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Fox News
12-07-2025
- Sport
- Fox News
Jake Paul's partner discusses possibility of signing Katie Taylor after beating MVP's Amanda Serrano again
NEW YORK – When Most Valuable Promotions was founded in 2021 by Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian, they struck gold in signing Amanda Serrano to a deal, making her the first woman on the brand. Serrano had already cemented her legacy as one of the GOATs of female boxing, and she has since signed a lifetime deal with the brand. But since joining MVP, she has gone 0-3 against Katie Taylor. Taylor completed the trilogy sweep on Friday at Madison Square Garden, where the rivalry first began in 2022. MVP has a stacked roster. Its second female fighter Shadasia Green won the IBF super middleweight title on Friday to go along with her WBO belt she won back in November. There, of course, should be zero regret in signing Serrano, who has represented the brand better than anybody. One could have mistaken the decibel-level at Madison Square Garden on Friday night, filled with a a Serrano-favored crowd, for Game 7 of a Knicks or Rangers series. After defending her title again to someone unquestionably on women's boxing's Mt. Rushmore, Taylor is undoubtedly the greatest female boxer of this generation, and maybe of all time. Taylor has been signed with Eddie Hearn's Matchroom Boxing since 2016. So, as Bidarian put it after Taylor's victory Friday night, "it's not really an option to sign her." But Taylor's last two fights, and three of her last six, have been promoted by MVP. So, might the door be open? "She's experienced working with us two times in a row, and I'm confident if the right opportunity comes up, she's going to continue to work with us," Bidarian said. "But I also respect that she's very loyal and has worked with Matchroom for a number of years, and she has to balance that relationship." Say what you want about Paul, but he has unequivocally put women's boxing on the map for all the right reasons. Madison Square Garden was filled with moms and dads with their daughters to watch an all-female card that set a Guinness World Record for most titles on the line in one single card. Serrano was emotional in thanking the crowd, Bidarian, and Paul for their support of women's boxing in the ring after the fight. So, if there's one thing about MVP that they can hang their hat on, it's that they've made women's boxing must-watch television, even if their star female fighter remains without that coveted belt she wanted so badly from her years-long rival. Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
The Sun
11-07-2025
- Sport
- The Sun
Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano 3 LIVE RESULTS: Card on NOW ahead of blockbuster trilogy brawl on Netflix
THEY say three is the magic number - and Amanda Serrano will get a third shot at Katie Taylor's titles TONIGHT! Taylor defeated seven-weight world champion Serrano in a 2022 battle that was billed as the biggest fight in female boxing history. But the Irish icon's second successive win over her Puerto Rican rival was overshadowed by boos as the crowd believed Serrano, battling with a bloody eye, deserved more. Fast forward eight months, and the pair will go toe-to-toe all over again, and there is a cracking undercard taking place ahead of the huge Madison Square Garden bust-up. just now By Connor Greaves Tonight's card in FULL Fans are most looking forward to Taylor and Serrano's thrilling trilogy fight. But before that, boxing lovers will be able to watch Alycia Baumgardner's world title defence against Jennifer Miranda in the co-main event. And Savannah Marshall is set to dance in the ring with Shadasia Green. Here is the running order for the greatest female fight card in history with the boxing already underway in New York: Main card: Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano; undisputed women's junior welterweight championship Alycia Baumgardner vs Jennifer Miranda; WBO, WBC & WBA super-featherweight titles Savannah Marshall vs Shadasia Green; IBF & WBO super-middleweight titles Ellie Scotney vs Yamileth Mercado; IBF, WBO & WBC super-bantamweight titles Prelims: a minute ago By Connor Greaves Good evening and welcome to SunSport's live blog of Taylor vs Serrano 3! Tonight, Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano put an end to the greatest rivalry in the history of women's boxing. The two meet for Taylor's four junior welterweight titles as the pair headline a stacked card at New York's Madison Square Garden. The Bray Bomber has a 2-0 record against Serrano, with the first coming at MSG in 2022, where Taylor narrowly secured a split decision win in one of the best fights in women's boxing history. The sequel was the Co-main event to Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson last November, in which Taylor secured a controversial win by way of unanimous decision. Now the pair's trilogy bout tops a star-studded bill with an incredible 17 world titles on the line throughout the night! SunSport will bring you coverage from a historic night in New York.
Irish Times
16-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
Rachel Lally: The Irish teacher turned pro boxer fights for a place in the world top five
Irish boxer Rachel Lally is set to face South African Wendy Gcado in Dubai on Saturday. Should the 30-year-old win the fight, she will break into the top five of the female super middleweight rankings less than a year after combining professional boxing with her career as a teacher in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). From Co Mayo, Lally took-up the sport in the lead up to the 2012 London Olympics. The Irish team went on to win four boxing medals at those games, with Katie Taylor 's gold sparking a surge in interest among girls and women. 'Women's boxing was really coming up,' says Lally, who trained at the Golden Gloves Club in her hometown of Belmullet. READ MORE She was 'in a tough place physically and mentally' when she started out and was 'unhappy in my body', but a year of boxing marked a turnaround for Lally. At 17 she became an under-18 national champion, with several girls from her home club also winning titles. Rachel Lally took up boxing in the lead up to the 2012 London Olympics, where Irish fighters, including Katie Taylor, secured four medals. Photograph: Hannah McCarthy Lally had been due to fight for the same title in the National Stadium in Dublin the previous year, but pulled out after learning a close friend had died by suicide the day before the bout. Within an 18-month period, she lost three teenage friends in Co Mayo to suicide. 'It was just a really horrible time because we had absolutely no mental health facilities,' she says. Boxing became an important outlet for her as she coped with those tragedies. Rachel Lally has been doing 4am jogs before starting work as a teacher. Photograph: Hannah McCarthy However, the Leaving Certificate, followed by college and then a heavy caseload as a teacher in London, left Lally with little time to box after earning her junior title. 'I just wasn't prioritising my health at all,' she said. After moving to Dubai to work as a teacher in 2021 and joining a local boxing gym, a coach encouraged her to take part in amateur fights including an event for St Patrick's Day alongside other Irish boxers. Lally says the calibre of training facilities in Dubai is higher than in Ireland but they are much more expensive to access. 'I paid €2 a night to train [in Mayo] with people volunteering their time,' she says, adding that it is difficult 'to keep gyms open in small towns and there could be 20 kids in a tiny little room'. In Dubai Lally is 'training with professional guys, sparring two or three times a week and people come from all over the Emirates' to the gym. Rachel Lally says the calibre of training facilities in Dubai is higher than in Ireland but more expensive to access. Photograph: Hannah McCarthy However, she says fighters 'can only reach a certain level without individual sponsorship'. The construction firm Rinrow, Capital Sky Limited and meal prep company, Meals On Me, have helped fund the cost of Lally's training camp before her fight on Saturday. In the lead up to her bout against Gcado, Lally has been doing 4am jogs before starting work as a teacher and then undertaking a gruelling after-work regime of sparring, strength training and one-to-one coaching sessions. 'That means no days off,' she says. Lally says that when she faced Elene Sikmashvili from Georgia and Cameroon's Marie Victorine Onguene Tsimi in professional fights, theirs were the only female bouts on the card. 'All my last bouts have been very tough, there hasn't been an easy fight,' she says. 'But I'm 30 now, I don't have time to do fights that aren't really challenging for me.' When she eventually hangs up her boxing gloves, Lally hopes to work with a programme that empowers girls and helps with their mental health through boxing.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Sydney Sweeney Details 'Crazy' 30-Pound Transformation To Play Christy Martin In Biopic: 'My Body Was Completely Different'
Sydney Sweeney is sharing the 'crazy' transformation and preparation that went into portraying pioneering female boxer Christy Martin in a new biopic set for release later this year. Speaking to W Magazine for the actress' new cover story, the film's director David Michôd said the Emmy-nominated Euphoria star gained more than 30 pounds to play the athlete, who put female boxing on the map in the '90s, covered Sports Illustrated and fought on Mike Tyson's undercard. More from Deadline Sydney Sweeney Teases 'Euphoria' Season 3: "Cassie Is Crazy" 'Echo Valley' Review: Julianne Moore And Sydney Sweeney Are Dynamite In Nail-Biting, Riveting Thriller Mikey Madison In Talks To Step In For Sydney Sweeney On A24's 'Masque Of The Red Death' 'I loved it,' the Anyone but You star said of the behind-the-scenes training. 'I came onboard to play Christy, and I had about three and a half months of training. I started eating. I weight-trained in the morning for an hour, kickboxed midday for about two hours and then weight-trained again at night for an hour.' Sweeney, who also donned brown contact lenses and a brunette wig fashioned into a mullet-like hairstyle for the role, added, 'My body was completely different. I didn't fit in any of my clothes. I'm usually a size 23 in jeans, and I was wearing a size 27. My boobs got bigger. And my butt got huge. It was crazy! I was like, 'Oh my god.' But it was amazing: I was so strong, like crazy strong.' Amid production for the film last year, which has since wrapped, Sweeney shared the first photos of herself as Martin, writing at the time on social media, 'Over the past few months, i've been immersed in training to bring to life the story of an incredible woman—a true champion who fought battles both inside and outside the ring. Her journey is a testament to resilience, strength, and hope, and I'm honored to step into her shoes to share her powerful story with you all. more to come soon.' The as-yet untitled biopic, which hails from a script co-written by Michôd and Mirrah Foulkes, follows Martin's story as the first breakout in U.S. female boxing. The biopic will trace her rise to fame and the abuse she faced at the hands of her then-husband, who attempted to murder her. 'Our film is a wild mix of inspiring underdog sports-world story and personal saga. Sydney trained her butt off to play the part. The beauty of Sydney is that she turned up to work every day with her tail wagging, ready to go. No matter how tough it was, she was like a ray of sunshine,' Michôd told W Magazine of the project. Just this weekend, Sweeney and Martin were seen during the International Boxing Hall of Fame's annual Parade of Champions held in Canastota, NY, where the actress was the grand marshal of the event. Outside of the biopic, Sweeney just wrapped production on The Housemaid, a Paul Feig-helmed adaptation which she co-produced. She is currently filming for Euphoria Season 3, as well as producing and starring in Scandalous! — directed by Colman Domingo, about the relationship between Sammy Davis Jr. and Kim Novak. Her previously announced Barbarella remake is also in process. Beyond that, she will be seen in Americana, releasing Aug. 22, 2025. Best of Deadline Sean 'Diddy' Combs Sex-Trafficking Trial Updates: Cassie Ventura's Testimony, $10M Hotel Settlement, Drugs, Violence, & The Feds A Full Timeline Of Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni's 'It Ends With Us' Feud In Court, Online & In The Media Where To Watch All The 'John Wick' Movies: Streamers That Have All Four Films
BBC News
12-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Cameron and Marshall join Paul's Most Valuable Promotions
British duo Chantelle Cameron and Savannah Marshall have signed with Jake Paul's Most Valuable United States-based promotion has been securing some of the world's best female boxers in recent months, signing the likes of Ellie Scotney, Ramla Ali and American Alycia Baumgardner."MVP represents the most dominant roster of UK women's athletes in boxing," said Paul and his MVP co-founder Nakisa Bidarian after the latest women are expected to make their promotional debuts on the undercard of Katie Taylor v Amanda Serrano 3, on 11 July in New 33, is a former undisputed champion at light-welterweight and is the only fighter who holds a win over Ireland's Katie Taylor in the professional Northampton fighter swapped Matchroom for Queensberry last year, but has now decided to part ways with Frank Warren in favour of YouTuber-turned-boxer 33, has not fought since 2023 when she became the then second undisputed boxing world champion from England, behind Cameron, by collecting all four super-middleweight world titles. The Hartlepool fighter has tried her hand at MMA with the PFL since then, and was previously with Ben Shalom's Boxxer. Cameron and Marshall join a growing stable of female pound-for-pound greats at MVP, with Denmark's two-weight world champion Dina Thorslund recruited this year and seven-weight world champion Amanda Serrano leading the female takes on Taylor in their trilogy fight at Madison Square Garden, topping an all-women card with Scotney and Baumgardner set to defend their world Cameron has spent the past year chasing a third fight with Taylor, and will be hopeful of fighting the winner of Taylor v Serrano 3 later this is a divisive figure in boxing, but continues to be one of the biggest draws in the 28-year-old American has championed the female code through MVP, with Serrano and Taylor earning the biggest purse for female fighters in a bout which will be streamed on Netflix.
