Baumgardner title fight on Paul-Davis undercard

The undercard for the Nov. 14 accumulation boxing lucifer betwixt Jake Paul and Gervonta Davis astatine Kaseya Center successful Miami has been revealed, with some men and women's title fights, representatives from Most Valuable Promotions told ESPN connected Tuesday.

The lawsuit volition beryllium streamed globally unrecorded connected Netflix.

Alycia Baumgardner (16-1, 7 KOs) volition support her WBA, WBO and IBF women's inferior lightweight titles against Leila Beudoin (13-1, 2 KOs) successful the co-main event. The combat volition beryllium contested nether men's title combat rules with 12, three-minute rounds.

"Consistency is what keeps maine crisp and makes maine dangerous," Baumgardner said successful a connection to ESPN. "Fighting 12x3:00 represents equality. Equality successful boxing means giving champions a level to amusement their greatness. I americium present to amusement the satellite that I americium built for immoderate and everything. AND STILL!"

Baumgardner precocious relinquished her WBC title, owed to WBC President Mauricio Sulaiman opposing three-minute rounds for women's boxing. A akin concern happened with Amanda Serrano erstwhile she vacated her WBC featherweight rubric successful protestation of the sanctioning body's refusal to authorisation her petition for a 12 round, three-minute rubric defense.

"Like Amanda Serrano and galore different large champions earlier me, I judge women should person the prime to vie nether the aforesaid rules arsenic men, 12 rounds, 3 minutes per round," Baumgardner said. "I person chosen to determination guardant successful my vocation nether those terms. My adjacent title combat volition instrumentality spot nether those rules, and since the WBC does not presently let women to combat nether those terms, I've made the hard determination to vacate my WBC title.

"I respect the WBC and privation to convey the WBC for each the enactment they've fixed maine passim my career. Becoming their champion was a vocation defining honor, and I look guardant to and program to 1 time combat for a WBC loop again."

Also connected the card, Gary Antuanne Russell (18-1, 17 KOs) volition support his WBA inferior welterweight title against mandatory challenger Andy Hiraoka (24-0, 19 KOs). Russell volition marque his archetypal rubric defence aft beating Jose Valenzuela for the rubric successful March. Fighting retired of Japan, Hiraoka past fought successful Sept. 2024 erstwhile helium stopped Ismael Barroso successful the 9th round.

"Gary Russell is simply a large champion, but I americium coming to Miami to triumph his loop and go Japan's adjacent satellite champion," Hiraoka said.

The preliminary paper volition beryllium headlined by unified women's inferior bantamweight champion Ellie Scotney (11-0) volition look WBA champion Mayelli Flores (13-1-1, 4 KOs) to find the undisputed champion of the division. Scotney, 27, volition beryllium the youngest UK boxer, antheral oregon female, to person ever fought for an undisputed satellite title.

"Belt by belt, I've earned this the hard way," Scotney said. "Undisputed has ever been the goal, and present acknowledgment to MVP we're connected the last and astir important step. On Friday November 14th I'll marque past arsenic Britains adjacent Undisputed World Champion."

Also connected the preliminary paper volition beryllium WBC women's strawweight champion Yokasta Valle (33-3, 10 KOs) putting her rubric connected the enactment against Yadira Bustillos (11-1, 2 KOs) successful a ten-round bout. Avious Griffin (17-1, 16 KOs) volition look to bounce backmost from his archetypal nonrecreational nonaccomplishment erstwhile helium faces Cesar Francis (14-2, 9 KOs) successful an 8 circular welterweight battle.

Paul vs. Davis volition beryllium a 10-round, three-minute accumulation contested astatine a catchweight of 195 pounds. The fighters volition deterioration 12-ounce gloves. Although the effect volition not impact their nonrecreational boxing records, 3 judges ringside volition find a victor if the combat goes the distance.