MVP BACK-2-BACK LIVE BOXING EVENTS
Most Valuable Prospects 14 on Friday, August 22
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MVP Fight Night on Saturday, August 23
FRIDAY, AUGUST 22 - MOST VALUABLE PROSPECTS 14
Headlining Most Valuable Prospects 14 will be a 10-round featherweight bout between MVP’s top-15 WBA and WBO contender, Puerto Rican National Team star Jan Paul Rivera (12-0, 6 KOs) vs. Miami, Florida’s Daniel Bailey (15-2, 8 KOs).
In the co-main event, returning series favorite and Orlando, Florida’s own 24-year-old Corey Marksman (11-0-1, 8 KOs) will face Puerto Rico’s Luis “Bebo” Martinez (9-1, 4 KOs) in a 10 round lightweight bout.
Also on the main card, Cuban middleweight Yoelvis Gomez (8-1, 7 KOs) will square off against Haiti’s Edwine Humaine (9-1, 7 KOs) in a 10-round bout in the middleweight division.
Headlining the preliminary card will be Fort Lauderdale, FL’s undefeated Tayre Jones (13-0, 7 KOs) vs. St. Cloud, Florida’s Puerto Rican talent Alex Rios (9-2, 3 KOs). Also joining the preliminary card will be MVP’s undefeated Nigerian featherweight and IBF #1 contender Elizabeth Oshoba (9-0, 5 KOs) making her promotional debut vs. Springs, TX fighter Melissa Oddessa Parker (6-3-1, 2 KOs).
“Most Valuable Prospects 14 will kick off our first ever back-2-back events with Most Valuable Prospects 14 MVP on Friday, August 22, followed by MVP Fight Night on Saturday, August 23, and we’re thrilled to showcase another stacked lineup of MVP talent,” said Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian, co-founders of MVP. “Jan Paul Rivera continues to climb the ranks as one of Puerto Rico’s next big stars, and we’re introducing the world to Nigeria’s Elizabeth Oshoba–who has the knockout power to put the entire 126lb division on notice–as she makes her MVP debut.”
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23 - MVP FIGHT NIGHT
MVP Fight Night will be headlined by Puerto Rican Olympian and the WBA’s #1 ranked flyweight contender Yankiel “El Doctorcito” Rivera (7-0, 3 KOs) vs. WBO international flyweight titleholder Angelino “Huracan” Cordova (19-0-1, 12 KOs) in a 12-round bout at 112 lbs for the WBA interim flyweight world title.
In the co-main event, Cuban sensation and WBA interim super welterweight world champion Yoenis “El Bandolero” Tellez (10-0, 7 KOs) will face the WBA’s #1 ranked super welterweight and European super welterweight champion, Abass Baraou (16-1, 9 KOs) in a 12-round WBA interim super welterweight world title fight.
Also on the main card, MVP’s new signee, WBA lightweight world champion Stephanie Han (10-0, 3 KOs), will defend her title in a 10-round women’s championship against Colombian challenger Paulina Angel (7-1-2, 3 KOs).
Headlining the preliminary card in a 10 round women’s world championship bout will be Tampa, Florida’s reigning WBA super flyweight world champion Jasmine “The Animal” Artiga (13-0-1, 6 KOs), making her first title defense against challenger Linn Sandstrom (10-3-3, 2 KOs).
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