Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) and ESPN announced the fight week schedule for Sunday's MVPW-07: Turhan vs. Baumgardner in Arlington, Texas featuring five championship bouts. The event is headlined by Turkey’s undefeated IBF lightweight world champion, the “Golden Turkish Warrior” Elif Nur Turhan (14-0, 8 KOs) vs. unified junior lightweight champion Alycia “The Bomb” Baumgardner (18-1, 7 KOs), who will step up to 135 pounds in a bid to become a two-division champion. This fight will be a ten rounder, although it will feature three-minute rounds. In the cofeature, Somali-British boxer and activist Ramla Ali (11-2, 3 KOs) will face New York’s undefeated Mikiah Kreps (11-0, 3 KOs) for the vacant WBO and IBF super bantamweight world titles at 122 pounds. As part of the buildup, MVP will host three fight week events. Opening the week will be the open workout followed by the press conference and weigh-in, all at Texas Live! in Arlington, Texas. All fight week events will be free and open to the public to attend on a first-come, first-serve basis. Tickets for MVPW-07 are on sale at AXS.com.
On Thursday, November 5, the Open Workout will take place at Texas Live! in Arlington, Texas starting at 6:00pm CT. The event will feature Elif Turhan, Alycia Baumgardner, Ramla Ali, Mikiah Kreps, Skye Nicolson, and various undercard fighters, as well as a surprise open workout from a new, to-be-announced MVP athlete.
On Friday, November 6, the MVPW-07 Press Conference will take place at Texas Live! in Arlington, Texas starting at 6:00pm CT. The event will feature the final war of words between Elif Turhan, Alycia Baumgardner, Ramla Ali, Mikiah Kreps, undercard fighters, and MVP CEO Nakisa Bidarian.
On Saturday, November 7, the MVPW-07 Public Weigh-In will take place at Texas Live! in Arlington, Texas starting at 6:00pm CT. The event will feature all fighters and MVP CEO Nakisa Bidarian and will be free and open to the public on a first-come, first-serve basis. The weigh-in will stream live on MVP’s YouTube Channel and the ESPN App.
On Sunday, November 8, MVPW-07 streams live on ESPN and ESPN Deportes in the US and Sky Sports in the UK from College Park Center in Arlington, Texas. The preliminary card will air on the ESPN App in the US and will begin at 5:15pm ET / 4:15pm CT, with the main card starting at 8:30pm ET / 7:30pm CT on ESPN and ESPN Deportes in the US. The main card airs at 12:30am GMT on Sky Sports in the UK.
