Canadian novice Sara Haghighat Joo lands world title shot

Source: WBA

19/02/2024

Canadian novice Sara Haghighat Joo lands world title shot

Guadalupe Bautista will travel to Canada to defend her WBA junior flyweight title on April 27th against local Sara Haghighat Joo. The bout will take place at the Toronto Casino Resort and will be the main event of the night. Bautista, age 35, is the  champion and will try to retain her crown on the road. The Mexico City native is 23-11-2 and will be making the third defense of her belt, which she won in 2020 when she defeated Nora Cardoza.  In September 2021, Bautista made her first defense, defeating Alma Meraz Rodriguez, and her second was against Gabriela Sanchez in 2022. It should be noted that during all that time, Bautista has remained active and making fights, despite the fact that in some of them her belt was not at stake.  Haghighat Joo is just 3-0 and made her pro debut  less than eighteen months ago, in November 2022. She is 29 years old andhas good technique.