Baumgardner to face hard-hitting titlist at lightweight.
Amongst other things, Most Valuable Promotions (the promotional company owned by Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian) is known for its support of women’s boxing, which it has aided in the increased popularity of in the last few years.
This has seen it put on some fantastic female events during its time in the sport, with headliners such as the trilogy match between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano seeing high-profile competitors collide on its cards.
That trend is set to continue, as women’s boxing star Alycia Baumgardner will be featuring in the main event of its newest show.
The long-time unified super-featherweight champion, Baumgardner (18-1 (1), 7 KOs) will be moving up to the division above to take on unbeaten IBF lightweight champion Elif Nur Turhan (14-0, 8 KOs).
Turhan–who won the title late last year with a stoppage of then-undefeated beltholder Beatriz Ferreira–is known as one of the hardest-hitting fighters in all of women’s boxing, providing Baumgardner with a very interesting first world-level test at 135 pounds.
Elsewhere on the same card, recent undisputed super-bantamweight champion Ellie Scotney (12-0, 0 KOs) will be moving up to fight WBC featherweight champion Tiara Brown (21-0, 11 KOs), who won her belt last year in a win over Skye Nicolson.
Speaking of which, Nicolson (16-1, 3 KOs) will also make an appearance on the show, making the first defence of her WBC super-bantamweight title against former WBO super-flyweight and IBF bantamweight champion Miyo Yoshida (19-5, 1 KO).
And lastly, former world title challenger Ramla Ali (11-2, 3 KOs) will be facing off against Mikiah Kreps (11-0, 3 KOs) for the vacant WBO and IBF super-bantamweight championships.
The action will take place on the 8th of November at the College Park Centre in Arlington, Texas, United States.
🥊 Announced: Elif Turhan will defend her IBF lightweight world title against Alycia Baumgardner on November 8th in Arlington, Texas, over 10×3 minute rounds.
Tiara Brown vs Ellie Scotney for the WBC featherweight title, and Skye Nicolson vs Miyo Yoshida for the WBC junior… pic.twitter.com/IY9eruHbbq
— Ring Magazine (@ringmagazine) August 25, 2026
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