Alycia Baumgardner v Bo Mi Re Shin: unified junior lightweight championship – live updates

• Baumgardner defends WBA, WBO and IBF belts at 130lb

• American headlines Jake Paul-promoted card at Garden

• Reach out to Bryan on Bluesky or by email

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.