{"id":852000,"date":"2026-08-09T16:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/852000\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T16:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:46:10","slug":"tammara-thibeault-becomes-new-unified-middleweight-world-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/852000\/","title":{"rendered":"Tammara Thibeault becomes new unified middleweight world champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 29-year-old from Shawinigan, Que., defeated Australia\u2019s Desley Robinson by unanimous decision on Saturday in Orlando, Fla., to become the new unified IBF, WBO and Ring Magazine middleweight world champion.<\/p>\n<p>Canadian remains undefeated with unanimous-decision victory over Desley Robinson<\/p>\n<p>CBC Sports  \u00b7 Posted: Aug 09, 2026 9:56 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"Tamm Thibeault is interviewed following victory over Mary Casamassa in their middleweight bout during Netflix's Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano 3 at Madison Square Garden on July 11, 2025 in New York City.\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1786293970_339_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Canada&#8217;s Tammara Thibeault, left, pictured with Ariel Helwani on July 11, 2025, defeated Australia\u2019s Desley Robinson on Saturday in Orlando, Fla., to become the new unified IBF, WBO and Ring Magazine middleweight world champion. (Al Bello\/Getty Images for Netflix)<\/p>\n<p>Tammara Thibeault has reached the top of the professional boxing world.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old from Shawinigan, Que., defeated Australia\u2019s Desley Robinson by unanimous decision on Saturday in Orlando, Fla., to become the new unified IBF, WBO and Ring Magazine middleweight world champion.<\/p>\n<p>Thibeault, the 2022 Commonwealth Games champion, improved her professional record to 5-0 with three knockouts, remaining undefeated in her young professional career. She claimed both Robinson\u2019s IBF and WBO world titles with the victory.  <\/p>\n<p>With the win, Thibeault also captured the prestigious Ring Magazine middleweight championship, becoming the fastest professional fighter to earn the magazine\u2019s world championship.<\/p>\n<p>The victory adds another major achievement to an already decorated career for the Canadian, who has now transitioned from international amateur success to the pinnacle of the professional ranks. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 29-year-old from Shawinigan, Que., defeated Australia\u2019s Desley Robinson by unanimous decision on Saturday in Orlando, Fla., to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":852001,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-852000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=852000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/852000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/852001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=852000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=852000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=852000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}