MVP Launches MVPW Women’s Boxing Platform, Signs Multi-Year ESPN Deal Through 2028

March 6, 2026

Most Valuable Promotions announced on Friday the launch of MVPW, a dedicated women’s boxing platform, alongside a multi-year broadcast agreement with ESPN as the U.S. home for MVPW events through 2028. The announcement was made at a press conference at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The deal returns boxing to ESPN for the first time since the network’s eight-year partnership with Top Rank expired in July 2025. It also marks the completion of an unprecedented broadcast portfolio for MVP, co-founded by Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian in 2021, which now spans Netflix, DAZN, Sky Sports, and ESPN.

“Since inception MVP has strategically focused on creating an umbrella brand as the global home for women’s boxing, with the best fighters in the world, that engages existing boxing fans and attracts untapped fan demographics that embrace women’s sport, and today, we proudly enter a new era,” Paul and Bidarian said in a joint statement.

Rosalyn Durant, ESPN’s Executive Vice President of Programming and Acquisitions, said the network was eager to showcase the talent. “MVPW brings together some of the most accomplished and dynamic championship athletes in boxing, competing on a stage that reflects the magnitude of their talent,” Durant said. “We’re proud to bring these championship matchups to ESPN and the ESPN App and further elevate women’s boxing for fans across the country.”

Three Cards Announced

MVP unveiled three events under the new MVPW banner, each sequentially branded to establish a year-round calendar.

MVPW-01 — April 5, Olympia Events, London (Sky Sports UK / ESPN App U.S.): WBC lightweight champion Caroline Dubois (12-0-1, 5 KOs) faces WBO titleholder Terri Harper (16-2-2, 6 KOs) in a 10-round unification bout. Unified super bantamweight champion Ellie Scotney (11-0) meets WBA champion Mayelli Flores (13-1-1, 4 KOs) for the undisputed title. Chantelle Cameron (21-1, 8 KOs) moves up two divisions to face Michaela Kotaskova (11-0-4, 2 KOs) for the vacant WBO junior middleweight belt.

MVPW-02 — April 17, Infosys Theater at Madison Square Garden, New York (ESPN linear and ESPN App): Unified super featherweight champion Alycia Baumgardner (17-1, 7 KOs) defends against Bo Mi Re Shin (19-3-3, 10 KOs) in the main event, contested under men’s rules with 12 three-minute rounds for the WBA, WBO, and IBF titles at 130 pounds. Unified super middleweight champion Shadasia Green (16-1, 11 KOs) defends against Lani Daniels (11-4-2, 1 KO) in the co-main event.

MVPW-03 — May 30, El Paso, Texas (ESPN linear and ESPN App): WBA lightweight champion Stephanie Han (12-0, 3 KOs) rematches former UFC women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm (34-3-3, 9 KOs). Han won their first meeting by technical decision after an accidental clash of heads ended the fight in the seventh round. Boxing Insider