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Running on empty

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OCTOBER 7

UNDERCARD

DENABY’S Terri Harper missed the chance to add a second super-welterweight belt to her collection with her bout against highly respected Cecilia Braekhus being declared a majority draw at the finish.

It certainly wasn’t a classic. had Terri ahead at the finish, but not by much. She was hitting and moving, scoring with straight shots against a less sprightly opponent. After some close early rounds and having experienced a degree of success in the sixth and more so in the seventh when, after initially going to the body, she slammed home a great left hook, it was expected that Harper would confirm victory down the stretch. But she never

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