Former UFC ladies’s bantamweight champion and boxing legend Holly Holm will combat for the WBA light-weight world boxing title on Jan. 3. “The Preacher’s Daughter” faces undefeated champion Stephanie Han within the co-main occasion of the Amanda Serrano vs. Erika Cruz 2 combat card in Puerto, Rico.
The 2 will combat in a 10-round bout at 135 kilos, and the combat shall be contested underneath equal guidelines to males with three-minute rounds. Holm may win a world title in a fourth division.
“Holly Holm is again difficult for a boxing world title, 12 years after leaving the game and doing it with MVP,” mentioned Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian, co-founders of MVP. “She is going through a multi-faceted athlete in Stephanie Han who’s a champion, a mom, and a police officer. And they’re doing it with 3-minute rounds like the boys. Becoming a member of them are an array of Puerto Rican standouts, together with MVP’s personal Yankiel Rivera, Jan Paul Rivera, and Krystal Rosado, representing the island’s subsequent era of greatness and demonstrating MVP’s dedication to pushing the game ahead via equality, alternative, and world-class fights for followers across the globe, reside solely on DAZN.”
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“I really feel nice,” mentioned Holly Holm through press launch. “I’m excited to have the chance to combat for a fourth weight division title and add to my legacy on Saturday, January 3. I’m grateful for MVP and this chance and look ahead to combating in Puerto Rico, an island with a deep boxing tradition.”
“From El Paso to the world stage, now I get to combat Holly Holm, in Puerto Rico subsequent to the island’s biggest boxer in Amanda Serrano,” mentioned Stephanie Han. “Each sacrifice has led to this second, and I’m grateful and excited for the chance. Equal alternative at that, with 3-minute rounds.”
Earlier than changing into the UFC ladies’s bantamweight champion, Holly Holm was a world class boxer. She was multiple-time world champion. “The Preacher’s Daughter” returned to the ring on the Jake Paul vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. combat card in June dominating Mexican standout Yolanda Vega.
