{"id":745314,"date":"2026-06-18T16:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/745314\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T16:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T16:25:12","slug":"desley-robinson-vs-tamm-thibeault-unified-world-title-fight-added-to-mvpw-05-headlined-by-cherneka-johnson-against-dina-thorslund-boxing-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/745314\/","title":{"rendered":"Desley Robinson vs Tamm Thibeault: Unified world title fight added to MVPW-05 headlined by Cherneka Johnson against Dina Thorslund | Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sheffield-based star Tamm Thibeault will face Desley Robinson in an unified world title clash in August, live on Sky Sports.<\/p>\n

Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) confirmed that unified IBF and WBO middleweight world champion Robinson will make her next 10-round title defence against Canada’s Thibeault as the co-main event of MVPW-05 on Saturday August 8 at Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n

The event is headlined by Cherneka Johnson’s defence of her undisputed bantamweight world titles against Dina Thorslund.<\/p>\n

Thibeault, who is Canadian but lives in Sheffield, is a two-time Olympian and has earned gold medals at the 2022 Amateur World Championship, the 2022 Commonwealth Games and the 2023 Pan Am Games.<\/p>\n

Unbeaten in four professional fights, she most recently defeated Italy’s Christina Mazzotta by first-round technical knockout last September.<\/p>\n

Thibeault said: “Saturday August 8 can’t come soon enough. I’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time, and after a few years training in Sheffield at Steel City Gym, I feel more ready than ever.<\/p>\n

“Sheffield is one of the great boxing cities in the world, and being surrounded by that culture every day has elevated every part of my game.<\/p>\n

“I’m grateful to MVP for giving me this opportunity in just my fifth professional fight to show exactly what I’m capable of and become a unified world champion, live on Sky Sports.<\/p>\n

“I’m preparing mentally and physically for a tough, experienced opponent, someone who knows what championship boxing looks like. This is not an opportunity I will let slip away.”<\/p>\n

\"Desley<\/p>\n

Image:
\n Desley Robinson lands a left on Mary Spencer during their unified middleweight championship bout<\/p>\n

Robinson, 38, declared that “this is the best fight to make in the middleweight division”.<\/p>\n

“This is the fight I’ve been waiting for, the best vs the best,” she added.<\/p>\n

“I know Tamm Thibeault is a great boxer and I’ll be ready for her come Saturday August 8.”<\/p>\n

Also on the main card, MVP’s top contenders Shurretta Metcalf and Amanda Galle will face off in an eight-round super flyweight battle at 115lbs.<\/p>\n

Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian, co-founders of Most Valuable Promotions, said: “Desley Robinson vs Tamm Thibeault is one of the most compelling championship fights that can be made anywhere in the sport today, matching a unified world champion with a two-time Olympian and amateur world champion who has accomplished something almost unheard of by rising to become the number one contender across multiple sanctioning bodies from just four professional fights.<\/p>\n

“This is a true best-versus-best match-up between two world-class athletes in their prime.<\/p>\n

“Shurretta Metcalf and Amanda Galle are both coming off challenges for the undisputed bantamweight championship and looking to prove they deserve another shot at a title, this time at 115lbs, adding another high-stakes match-up to the card.<\/p>\n

\"Cherneka<\/p>\n

Image:
\n Cherneka Johnson and Dina Thorslund headline the bill on August 8<\/p>\n

“Combined with Cherneka Johnson vs Dina Thorslund in the main event, MVPW-05 delivers three elite fights with major championship stakes and implications.<\/p>\n

“MVP is continuing to build the premier home for the biggest fights in women’s boxing, live on Sky Sports on Saturday, August 8.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sheffield-based star Tamm Thibeault will face Desley Robinson in an unified world title clash in August, live on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":745021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-745314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745314","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=745314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745314\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/745021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=745314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=745314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}