Ronda Rousey\u2019s old rival open to UFC rematch: \u2018I don\u2019t know if she ever wanted to have one\u2019<\/a><\/p>\nIn the time that Holm spent away from the sport, women\u2019s boxing has been on the rise. One of the reasons for that, surprisingly, has been Jake Paul and Most Valuable Promotions. They have done a great job of raising the profile of many female boxers, and now, they are looking to do the same with Holly.<\/p>\n
In a recent press conference, Holm gave her thoughts on how things have progressed as of late.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Holm praises growth of women\u2019s boxing<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a fighter and I love to fight,\u201d Holm said at Tuesday\u2019s Serrano vs. Tellez pre-fight press conference when asked about her reason to continue fighting. \u201cI\u2019ve just followed my passion where that\u2019s taken me. It was with boxing for years, and then my passion took me over to MMA for years.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust seeing the opportunities that MVP has brought for women in boxing, to be able to come back and have even bigger opportunities coming back into the sport was something very intriguing. Seeing these girls have that passion made me think, \u2018You know what, I want to be champion,\u2019 and come back to a sport that was always great, but now it\u2019s getting the recognition it deserves.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo be able to fight in another weight division, I\u2019ve never fought in this weight division in boxing before, but I did many years in MMA, so it made sense to come back and be able to fight in a weight division I don\u2019t have a major belt in, and be able to fight for a belt. That\u2019s my drive and that\u2019s my passion.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quotes via MMA Junkie<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MMA and boxing legend Holly Holm has praised the growth of women\u2019s boxing as she prepares to return…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":379952,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-379951","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379951"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379951\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/379952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}