Alycia Baumgardner v Bo Mi Re Shin: unified junior lightweight championship – live updates
Shadasia Green and Lani Daniels are in the ring for tonight’s co-main event,Green, from nearby Paterson, New Jersey, is defending her IBF and WBO titles at 168lb against Lani Daniels, a New Zealander who’s held belts at light-heavyweight and heavyweight and can become a three-division champion with an upset here,Krystal Rosado has just won an eight-round unanimous decision over Fernanda Reyes in the second-to-last preliminary fight,The ringside judges’ scores were 79-73, 80-72 and 78-74,It’s the first loss of Reyes’ career in her ninth pro outing, while Rosado improves to 9-1.
One more fight before the main event.Meanwhile in the back of house …This article includes content provided by Instagram.We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies.To view this content, click 'Allow and continue'.Alycia Baumgardner is in the building for tonight’s fight.
And it’s going to be a late start! The ESPN telecast didn’t begin until 10pm local time and there are three televised undercard bouts ahead of the main event.The first of these is in the books after Nat Dove’s split-decision win over Maria Micheo.Krystal Rosado and Fernanda Reyes are into the middle rounds of their scheduled eight-round bantamweight bout right now.Then Shadasia Green will defend her IBF and WBO super-middleweight titles against New Zealand’s Lani Daniels.And then Baumgardner and Shin will make their ringwalks.
Don’t wait up!This article includes content provided by Instagram.We ask for your permission before anything is loaded, as they may be using cookies and other technologies.To view this content, click 'Allow and continue'.Philadelphia’s Nat Dove has just held off Maria Micheo by a split decision in their eight-round flyweight bout.Two judges scored it 77-75 for Dove while a third had it 77-75 for Micheo.
The crowd doesn’t like it, but Dove improves to eight wins, no losses and one draw in nine professional fights,Two more undercard bouts to come before the main event,Hello and welcome to tonight’s unified 130lb title fight between Alycia Baumgardner and Bo Mi Re Shin,We’re ringside at the Theater at Madison Square Garden for what has been billed as both a title defense and a statement of intent for one of women’s boxing’s ascendent stars,Baumgardner arrives in New York with three belts – the WBA, WBO and IBF junior lightweight titles – and a sense that this moment transcends the routine business of championship boxing.
The 31-year-old Ohio native is the headline attraction of Most Valuable Promotions’ first US card, the nascent women’s platform launched by boxer-influencer Jake Paul – a venture designed to give the sport a regular, high-visibility platform on linear television through a multi-year media deal with ESPN.The timing is not accidental.With established stars like Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano nearing the end of their careers, the question of who leads women’s boxing into its next phase has become more pressing.MVP has been explicit in its view the stylish, gregarious Baumgardner can fill that space, positioning her as both an elite boxer-puncher and a marketable personality capable of headlining big nights.“This is her moment to own the sport,” MVP co-founder Nakisa Bidarian said in the run-up to tonight’s bout.
Baumgardner (17-1, 7 KOs) herself has leaned into that framing,Since her breakthrough win over Terri Harper by knockout in 2021 and subsequent run to unified champion, her climb has been swift,But across the ring stands a fighter unlikely to cooperate with any script,Shin, a seasoned contender from Seoul with a 19-3-3 record, has built a reputation on durability and persistence,She has never been stopped, and her recent form sheet includes a narrow loss to Britain’s Caroline Dubois in a lightweight title challenge last year at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
If Baumgardner’s style is built on control and timing, Shin’s is rooted in pressure and resilience, a combination that could force the champion into deeper waters than expected.There is also a broader subplot at play.Tonight’s main event will again be contested over three-minute rounds, a format the American champion has championed as both a competitive and commercial evolution for women’s boxing.For Baumgardner, then, this is about more than defending belts.It is about shaping perception, answering critics, and perhaps most importantly, matching ambition with performance.
The bright lights of Madison Square Garden have long had a way of clarifying those questions,Tonight, they may do so again,Bryan will be here shortly,
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