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That’s all for tonight. Thanks as always for following along and be sure to check back later for a full report.
Baumgardner retains unified 130lb title!
No surprises here. Alycia Baumgardner has retained her WBA, WBO and IBF junior lightweight titles by a 10-round unanimous decision. Two judges scored it 98-92 while a third had it 99-91.
Round 10
Baumgardner closes in style, showing her technical superiority against a brave, indefatigable challenger. The fighters trade hellfire in the center of the ring in the final seconds, whipping the crowd into an uproar, then embrace at the final bell. Baumgardner’s five-year knockout drought won’t end tonight, but that was a very convincing performance against tough opponent. All that’s left are the judges’ scores …
Guardian’s unofficial score: Baumgardner 10-9 Shin (Baumgardner 98-92 Shin)
Round 9
Shin is taking a beating but keeps coming forward. An easy round to score for Baumgardner, who appears to be three minutes from defending her unified title.
Guardian’s unofficial score: Baumgardner 10-9 Shin (Baumgardner 88-83 Shin)
Round 8
Baumgardner is able to turn back the tide and neutralize Shin’s pressure in the eighth, going back to boxing behind the jab and making the challenger miss with deft head movement and footwork.
Guardian’s unofficial score: Baumgardner 10-9 Shin (Baumgardner 78-74 Shin)
Round 7
Shin is going for it and getting the better of the exchanges in another action-packed round. The challenger is coming on very strong here. We’ve got ourselves a fight!
Guardian’s unofficial score: Baumgardner 9-10 Shin (Baumgardner 68-66 Shin)
Round 6
Baumgardner is a skilled operator. She’s bouncing punches off Shin head with withering accuracy while alternating with dedicate body work, at times landing combinations of as many as six unanswered punches. But Shin is still in the fight and she’s having her moments through sheer force of will. The South Korean has done enough to nick that frame on our card.
Guardian’s unofficial score: Baumgardner 9-10 Shin (Baumgardner 59-55 Shin)
Round 5
More good work from Baumgardner, who continues to outthrow and outland her game opponent. She’s fighting well going forward and off the back foot. It was more of the latter in the fifth as Shin has turned to a full pressure attack. Baumgardner has landed nearly twice as many power shots (86) as Shin (44) according to the punch statistics.
Guardian’s unofficial score: Baumgardner 10-9 Shin (Baumgardner 50-45 Shin)
Round 4
Baumgardner appeared to have Shin in trouble after a concussive right uppercut brought the crowd to its feet, but the challenger recovered nicely. The champion is putting her punches together and really giving the fans a show as the clock reaches toward 1am local time.
Guardian’s unofficial score: Baumgardner 10-9 Shin (Baumgardner 40-36 Shin)
Round 3
Score another for Baumgardner, who is boxing beautifully behind the jab and stepping into the pocket to land power shots. A frustrated Shin wrestles Baumgardner to the ground at one point but there are no points for that. A more competitive round for Shin who is changing up her look a bit, but Baumgardner shades it.
Guardian’s unofficial score: Baumgardner 10-9 Shin (Baumgardner 30-27 Shin)
Round 2
Baumgardner continues to beat Shin to the punch. She’s throwing and landing more and with greater accuracy. Shin is active in there but missing a lot. Another clear round for the champion.
Guardian’s unofficial score: Baumgardner 10-9 Shin (Baumgardner 20-18 Shin)
We’re hearing some positive news about Shadasia Green. According to the ESPN telecast, she is conscious, speaking and moving. We’ll share further updates as soon as we hear them.
Round 1
There’s the bell. Baumgardner takes the center of the ring as Shin circles her to the right. Some good shots upstairs from Baumgardner early. A crisp right-left combination by Baumgardner. Three hard shots landed by Baumgardner upstairs. Shin is no plodder but Baumgardner’s advantage in hand speed is evident. A very nice opening round by the champion.
Guardian’s unofficial score: Baumgardner 10-9 Shin (Baumgardner 10-9 Shin)
Here come the fighters. Shin makes her entrance to Skybound by South Korean singer Younha. Then it’s Baumgardner, who is accompanied by Lil’ Kim performing The Jump Off. A huge reaction from the crowd, expectedly, in Kim’s hometown.
We’ll share any updates on Green’s condition as soon as we hear them. In the meantime, the main event is about to start with Alycia Baumgardner and Bo Mi Re Shin making their entrances.
Green taken from ring on stretcher
Concern is rippling through the theater after Shadasia Green’s TKO loss to Lani Daniels with the American having been quickly removed from the ring on a stretcher. The decision to immobilize and transport her from the ring, before the result has even been announced, has prompted commotion at ringside.
Green looked exhausted by the end of the eighth round, but made it to the final bell. Daniels then burst from the corner in the ninth and landed a barrage of uncontested blows until referee Eric Dali intervened at the 0:32 mark. It was a good stoppage by Dali, who did not let the punishment go on for too long.
Daniels knocks out Green for unified 168lb title!
It’s Lani Daniels in a stunner! The 37-year-old from Whangārei, New Zealand, has just knocked out Shadasia Green in the ninth round to become the new unified super-middleweight champion.
Green and Daniels are into the fifth round of their scheduled 10-round scrap. It’s been the best fight of the night by some distance with both women trading heavy shots in the early stages.
Shadasia Green and Lani Daniels are in the ring for tonight’s co-main event. Green, from nearby Paterson, New Jersey, is defending her IBF and WBO titles at 168lb against Lani Daniels, a New Zealander who’s held belts at light-heavyweight and heavyweight and can become a three-division champion with an upset here.
Krystal Rosado has just won an eight-round unanimous decision over Fernanda Reyes in the second-to-last preliminary fight. The ringside judges’ scores were 79-73, 80-72 and 78-74. It’s the first loss of Reyes’ career in her ninth pro outing, while Rosado improves to 9-1.
One more fight before the main event. Meanwhile in the back of house …
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Alycia Baumgardner is in the building for tonight’s fight. And it’s going to be a late start! The ESPN telecast didn’t begin until 10pm local time and there are three televised undercard bouts ahead of the main event. The first of these is in the books after Nat Dove’s split-decision win over Maria Micheo. Krystal Rosado and Fernanda Reyes are into the middle rounds of their scheduled eight-round bantamweight bout right now. Then Shadasia Green will defend her IBF and WBO super-middleweight titles against New Zealand’s Lani Daniels.
And then Baumgardner and Shin will make their ringwalks. Don’t wait up!
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Philadelphia’s Nat Dove has just held off Maria Micheo by a split decision in their eight-round flyweight bout. Two judges scored it 77-75 for Dove while a third had it 77-75 for Micheo. The crowd doesn’t like it, but Dove improves to eight wins, no losses and one draw in nine professional fights. Two more undercard bouts to come before the main event.
Hello and welcome to tonight’s unified 130lb title fight between Alycia Baumgardner and Bo Mi Re Shin. We’re ringside at the Theater at Madison Square Garden for what has been billed as both a title defense and a statement of intent for one of women’s boxing’s ascendent stars.
Baumgardner arrives in New York with three belts – the WBA, WBO and IBF junior lightweight titles – and a sense that this moment transcends the routine business of championship boxing. The 31-year-old Ohio native is the headline attraction of Most Valuable Promotions’ first US card, the nascent women’s platform launched by boxer-influencer Jake Paul – a venture designed to give the sport a regular, high-visibility platform on linear television through a multi-year media deal with ESPN.
The timing is not accidental. With established stars like Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano nearing the end of their careers, the question of who leads women’s boxing into its next phase has become more pressing. MVP has been explicit in its view the stylish, gregarious Baumgardner can fill that space, positioning her as both an elite boxer-puncher and a marketable personality capable of headlining big nights. “This is her moment to own the sport,” MVP co-founder Nakisa Bidarian said in the run-up to tonight’s bout.
Baumgardner (17-1, 7 KOs) herself has leaned into that framing. Since her breakthrough win over Terri Harper by knockout in 2021 and subsequent run to unified champion, her climb has been swift. But across the ring stands a fighter unlikely to cooperate with any script. Shin, a seasoned contender from Seoul with a 19-3-3 record, has built a reputation on durability and persistence. She has never been stopped, and her recent form sheet includes a narrow loss to Britain’s Caroline Dubois in a lightweight title challenge last year at London’s Royal Albert Hall. If Baumgardner’s style is built on control and timing, Shin’s is rooted in pressure and resilience, a combination that could force the champion into deeper waters than expected.
There is also a broader subplot at play. Tonight’s main event will again be contested over three-minute rounds, a format the American champion has championed as both a competitive and commercial evolution for women’s boxing.
For Baumgardner, then, this is about more than defending belts. It is about shaping perception, answering critics, and perhaps most importantly, matching ambition with performance. The bright lights of Madison Square Garden have long had a way of clarifying those questions. Tonight, they may do so again.
Bryan will be here shortly.
