Sky Sports and NOW will be the home of Most Valuable Promotions’ new women’s boxing platform, MVPW, in the UK and Ireland after agreeing a multi-year deal with the promoter.
The agreement means Sky Sports will exclusively broadcast two all-female UK fight nights every year, with MVPW’s first UK event taking place at London’s Olympia on Sunday April 5. The all-women bill at Olympia, live on Sky Sports, features a historic double main event: Caroline Dubois meets British rival Terri Harper in a lightweight world title unification, and three-belt super-bantamweight champion Ellie Scotney faces Mexico’s WBA titlist Mayelli Flores — a win for Scotney would make her the UK’s youngest ever undisputed champion of the four-belt era.
Sky Sports will also show selected MVPW US fight nights, beginning in the early hours of April 18 when unified super-featherweight world champion Alycia Baumgardner defends her titles against South Korea’s Bo Mi Re Shin at the Infosys Theater at Madison Square Garden. On that undercard, Shadasia Green will make a 10-round defence of her unified IBF and WBO super-middleweight world titles against former light-heavyweight champion Lani Daniels.
Jonathan Licht, Sky Sports’ Chief Officer UK and Ireland, said: “This agreement with MVP underlines Sky Sports’ ambition to showcase the very best in women’s boxing to sports fans and new audiences. As the UK and Ireland’s biggest investor in and broadcaster of women’s sport, we are proud to be part of the momentum women’s boxing is enjoying and adding the sport to our unrivalled line-up. 2026 is set to be a huge year yet again for women’s sport with the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup on home soil as well as the Solheim Cup, WSL and more, all live on Sky Sports.”
Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian, co-founders of Most Valuable Promotions, said: “This partnership with Sky Sports marks a major milestone for MVPW and women’s boxing globally. Through MVPW, we are committed to delivering meaningful opportunities for fighters while producing premium events that expand the global reach and commercial potential of women’s boxing. Bringing two premium all-female MVPW events to the UK and Ireland each year, starting with the historic MVPW-01 on Sunday April 5 at London’s Olympia, is exactly what we envisioned when we launched this platform. We have the best female British boxers in the world and Sky Sports is the perfect home to showcase the elite talent and championship-level action that defines MVPW. Together, we’re committed to continuing to elevate women’s boxing to the main stage it deserves, delivering unforgettable nights for fans across the UK and beyond.”
Sky Sports has broadcast some of the most iconic moments in women’s boxing, including the first all-female card in 2022 headlined by Claressa Shields’ victory over Savannah Marshall, which drew more than two million viewers and was the most-watched women’s professional boxing event at the time. Last year Sky Sports exclusively broadcast the second all-female UK card, headlined by Lauren Price vs Natasha Jonas from the Royal Albert Hall.
As the UK and Ireland’s biggest investor in and broadcaster of women’s sport, Sky Sports’ agreement with MVP reinforces the broadcaster’s commitment to showcasing the best female fighters and contributing to the sport’s continued growth. Sky accounted for 79 per cent of all televised women’s sport coverage in the UK in 2025, with total viewing up 25 per cent across over 4,000 hours of women’s sport broadcasting.
Further details of future MVPW cards will be announced in due course.
Watch the Dubois-Harper and Scotney-Flores bill live on Sky Sports on Sunday April 5.