Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua: Undercard set with 2 world title fights, battle of ex-UFC champs

[ad_1] Most Worthwhile Promotions confirmed six fights on Friday for the Dec. 19 Netflix-streamed Jake Paul vs. Anthony Joshua undercard.

Main the supporting forged is Alycia Baumgardner's unified WBA, WBO and IBF tremendous featherweight title protection in opposition to Leila Beaudoi. The bout might be contested over 12 three-minute rounds, fairly than the usual 10 two-minute rounds utilized in ladies's boxing.

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It is back-to-back Netflix appearances for Baumgardner (16-1, 7 KOs), Uncrowned's No. 6 pound-for-pound boxer, who outpointed Jennifer Miranda on the Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano 3 undercard in July to retain her then-undisputed title. Baumgardner vacated her WBC strap in September as a result of the sanctioning physique doesn't assist three-minute rounds for ladies.

Canada's Beaudoin (13-1, 2 KOs) takes a giant leap up in competitors as she competes for her first world title. She has received 4 fights in a row since shedding her unbeaten document to journeywoman Elizabeth Chavez Espinoza in 2023. The streak features a rematch with Espinoza and a career-best win over Elhem Mekhaled this previous June.

Elsewhere on the invoice, ex-UFC champions Anderson Silva and Tyron Woodley conflict in an 195-pound catchweight contest over six rounds.

Silva, 50, owned the UFC middleweight championship from 2006 to 2013 within the longest working title reign within the promotion's historical past.

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Silva (3-2, 2 KOs).has had three boxing matches in recent times. The Brazilian defeated former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in 2021 by break up resolution and adopted it up with a first-round KO of ex-UFC gentle heavyweight champion Tito Ortiz later that 12 months. Silva, nonetheless, was defeated by Jake Paul over eight rounds in his final ring look in October 2022.

Woodley (0-2), who held the UFC welterweight title from 2016 to 2019, had back-to-back fights with Paul in 2021. "The Chosen One" dropped a break up resolution to Paul in August of that 12 months earlier than being on the incorrect finish of a Knockout of the 12 months contender within the December rematch.

Additionally on the cardboard, New Zealand's Cherneka Johnson places her undisputed bantamweight crown on the road in opposition to Canada's Amanda Galle.

Johnson (18-2, 8 KOs), then-IBF champion, stopped Shurretta Metcalf on the Taylor vs. Serrano 3 undercard to dethrone Metcalf of her WBA title and choose up the vacant WBC and WBO belts too.

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Galle (12-0-1, 1 KO) claimed the IBO bantamweight championship with a majority resolution win over Niorkis Carreno this previous December. Final trip, she dominated Alondra Hernandez Mendoza on MVP's September card in Montreal.

In preliminary motion, Yokasta Valle (33-3, 10 KOs) defends her WBC strawweight strap in opposition to Yadira Bustillos (11-1, 2 KOs), Avious Griffin (17-1, 16 KOs) appears to rebound from his upset loss to Julian Rodriguez when he faces Justin Cardona (10-1, 5 KOs) in a welterweight matchup, and Keno Marley — a 2020 Olympian for Brazil — makes his debut in opposition to Diarra Davis Jr. (2-1, 1 KO) in a four-round cruiserweight bout.