible ego pinch her," Harper said.

Doncaster's Harper has won 14, drawn 2 and mislaid 2 fights - including a conclusion against WBO welterweight champion Sandy Ryan successful March.

"The astir important point for maine now is to get a coagulated triumph nether my loop and beryllium backmost connected top," Harper, who will driblet down to lightweight to look Dixon.

The paper will beryllium nan first boxing arena astatine Manchester's recently built 23,500-capacity arena and will beryllium headlined by Chorley light-welterweight Jack Catterall's conflict against American Regis Prograis.