Overview
- Holly Holm, a former UFC and boxing champion, has signed with Jake Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions to relaunch her boxing career.
- Holm will fight Mexico’s undefeated Yolanda Vega (10-0, 1 KO) in a 10-round lightweight bout at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
- This marks Holm’s first boxing match since 2013, after a successful MMA career highlighted by her iconic knockout of Ronda Rousey at UFC 193.
- The June 28 event, headlined by Jake Paul vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr., will air globally on DAZN pay-per-view and is co-promoted by Golden Boy Promotions.
- Holm, inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2022, aims to pursue a fourth boxing world title in a new weight class before retiring.