MVPW 03 Han vs Holm 2

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Sat 30th May 2026 3:00pm Local
Sat 30th May 2026 8:00pm UTC

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2026

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The third installment of Most Valuable Promotions' all-female boxing series, MVPW 03, is set to take place on Saturday, May 30, 2026, at the El Paso County Coliseum in Texas. The primary challenge for the main event competitors is resolving the "unfinished business" from their first meeting in January, which ended in a controversial seventh-round technical decision. The objective for the undefeated WBA lightweight champion and hometown hero Stephanie Han (12-0) is to secure a definitive victory in front of her local fans and erase any doubts about her superiority. For the legendary Holly Holm, the goal is to utilize her immense championship experience to overcome the younger champion and add another world title to her historic combat sports resume.

Strategically, the goal of this 10-round championship rematch is to see if Holm can make the adjustments necessary to deal with Han's high-volume output. The tactical focus for the co-main event—unified featherweight champion Amanda Serrano defending her WBA and WBO titles against Germany's Cheyenne Hanson—centers on Serrano's pursuit of a record-tying 32nd knockout. With a quadruple-championship lineup that also includes title defenses by Desley Robinson and Lourdes Juarez, the ultimate goal of the event is to continue elevating the status of women’s boxing on a global linear television platform.

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Stephanie Han successfully defended her unblemished record and retained her WBA female lightweight world title, grinding out a tightly contested majority decision victory over a determined Holly Holm. Running it back four months after their initial technical decision meeting, both fighters pushed each other through 10 rounds of highly technical boxing, leaving the verdict down to the narrowest of margins on the official judges' scorecards.

The opening rounds unfolded as a tactical chess match, with Holm utilizing her signature elusive footwork and unorthodox blitzes to challenge the champion from the outside. Han remained patient behind a disciplined guard, gradually timing Holm's entries and finding a home for crisp straight right hands in the middle frames. As the pace intensified in the second half of the contest, Han's superior accuracy and forward pressure began to swing the momentum in her favor, though Holm consistently fired back with accurate combinations. With neither woman giving ground or scoring a knockdown over the championship distance, two judges scored the bout in favor of Han, while the third saw it as an even draw. The narrow victory moves the El Paso native to a perfect 13-0 record, keeping her championship trajectory intact while raising questions about what lies ahead for the veteran challenger.

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