Undefeated Puerto Rican featherweight prospect Jan Paul Rivera will headline the next edition of Most Valuable Prospects, MVP Promotions announced today.
Rivera, 12-0 (6 KOs), will take on Miami's Daniel Bailey, 15-2 (8 KOs), in the main event of Most Valuable Prospects 14 on August 22 from the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida.
The event will kick off MVP’s first back-to-back events, with the premier edition of MVP Fight Night taking place the following evening. That second card will feature Yankiel “El Doctorcito” Rivera, 7-0 (3 KOs), taking on Angelino “Huracan” Cordova, 19-0-1 (12 KOs), for the WBA interim flyweight world title.
The co-main event at Most Valuable Prospects 14 will see Corey “2Smoove” Marksman, 11-0-1 (8 KOs), in a 10-round lightweight bout against Luis “Bebo” Martinez, 9-1 (4 KOs). The card will also feature Las Vegas-based Cuban middleweight Yoelvis Gomez, 8-1 (7 KOs), taking on Haiti’s Edwine Humaine, 9-1 (7 KOs), over 10 rounds.
Preliminary bouts on the prospects card include undefeated junior welterweight Tayre Jones, 13-0 (7 KOs), from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, against 24-year-old Puerto Rican talent Alex Rios, 9-2 (3 KOs) over eight rounds.
The card will also feature the MVP debut of Nigeria’s Elizabeth Oshoba, 9-0 (5 KOs), the IBF’s top-ranked featherweight, who takes on Melissa Oddessa Parker, 6-3-1 (2 KOs), in an eight-rounder.
“Most Valuable Prospects 14 will kick off our first ever back-2-back events … and we’re thrilled to showcase another stacked lineup of MVP talent,” said Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian, co-founders of MVP. “Jan Paul Rivera continues to climb the ranks as one of Puerto Rico’s next big stars, and we’re introducing the world to Nigeria’s Elizabeth Oshoba – who has the knockout power to put the entire 126lb division on notice – as she makes her MVP debut.”
The Most Valuable Prospects series is produced and marketed by MVP, promoted by MVP and Boxlab Promotions, and distributed globally by DAZN.
