Boxing Schedule This Month Gets Big With MVP-ESPN Deal

Most Valuable Promotions has announced a multiyear deal with ESPN to launch MVPW, a new global platform for women’s boxing, with the first card set for April 5. The Boxing Schedule This Month just got a major addition, as five elite women fighters — Alycia Baumgardner, Caroline Dubois, Ellie Scotney, Shadasia Green, and Holly Holm — are all slated to compete on that opening card.

This is not a soft launch. MVP co-founders Nakisa Bidarian and Jake Paul framed the move as the start of a new era for women’s combat sports, with ESPN distribution giving the platform immediate global reach. Two title fights anchor the April card, making it one of the more loaded single-night boxing events scheduled anywhere this spring.

Breaking down the advanced metrics of women’s boxing promotion, the MVPW deal follows a clear commercial logic: pair established names like Holm with rising contenders like Dubois, broadcast on a major network, and build a recurring audience. The numbers suggest that ESPN’s existing boxing infrastructure gives MVPW a faster runway than any independent streaming play would.

What Is MVPW and Why Does It Matter for the Boxing Card Calendar?

MVPW is the women’s boxing division of Most Valuable Promotions, structured as a standalone global platform with its own brand identity. The multiyear ESPN deal means MVPW events will appear on a major U.S. broadcaster across multiple years, not just a one-off showcase. For the boxing card calendar this spring, that translates to consistent, high-profile women’s fight nights with real title stakes attached.

MVP co-founders Bidarian and Paul said the promotion 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”. That framing targets two audiences at once: hardcore boxing fans who follow the title picture, and newer viewers drawn to the athletes themselves.

Based on available data from this announcement, the April 5 card is confirmed as the first of three events under the initial ESPN agreement. Whether subsequent dates fall later in spring or roll into summer has not been confirmed in available sources. What is clear is that MVPW intends to run a structured fight series, not a sporadic one-off schedule.

Key Fight Details: Scotney, Cameron, and the Title Picture

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Two separate title fights headline the April 5 card, with significant belt unification on the line in one of them. Ellie Scotney defends her unified junior featherweight status against WBA champion Mayelli Flores, while Chantelle Cameron steps up two weight classes to chase the vacant WBO junior middleweight title.

Scotney enters the Flores fight at 11-0 with the unified women’s junior featherweight championship. Flores brings a record of 13-1-1 with 4 knockouts into the bout, which is scheduled for 10 rounds. A Scotney win would make her undisputed champion at junior featherweight — a meaningful consolidation in a division that has historically been fragmented across multiple sanctioning bodies.

Cameron, who carries a 21-1 record with 8 stoppages, moves up two full divisions from her natural weight class to fight Michaela Kotaskova. Kotaskova is unbeaten in 11 fights with 4 draws and 2 knockouts. The 10-round contest is for the vacant WBO junior middleweight title. Cameron’s willingness to jump two divisions rather than sit on a mandatory or wait for a rematch tells you something about her ambition — and her confidence in her size and power at the higher weight.

Key Developments From the MVPW Announcement

• Most Valuable Promotions signed a multiyear deal with ESPN to broadcast MVPW events, beginning April 5.
• Five fighters confirmed for the opening card: Alycia Baumgardner, Caroline Dubois, Ellie Scotney, Shadasia Green, and Holly Holm, each in separate bouts.
• Ellie Scotney (11-0) faces WBA champion Mayelli Flores (13-1-1, 4 KOs) in a 10-round undisputed junior featherweight title fight.
• Chantelle Cameron (21-1, 8 KOs) moves up two divisions to challenge Michaela Kotaskova (11-0-4, 2 KOs) for the vacant WBO junior middleweight title over 10 rounds.
• The April 5 card is the first of three announced MVPW events under the ESPN agreement.

Does This Reshape the Women’s Boxing Schedule This Month and Beyond?

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The MVPW-ESPN partnership shifts the women’s boxing schedule this month and into spring by adding a recurring, network-backed fight series to a calendar that has often lacked that structure. Three confirmed ESPN cards under a multiyear deal means promoters, managers, and fighters now have a predictable platform to target — and that predictability matters for building divisional narratives over time.

The five fighters named for the April 5 card cover multiple weight classes and multiple sanctioning body relationships. Baumgardner and Holm bring name recognition that casual viewers will respond to. Dubois and Scotney represent the next generation pushing for undisputed status. Green adds depth to what is shaping up as a genuine multi-bout event rather than a one-fight showcase padded with filler.

One counterargument worth considering: multiyear deals with broadcasters have collapsed before in boxing, on both the men’s and women’s sides, when ratings targets were missed or promotional priorities shifted. The MVPW model depends on consistent audience growth across multiple events, not just a strong debut. Based on available data, the April 5 card has the talent to deliver that debut. Whether the series sustains momentum across all three announced events is a separate question that the numbers will answer over time.

The film shows that the most durable women’s boxing platforms — historically — have been built on undisputed title fights that fans can follow across multiple cards. MVPW’s decision to put the Scotney-Flores undisputed fight on the very first ESPN card, rather than saving it for a later event, signals confidence in the product and a desire to establish credibility fast. That is a smart structural choice for women’s boxing promotion strategy, and it gives the broader fight night lineup a clear anchor.