Thorslund defeats Johnson, becomes undisputed champion in bantamweight

Dina Thorslund (25-0, 9 KOs) is undisputed champion in bantamweight division. Thorslund snatched the world titles from Cherneka Johnson (19-3) winning every round in an unanimous decision victory. Fight was main event of show promoted in Orlando by MVP.

All three judges scored the fight 100:90 for Thorslund.

For Thorslund was emotional journey.

Thorslund vacated her WBC and WBO titles in June 2025 because of pregnancy, and a month later she announced on social media that she had suffered a miscarriage. She returned to the ring in January and defeated Almudena Alvarez to capture the vacant WBC interim featherweight title. Then Thorslund, who is 32 years old and from Denmark, dropped back to bantamweight to fight for the undisputed championship.

The lead-up to Saturday's fight brought more emotional turmoil for Thorslund, whose training partner, Raven Chapman, underwent emergency brain surgery last month after she collapsed during a sparring session in Denmark.

"This has been such an emotional journey for me the last year," Thorslund said, fighting back tears.

Nodding toward the title belt slung over her left shoulder, she said, "I'm going to take this straight back to Raven and say thank you."