The spotlight may sit on Alycia Baumgardner vs. Bo Mi Re Shin, but the title fight’s undercard lineup definitely feels intentional about where women’s boxing is headed.
Most Valuable Promotions’s first U.S. installment of its year-round women’s platform lands April 17 at Madison Square Garden, airing live on ESPN, and while Baumgardner’s title defense carries the immediate stakes, the structure underneath it does just as much to define the night.
The co-main event between Shadasia Green and Lani Daniels sits in a space that feels more consequential than it might look at first glance, especially considering Green’s (16-1, 11 KOs) ongoing push toward a showdown with Claressa Shields. Daniels (11-4-2, 1 KO), who dropped a wide decision to Shields in 2025, brings a direct line of comparison, whether Green, and that alone raises the stakes beyond the belts on the line.
Green, who unified her titles at the Garden last July, has not been shy about where she sees things going.
“With MVPW and Nakisa at the head of making that happen, I think that’s a great fight between me and Claressa Shields,” she said earlier this week. “I want it… I’m here. I’m not going anywhere.”
The expectation, then, is not just a win, but a performance that makes the conversation unavoidable, because anything less starts to stall momentum in a division where timing matters just as much as talent.
Further down the card, the reshuffling of the lineup added another layer to the night. The scheduled bout between Tamm Thibeault and Nadja Jesus was scrapped due to a visa issue, but it also opened the door for Nat Dove vs. Maria Micheo to move into a more visible slot, giving an undefeated prospect a chance to set the tone early.
Elsewhere, the card leans into activity and development, with names like Krystal Rosado, Raquel Miller and Javon Walton filling out a lineup that does feel consistent with MVP’s broader approach of keeping fighters busy while building toward something bigger.
For fans in New York looking to tap in early, MVP is making this one easy to show up for. The two-part press conference goes down Wednesday, April 15 at 5 p.m. ET at Palladium Times Square, featuring the final war of words between Alycia Baumgardner, Bo Mi Re Shin, Shadasia Green and Lani Daniels, along with undercard fighters, and is free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. It continues Thursday, April 16 with public weigh-ins at 5 p.m. ET at the Infosys Theater at Madison Square Garden, also free for fans.
The event begins with prelims at 6:45 p.m. ET on ESPN+, with the main card starting at 10 p.m. ET on ESPN, headlined by Baumgardner vs. Shin, a fight that will answer its own questions soon enough, even if the rest of the night is already starting to ask a few of its own.
