Claire Hafner

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Claire Hafner
Born (1977-04-23) April 23, 1977 (age 47)
Nationality (legal)
  • American
  • Canadian
Statistics
Weight(s)
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm) [1]
Reach64 in (163 cm)
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record [2]
Total fights7
Wins4
Wins by KO0
Losses3

Claire Hafner (born April 23, 1977) is a Canadian professional boxer and opera singer. [3] She challenged once for the WBO light heavyweight title in October 2019.

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Boxing career

She Began her career as an amateur boxer in 2013. She won multiple tournaments in her amateur days including Ringside World Championships, and was the silver medalist in the 2016 Canadian Championships. [4] She made her professional boxing debut May 2017 against Annie Mazerolle. [5] After a majority decision win over Mazerolle, they had a rematch in August 2017. Mazerolle won the rematch by split decision. Hafner ended her 2017 with a win over Mexican boxer Claudia Ramirez. Hafner did not fight for nine months, but she returned to fight a top ranked American boxer Sonja Fox for the American Boxing Organisation (ABO) American female heavyweight title. [6] Hafner won the tough bout by majority decision. At this time negotiations started for the potential world title fight against Geovana Peres. Hafner took nine months away from the ring but returned in June 2019. This time she took on former World title contender Carlette Ewell for the Universal National Boxing Council (UNBC) American female heavyweight title. Hafner won the bout with ease almost winning every round. [7] After winning this fight she received multiple world ranking spots including second in the WBA, [8] fourth in the WBC, [9] and first on Boxrec. [10]

World title shot

On the 5 May 2019, Bruce Glozier announced that he was in negotiations for Geovana Peres' first world title defence against Claire Hafner. [11] It was announced on 30 July that the fight was made official and will happen on 4 October at Sky City Convention Centre in Auckland, New Zealand. [12] Hafner arrived in Auckland on the 30 September and met Geovana Peres on 1 October at Cheltenham Beach for a photo shoot. [13] The two met again at the weigh-in on 3 October at Sammy's on the Gaming floor at the SKy City Casino. [14] Before the event fight started, Hafner performed the Canadian national anthem before competing against Geovana Peres. The referee stopped the fight between the eighth and ninth round of the fight. [15]

Professional titles

Professional boxing record

7 fights4 wins3 losses
By knockout01
By decision42

[16]

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
7Loss4–3 Flag of the United States.svg Leatitia Robinson UD6Feb 8, 2020 Flag of the United States.svg Civic Center, Hammond, Indiana, U.S.
6Loss4–2 Flag of New Zealand.svg Geovana Peres TKO8 (10), 3:00Oct 4, 2019 Flag of New Zealand.svg Skycity Auckland, Auckland, New ZealandFor WBO light heavyweight title
5Win4–1 Flag of the United States.svg Carlette Ewell UD8Jun 15, 2019 Flag of the United States.svg Benton Convention Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S.Won UNBC American female heavyweight title
4Win3–1 Flag of the United States.svg Sonja FoxMD6Sep 29, 2018 Flag of the United States.svg 4 Bears Casino & Lodge, New Town, North Dakota, U.S.Won ABO American female heavyweight title
3Win2–1 Flag of Mexico.svg Claudia RamirezUD4Oct 25, 2017 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lac Leamy Casino, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
2Loss1–1 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Annie MazerolleSD6Aug 19, 2017 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Festival Arena, Shediac, New Brunswick, Canada
1Win1–0 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Annie MazerolleMD4May 27, 2017 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Aitken Centre, Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada

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