Boxing Undisputed Champions: MVP, ESPN Launch 2026 Platform

Most Valuable Promotions announced a multiyear deal with ESPN on March 6, 2026, launching MVPW — a new global platform for women’s boxing — with the first card set for April 5 and multiple Boxing Undisputed Champions bouts on the schedule. The deal places women’s boxing on one of the sport’s most prominent broadcast platforms, with five fighters confirmed across separate contests on the opening card.

The announcement arrived from MVP co-founders Nakisa Bidarian and Jake Paul, who framed MVPW as the next step in a deliberate strategy to build women’s boxing into a global brand. The April 5 card includes Alycia Baumgardner, Caroline Dubois, Ellie Scotney, Shadasia Green, and Holly Holm. Each competes in a separate fight, giving the card broad weight-class coverage and name recognition across multiple fan bases.

Background: How MVP Built Toward This ESPN Deal

Most Valuable Promotions built its women’s boxing strategy over several years before arriving at this multiyear ESPN agreement. The company’s co-founders described MVPW as the product of a deliberate, long-term effort to create an umbrella brand — not a one-off promotion — designed to draw existing boxing fans while reaching new audiences who follow women’s sport.

“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 demographic that embrace women’s sport, and today, we proudly enter a new era,” said Bidarian and Paul in a joint statement. That language signals a promotional model built around sustained television presence, not individual pay-per-view events. The numbers suggest the April 5 card was assembled with both sporting credibility and commercial reach in mind — five recognizable names, two title fights, and a vacant-belt bout all on one night.

Breaking down the advanced metrics of women’s boxing promotion, tracking this trend over multiple years shows that unified and undisputed title fights draw the strongest viewership numbers. MVP’s decision to anchor the ESPN launch with a full undisputed championship bout between Scotney and Flores reflects that understanding. The card structure — multiple weight classes, multiple title implications — gives ESPN a flexible broadcast product across different audience segments.

Boxing Undisputed Champions: Key Fight Details and Fighter Records

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The most significant sporting contest on the April 5 card is the junior featherweight undisputed championship fight between unified champion Ellie Scotney and WBA titleholder Mayelli Flores. Scotney enters at 11-0, Flores at 13-1-1 with four knockouts, and the bout is scheduled for 10 rounds. A Scotney victory would make her the undisputed junior featherweight champion of the world, consolidating all major belts in the division.

Ellie Scotney holds the unified women’s junior featherweight championship at 11-0. Mayelli Flores carries a record of 13-1-1 with four knockouts and holds the WBA title in the division. Their 10-round matchup is constructed specifically to crown an undisputed champion, giving the April 5 card its clearest title narrative.

Chantelle Cameron, who enters at 21-1 with eight knockouts, adds another layer of championship stakes to the card. Cameron moves up two full weight divisions to face Michaela Kotaskova, who is unbeaten at 11-0-4 with two knockouts. That fight is a 10-round contest for the vacant WBO junior middleweight title. A two-division jump in women’s boxing is a substantial ask, and the numbers suggest Cameron carries significant punching power — eight stoppages in 22 fights — but Kotaskova’s unbeaten record and four draws signal a durable, experienced opponent who does not get finished easily.

What Are the Key Developments From the MVP-ESPN Announcement?

The MVP-ESPN announcement delivers several concrete facts that define the scope of this women’s boxing deal. Based on available data from the March 6 announcement, the platform launch covers multiple events, multiple weight classes, and multiple title implications — all under one broadcast agreement.

• Most Valuable Promotions launched MVPW as a dedicated global platform for women’s boxing, separate from its existing promotional operations.
• The multiyear ESPN deal begins April 5, 2026, with three events announced as part of the opening card structure.
• Ellie Scotney, unified junior featherweight champion at 11-0, faces WBA titleholder Mayelli Flores (13-1-1, 4 KOs) in a 10-round undisputed title fight.
• Chantelle Cameron (21-1, 8 KOs) challenges Michaela Kotaskova (11-0-4, 2 KOs) for the vacant WBO junior middleweight title in a 10-round bout, moving up two weight divisions.
• Alycia Baumgardner, Caroline Dubois, Shadasia Green, and Holly Holm are also confirmed for separate fights on the April 5 card.

Impact: What the MVP-ESPN Platform Means for Women’s Boxing

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The MVPW-ESPN deal positions women’s boxing on a major American sports network with a multiyear commitment, giving the sport a level of broadcast stability it has rarely held. The April 5 card, with its undisputed title fight and vacant-belt contest, gives ESPN a strong opening argument for the platform’s sporting value.

Co-founders Bidarian and Paul framed the deal explicitly as the start of a new era. The promotional language around “untapped fan demographics” points toward a dual strategy: retain the core boxing audience while converting fans of women’s sport who may not yet follow the sweet science closely. That dual-audience play is one counterargument to skeptics who question whether women’s boxing can sustain a multiyear network deal — the answer MVP is offering is that the addressable audience is broader than traditional boxing demographics alone.

For fighters like Scotney, Flores, Cameron, and Kotaskova, the ESPN platform provides title-fight exposure that goes well beyond what most women’s boxing cards have historically received. An undisputed championship fight on a major network, rather than a streaming service or regional broadcast, carries different weight in terms of fighter profiles and future promotional leverage. Based on available data, the April 5 card represents the most concentrated collection of women’s title fights announced for a single ESPN card in recent memory. The women’s boxing promotional landscape — long fragmented across promoters and platforms — now has one organization making a direct bid to consolidate its top talent under a single broadcast home.