{"id":463800,"date":"2026-02-07T05:46:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T05:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/463800\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T05:46:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T05:46:22","slug":"mvp-kickoff-for-first-uk-card-with-dubois-vs-harper-scotney-vs-flores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/463800\/","title":{"rendered":"MVP Kickoff for First UK Card with Dubois vs Harper, Scotney vs Flores"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most Valuable Promotions <\/a>(MVP) held its official kickoff today in London for its first-ever United Kingdom boxing card set on Sunday, April 5, from Olympia in London, England.<\/p>\n

The event features several of the top talents in women\u2019s professional boxing, led by a double main event headlined by the long-anticipated clash of MVP\u2019s British champions, \u201cSweet\u201d Caroline Dubois of London (12-0-1, 5 KOs) vs Terri \u201cBelter\u201d Harper of Yorkshire (16-2-2, 6 KOs) for the unified WBO and WBC lightweight world titles.<\/p>\n

In the second of the two main events, unified WBC\/WBO\/IBF super bantamweight world champion Ellie Scotney of London (11-0) will face WBA Super Bantamweight world champion Mayelli Flores of Mexico (13-1-1, 4 KOs). Scotney is the youngest British women\u2019s boxer in history to fight for the undisputed title at age 27. If she wins, Scotney becomes the youngest UK boxer in the four-belt era in history to become an undisputed world champion, male or female.<\/p>\n

Joining the card will be MVP\u2019s former undisputed champion and current #3 WBO contender Chantelle \u201cIl Capo\u201d Cameron of Northampton (21-1, 8 KOs) vs. #4 WBO contender Michaela Kotaskova, a Czech boxer based in Vienna, Austria (11-0-4, 2 KOs). Cameron vs Kotaskova will be contested for the vacant WBO super welterweight world title.<\/p>\n

IBF World Super Flyweight champion Irma Garcia of Mexico City (25-5-1, 5 KOs) makes a title defense against England\u2019s Emma Dolan of Neward, England (8-0, 1 KO).<\/p>\n

MVP anticipated adding more fights to the undercard. The card will be the first MVP card to air under its new partnership with Sky Sports. A U.S. broadcast outlet has not been confirmed.<\/p>\n

Dubois, Harper, Scotney, Cameron, and Dolan were all in attendance and shared their thoughts on the upcoming card and matchups.<\/p>\n

View the full press conference on MVP\u2019s YouTube channel HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Dubois vs Harper Shaping Up As Grudge Match
\n\"CarolineCaroline Dubois and Terri Harper are already predicting a victory for themselves April 5. Photo: Mark Robinson, MVP<\/p>\n

Dubois, a 2020 Olympian for Team GB, made her pro debut in February 2022. She won the WBC Interim lightweight title, then was elevated to become the WBC World Lightweight champion in December 2024. The 25-year-old southpaw successfully defended her title twice in 2025<\/a> and is ESPN\u2019s top-ranked women\u2019s lightweight.<\/p>\n

Her WBO counterpart, Harper, won her first titles in 2020, two years after her pro debut. Harper moved up four divisions to win the WBC World Super Welterweight title two years later. She has since settled in at lightweight. She is Britain\u2019s first-ever three-division women\u2019s world champion, and ranked second, right behind Dubois, by ESPN.<\/p>\n

\"CarolineCaroline Dubois is the younger sister of former world champion Daniel Dubois. Photo: Mark Robinson, MVP<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a massive fight in my career and for British boxing, both a legacy fight and unification,\u201d said Dubois. \u201cThis is the start of my future, my legacy, or my greatness. I believe I\u2019m going all the way, and it starts with Terri.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harper said the fight has been a long time coming<\/a>, and she\u2019s thrilled to get it across the finish line thanks to MVP. \u201cI feel like this fight is the perfect time in my career.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harper said Dubois is making a huge mistake by overlooking her. \u201cFor me, this fight isn\u2019t about the belts. Like for me, I just want to beat Caroline, and that\u2019ll be the sweetest victory of my career.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"TerriTerri Harper insists she can take care of business against Caroline Dubois. Photo: Mark Robinson, MVP<\/p>\n

Dubois didn\u2019t deny it. \u201cI\u2019m not focusing on Terri Harper, I never have, and I never will. I\u2019m focusing on the belt, my future, and my legacy. My legacy starts with becoming undisputed at the lightweight division. Unfortunately for Terri, she\u2019s the one holding the belt.\u201d<\/p>\n

But make no mistake, Dubois said she will be more than ready on April 5.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever I want is on the other side of her. But I still got to make the money, and the money is made in the gym. I\u2019m going to work my ass to the bone. I\u2019m going to leave no stone unturned, train like I\u2019ve never trained before.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ellie Scotney Reaches For British Boxing History
\n\"EllieEllie Scotney can make British boxing history on April 5 with a win over Mayeli Flores. Photo: Mark Robinson, MVP<\/p>\n

Unified super bantamweight world champion Ellie Scotney won the WBO and Ring Magazine titles in her seventh pro fight, then won the WBC belt on MVP\u2019s Taylor vs Serrano 3 card in July 2025. Scotney was named ESPN\u2019s 2025 British Boxer of the Year. She is ranked tenth on Ring Magazine\u2019s pound-for-pound list.<\/p>\n

The fight was originally scheduled in October, but an injury to Scotney forced a postponement. Scotney feels the timing was meant to be, and says her destiny awaits in her hometown.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always feel that the Lord\u2019s time is better than ours,\u201d observed Scotney. \u201cAnd to be fighting on the resurrection of Jesus Christ proved that to me. You know, every setback\u2019s aligned. And April the fifth, I\u2019ll become undisputed champion in front of my home crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n

Scotney has never won a vacant title, and she likes it that way. \u201cI feel like I\u2019ve done everything the right way, I\u2019d like to think. I\u2019ve gone from champion to champion to champion. And the final one awaits me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"MayeliMayeli Flores can also make history with a win over Ellie Scotney to become Mexico\u2019s first female undisputed champion. Photo: Mark Robinson, MVP<\/p>\n

But Flores isn\u2019t giving up her belt easily. She says she agreed to follow the fight from Florida to London without hesitation. If she wins, she becomes Mexico\u2019s first undisputed female boxer in its storied history of the sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe Mexicans show up ready to fight anywhere, mentally and physically ready for war,\u201d said Flores. \u201cEllie Scotney is a great and tough fighter, but I am up for the challenge. I am ready to make history. I dedicate this fight to my family and all the boxing fans watching in person and at home.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cameron Eager To Test Herself in Three-Minute Rounds <\/p>\n

Cameron is among the UK\u2019s most accomplished fighters, with her sole loss coming to Katie Taylor in a rematch of the May 2023 fight won by Cameron<\/a>. Cameron holds the WBC interim title won in July 2024 and is ranked fifth on ESPN\u2019s pound-for-pound list.<\/p>\n

\"ChantelleChantelle Cameron drills Jessica Camara in their interim WBC super lightweight title bout. Photo: Al Bello\/Getty Images for Netflix<\/p>\n

Cameron said the fight wasn\u2019t on her radar, but the timing worked out perfectly. \u201cI went back to (trainers) Jamie [Moore] and Nigel [Travis]. It was my fourth day back in the gym, and the next thing I\u2019m getting a phone call from my manager saying that I\u2019ve got a world title shot as well. So, it was all within a week.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cameron said she\u2019s been looking for three-minute rounds. \u201cI\u2019ve never kind of had the opportunity. But with the MVP, they are also massive supporters of three-minute rounds. So, we spoke about it, and they were going to get me three-minute rounds, and they got me the vacant WBO world title to go along with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kot\u00e1skov\u00e1 began boxing in October 2014 in the Czech Republic while earning her degree at the University of Vienna. Between 2017 and 2022, she represented the Austrian national boxing team, became a multiple-time Austrian national champion, and turned professional in 2022. She won the WBF welterweight title in April 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve put my blood, sweat, and tears into the sport for the past decade,\u201d said Kot\u00e1skov\u00e1. I fear no one and should not be underestimated. This level of opposition is nothing new to me. I\u2019m ready to take everything she\u2019s willing to give.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emma Dolan Follows Her Role Model, Ellie Scotney <\/p>\n

Emma Dolan has climbed up the world rankings quickly. With a win, she would be first British fighter to hold any version of the super flyweight division\u2019s titles.<\/p>\n

Dolan said she can\u2019t wait to show what she\u2019s been working on. She\u2019s also delighted to be on the card with her role model and friend Ellie Scotney.<\/p>\n

\u201cEllie\u2019s one fight away from being undisputed champion, which is crazy. She\u2019s always sort of setting the standard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dolan will face a veteran in Garcia, who is an attorney, police officer, and member of the Secretariat of Citizen Security of Mexico City as well as a former and current world champion.<\/p>\n

Garcia said she\u2019s proud to make her second title defense with MVP. \u201cWe know what\u2019s in front of us. This is a serious challenge against an undefeated fighter who\u2019s coming hungry. But my team and I are doing the work, staying locked in, and we\u2019re ready to prove exactly who the champion is. That belt belongs to Mexico, and after this fight, it\u2019s going back home where it belongs.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMVP\u2019s latest milestone in women\u2019s boxing fittingly comes today (Friday, February 6) on National Girls and Women in Sports Day as the company brings its brand to the UK for the first time,\u201d said Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian, co-founders of Most Valuable Promotions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis card already features three of the top pound-for-pound women\u2019s boxers in the world and four world title fights. MVP is the global home of women\u2019s boxing, and we look forward to giving these athletes the platform and market exposure they deserve, live from London on Sunday, April 5.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Gayle Falkenthal is an award-winning boxing journalist and the only woman journalist who is a full voting member of the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA). She is the Managing Editor for NY Fights based in San Diego, California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) held its official kickoff today in London for its first-ever United Kingdom boxing card…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":463801,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-463800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=463800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/463800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/463801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=463800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=463800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=463800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}