Ex-UFC champion Holly Holm is returning to boxing after signing with Jake Paul’s Most Useful Promotions together with her first battle already booked for June 28.
She competes on the identical card the place Paul faces off with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in the principle occasion from the Honda Heart in Anaheim, Calif.
The deal got here collectively after Holm began pursuing a possible return to the game following the tip of her run within the UFC. Holm beforehand served as bantamweight champion following her beautiful head kick knockout over Ronda Rousey in 2015.
With a number of fights nonetheless left on her contract, Holm requested her launch from the promotion with the UFC permitting her to pursue different choices.
Holm finally signed with the International Struggle League however that promotion efficient got here and went with out ever holding a single present.
No matter her cope with GFL, Holm had teased her curiosity in presumably returning to boxing the place she was beforehand inducted into the Worldwide Boxing Corridor of Fame following a profession that included a number of championship reigns throughout a number of divisions. She left boxing with a formidable 33-2-3 report general.
Now the 43-year-old veteran is ready to compete in a boxing match for the primary time since 2013.
In her return battle, Holm faces 10-1 fighter Yolanda Vega in a 10-round light-weight bout contested over two-minute rounds.
“I’m excited to companion with Most Useful Promotions and return to the boxing ring,” Holm stated in a press release. “This new chapter goes to be an thrilling journey, and I’m wanting ahead to the problem. Coming full circle again to boxing- I’ve spent most of my MMA profession at 135 kilos, and now I’ve the chance to make my boxing debut at that weight.
“With boxing titles in three larger weight courses underneath my belt, I’m desperate to pursue a fourth title in a brand new division.”
Holm vs. Vega joins Paul vs. Chavez and several other extra fights with the complete card being broadcast on DAZN pay-per-view.
