{"id":848892,"date":"2026-08-09T07:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T07:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/848892\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T07:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T07:58:10","slug":"boxing-news-2026-cherneka-johnson-and-desley-robinson-lose-mvpw-05-fights-six-titles-lost-for-aussies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/848892\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing News 2026: Cherneka Johnson and Desley Robinson lose MVPW-05 fights, six titles lost for Aussies"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was a night of double heartbreak for Australian fighters Cherneka Johnson and Delsey Robinson, as both surrendered their world titles during the MVPW-05 card in Orlando, Florida. <\/p>\n

Headlining Jake Paul\u2019s MVP event, the defending bantamweight and middleweight champions suffered defeats in the co-main and main events.<\/p>\n

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Jackson loses to rival.\u00a0ESPN<\/p>\n

Robinson was the first to fall, struggling from the opening bell to fend off Canada\u2019s Tamm Thibeault. <\/p>\n

A two-time Olympic boxer and Commonwealth Games gold medallist, the younger opponent immediately put Robinson on the back foot. <\/p>\n

Despite having only five professional fights to her name, the Canadian secured a decisive unanimous decision victory. <\/p>\n

With the win, she claimed the IBF, WBO, and Ring Magazine middleweight championships in a historically rapid fashion.<\/p>\n

The disappointment continued when Johnson was unseated as the undisputed bantamweight champion by Dina Thorslund. <\/p>\n

The Danish fighter thoroughly controlled the bout, earning a flawless 100-90 sweep on the judges\u2019 scorecards to claim the unified throne.<\/p>\n

It was a shocking showcase for the Australian contingent, wrapping up a tough night that saw two world champions lose their crowns on boxing<\/a>\u2019s big stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It was a night of double heartbreak for Australian fighters Cherneka Johnson and Delsey Robinson, as both surrendered…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":848893,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-848892","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\/848892","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=848892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/848892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/848893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=848892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=848892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=848892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}