{"id":448049,"date":"2026-01-30T20:09:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/448049\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T20:09:24","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T20:09:24","slug":"hennessy-and-boutell-hit-the-mark-set-for-wbc-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/448049\/","title":{"rendered":"Hennessy and Boutell Hit the Mark, Set for WBC Glory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hennessy and Boutell Hit the Mark, Set for WBC Glory<\/p>\n<p>The stage is set at London\u2019s iconic Copper Box Arena as British rising star Francesca Hennessy and the gritty Ellie Boutell successfully cleared the official weigh-in, opening the path for their highly anticipated showdown for the WBC Silver Bantamweight Title.<\/p>\n<p>In a ceremony marked by intense focus and mutual respect, both pugilists tipped the scales under the 118-pound limit. With their physical preparation at its peak, the protagonists have guaranteed a performance that will live up to international expectations.<\/p>\n<p>This matchup carries immense strategic significance beyond the Silver belt; it serves as a Final Eliminator.<\/p>\n<p>The victor will earn the privilege of becoming the mandatory challenger, securing the right to vie for the WBC World Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Hennessy, regarded as one of the crown jewels of modern British boxing royalty, enters this challenge looking to validate her meteoric rise with a statement victory before her local fans.<\/p>\n<p>Boutell, arrives with the firm conviction that she possesses the boxing IQ and mental fortitude required to claim the win.<\/p>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_174976\" class=\"pvc_stats all  pvc_load_by_ajax_update\" data-element-id=\"174976\" style=\"\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1764343693_289_ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hennessy and Boutell Hit the Mark, Set for WBC Glory The stage is set at London\u2019s iconic Copper&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":448050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-448049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=448049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/448050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=448049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=448049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=448049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}