Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) is a boxing promotion company, established in 2021 by American

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and

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Jake Paul Jake Joseph Paul (born January 17, 1997) is an American Professional boxing, professional boxer, influencer and actor. He began his career posting videos on Vine (service), Vine in September 2013 and had amassed 5.3 million followers and 2 bi ...

and his adviser Nakisa Bidarian. They primarily focus on boxing events and athlete management and are most famous for co-promoting the

Amanda Serrano Amanda Serrano (born October 9, 1988) is a Puerto Rican professional boxer and mixed martial artist. As a boxer, she is the unified featherweight world champion, having held the WBO title since 2019, IBO title since 2021 and the WBA title sinc ...

vs.

Katie Taylor Katie Taylor (born 2 July 1986) is an Irish professional boxer and former footballer. She was the undisputed and undefeated lineal world lightweight champion from 2019 to 2024, and has held the undisputed and lineal world super lightweight ...

trilogy through a partnership with

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and hosting the

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bout individually. MVP garnered international reporting for co-promoting the "historic" Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano fight which was held in 2022, and that was the first

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match to headline

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and

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would go on to describe it as the 'biggest women's fight of all time'. The fight won the Sports Illustrated's Fight of the Year and

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awards.

History

In 2021, the promotion completed its first signing, with Puerto Rican boxer and seven-division world champion

joining their stable. Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano, promoted by MVP with

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which was billed as ''"For History",'' took place in 2022 and was the first women's boxing match to headline

. According to

and

it was the 'biggest women's fight of all time'. Among the most significant events of the year, the fight was awarded Fight of the Year by

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and Event of the Year by ''The Ring''. Most Valuable Promotions and

announced in 2023 a series of new events named 'Most Valuable Prospects' that would see up-and-coming boxers headlining DAZN events without pay-per-view. The first event was streamed on the 26th of May and it took place in the Caribe Royale Orlando in

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with a fight featuring Ashton Sylve against Adam Kipenga being the main event. Sylve won the fight against Kipenga by unanimous decision. In 2024, MVP, with

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, promoted

at the

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. Paul emerged as the winner with a unanimous decision, with 65 million simultaneous viewers. The fight drew some criticism due to the significant age difference. The 31-year age difference between Tyson and Paul is the largest age difference in professional boxing history, much larger than the previous record of 24 years between Mike DiBiase (25) and Archie Moore (49), with Tyson being 58 and Paul 27 years old respectively at the time of the fight. Another point of criticism was how viewers watching on Netflix were met by "buffering issues", preventing many from watching. The co-feature bout was the rematch between

and

for the WBA, WBC, IBF,

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, and '' The Ring'' female light-welterweight titles, with Taylor winning by unanimous decision and retaining the title, however there was some controversy post-fight as Serrano accused Taylor of intentionally headbutting her during the fight. Taylor was deducted a point in the eighth round after previous warnings from the referee for headbutts. Later however, Serrano retracted her accusation, tweeting "In no way should I ever had said she did it purposely, it's her style that makes for them." Taylor's responded by saying "I certainly wasn't fighting dirty. It gets rough in there. It was an absolute slugfest, a war."

signed a lifetime contract with MVP in March 2025. Besides competing for the promotion, Serrano will later serve as a chairwoman for the company and look after the promotion's women's boxing initiatives. This development was prior to her next fight which is planned to be held on July 11, 2025, the latest in her trilogy against

. The bout is scheduled to take place in

, and will be promoted by MVP. In April 2025, MVP also signed the 27 year old

Ellie Scotney Ellie Scotney (born 16 March 1998) is an English professional boxer and the unified super-bantamweight champion, having held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) super-bantamweight title since June 2023, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) ...

, who holds the IBF,

and

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titles. Scotney, undefeated as a professional with a record of 10–0, became the latest addition to MVP's women's boxing roster, which along with Serrano includes fighters such as Alycia Baumgardner and Shadasia Green. Baumgardner having signed with the promotion in March of the same year.

Boxing

Current stable

References

External links

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