Nina Hughes’ bid to regain the WBA bantamweight title resulted in defeat as Cherneka Johnson received their rematch by stoppage.
Hughes misplaced her title in controversial style in Perth final Could, when a scorecards mix-up meant the Briton was introduced the winner earlier than the decision was corrected.
This time spherical, there was little doubt as Johnson claimed a convincing victory in Sydney, with Hughes’ nook throwing the towel in 46 seconds into the seventh spherical.
The 30-year-old Australian dominated a scrappy contest to retain her title and enhance her skilled file to 17-2.
Hughes suffered a minimize to her nostril after a conflict of heads within the third spherical and was deducted a degree for holding early within the fifth spherical.
The 42-year-old has now misplaced two of her eight fights and hugged Johnson instantly after Saturday’s bout was stopped.
“[Johnson] was simply too robust, too younger, too contemporary,” stated promoter Eddie Hearn.
“She was an actual handful. It was scrappy at occasions however she simply outmuscled [Hughes] and outworked her.
“Nina’s had an ideal run. She began her profession late actually – she’s in her early 40s now, she’s been a world champion and had two large fights in Australia. It may very well be the tip of the highway.”
The occasion options one other girls’s world title contest as Australia’s Skye Nicolson defends her WBC featherweight title towards American Tiara Brown.
Prime of the invoice is an all-Australian conflict between former unified light-weight champion George Kambosos Jr and Jake Wyllie.
