{"id":733472,"date":"2026-06-13T06:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T06:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/733472\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T06:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T06:39:08","slug":"bryan-boxer-fighting-for-wbc-featherweight-world-title-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/733472\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryan boxer fighting for WBC Featherweight World title Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) &#8211; She\u2019s been boxing for fewer than five years, but this weekend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100069312247945\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100069312247945\">Hannah \u201cHanarchy\u201d Rapp<\/a> plans to show the world she belongs in the ring. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThe first day I stepped in I was just like, \u2018Oh, this is for me,\u2019\u201d said Rapp. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Rapp moved from Indiana to Bryan College Station about two years ago when her boyfriend got a job at Texas A&amp;M. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">She had established herself as a boxer back home before moving to Aggieland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI had to make sure that there was a boxing gym in the area cause if that wasn\u2019t available, I wasn\u2019t going to be moving,\u201d said Rapp.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The former track and field athlete at Purdue found Coach Carl Perry from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bryancollegestationboxing\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bryancollegestationboxing\">Bryan Boxing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cIt was funny because the first day she walked in, she was taller than I expected but smaller than I expected,\u201d said Perry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Perry said the male boxers were sparring the day Rapp came to visit. He asked if she wanted to watch, but she jumped right into the ring. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe got her in there with Jackson, who is one of my amateur fighters who had some good, quality fights,\u201d said Perry. \u201cWe saw Hannah, who was definitely a lot smaller than Jackson, and she just went to whooping on that boy. Everybody in the gym was like, \u2018Whoa, what did we just witness here.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Since joining the Bryan Boxing team in 2024, Rapp has traveled to Houston and even Mexico to get fights under her belt. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Racking up eight wins and a draw professionally, she\u2019s yet to lose a fight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Rapp was preparing for a fight in early May when her team got an important call.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe get a really big call for a world championship fight,\u201d said Rapp. \u201cObviously, that\u2019s no question. We\u2019re taking it immediately. I don\u2019t care who the opponent is. So few people get the opportunity to fight for a world championship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The training intensified. She\u2019s been sparring in Houston several times a week to gear up to fight Tiara Brown Saturday night. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">But boxing is just one of Rapp\u2019s full time jobs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI work at Texas A&amp;M for the Environmental Health and Safety Department as a fire and life safety building inspector,\u201d she said. \u201cAll the buildings on campus have to be inspected for fire and life safety stuff, and that\u2019s what I do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Rapp, who has a degree in environmental engineering, said she takes vacation days and some unpaid days off just to train. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cShe is honestly one of the best professionals there is when it comes to it,\u201d said Perry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Coach Perry said the sacrifices Rapp makes, and her talent, help her rise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">They\u2019re both excited to be among the pack of champions as women\u2019s boxing grows. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cI\u2019m prepared for this and I\u2019m really excited to shock the world,\u201d said Rapp.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Rapp is the co-main event in Orlando Saturday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The main card begins at 9 p.m. ET. You can watch it live on ESPN +.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KBTX. 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