Geovana Peres vs Claire Hafner was a world title fight that took place on 4 October 2019 at SkyCity Convention Centre in Auckland, New Zealand.

[2] This was considered a history making moment as Geovana Peres was the first New Zealand female boxer to win and successfully defend a world title in her home country.

[6] Geovana Peres won her WBO World Light Heavyweight title on 30 March against Lani Daniels, which was dubbed "history in the making".

[9] Claire reached the top ranking after she defeated former WBC world title contender Carlette Ewell on June 15, 2019.

[11] On 5 May 2019, Bruce Glozier announced that he was in negotiations for Geovana Peres' first world title defence with Claire Hafner.

[12] Shortly after, it was announced that Steve Deane had joined Bruce Glozier to form a new company called Rival Sports Promotion.

[14] To promote the fight Peres set a record by doing boxing pad training on top of the Auckland Sky Tower 193 metres in the air.

[25] On the 16 April 2021, Geovana Peres made her amateur muay thai fight debut against IFMA Junior Gold Medalist and GAMMA World Champion Roezala Su’e.

Peres won the fight by unanimous decision with her winning the inaugural Fau Vake Warrior's Heart Memorial Shield.