Five more fights have been added to the all-women’s line-up for Most Valuable Promotions’ UK launch card.
BoxingScene has confirmed that Shannon Courtenay, 10-3 (3 KOs), will anchor the preliminary undercard in her second fight under the MVP banner. The former 118lbs titlist will face Nottingham’s Sasha Booker, 3-1, in a scheduled eight-round 115lbs contest.
The bout is part of a five-fight lead-in undercard airing live on Sky Sports on April 5 from the famed Olympia in London. Co-headlining the show are a pair of unification bouts – Caroline Dubois-Terri Harper for lightweight supremacy and Ellie Scotney-Mayelli Flores for the undisputed 122lbs crown.
Also to be featured is the MVP debut of highly touted former amateur standout Elizabeth Oshoba, 9-0 (5 KOs). The undefeated 26-year-old from Lagos, Nigeria will take on Hull’s Chelsey Arnell, 5-2-1 (0 KOs), in a featherweight bout scheduled for six three-minute rounds.
“Our first UK event is stacked with four world-title fights and eight belts at stake, delivering a historic night for women’s boxing in Britain on Sunday, April 5,” MVP co-founders Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian told BoxingScene in a provided joint-statement.
“Shannon Courtenay returns to fight in front of her home fans, Elizabeth Oshoba is positioned to announce herself as a future world champion in her MVP debut. It all builds toward an incredible double main event live on Sky Sports.”
The other three bouts to be featured in preliminary action are Tysie Gallagher, 10-2 (0 KOs), in her MVP debut versus Finland’s Teresa Makinen, 5-0 (0 KOs), in an eight-round junior-featherweight contest, the lightweight Gemma Richardson, 2-0 (1 KO), over six rounds with Czech journeywoman Johana Rochi, 6-6-1 (2 KOs), , and Arjon Basi, 2-0 (0 KOs) awaits an assigned opponent.
“I’m excited to be fighting at home in London and even more excited to be back on Sky Sports where it all started for me,” said Courtenay, whose early years with Matchroom Boxing were also carried on Sky. “All my knockouts and my world-title win happened on Sky Sports so it feels like a good omen to be back where I was at my best.”
