Most Helpful Promotions (MVP) at the moment introduced the corporate’s return to Texas for Most Helpful Prospects 16, an MVP Championship Double Header on Saturday, October 18 on the South Padre Island Conference Middle in South Padre Island, Texas, obtainable globally on DAZN. The Most Helpful Prospects 16 Championship Double Header can be headlined by Mexico’s WBC world champion Lourdes “La Pequeña Lulu” Juarez (38-4, 5 KOs) vs. MVP’s Mexican celebrity and #1 WBA contender Yesica Nery Plata (30-2, 3 KOs), in a 10-round ladies’s world championship combat at 108lbs for the WBC mild flyweight world title. The co-main occasion will function Brownsville, Texas native Omar “El Relampago” Juarez (19-2, 7 KOs) vs. Caguas, Puerto Rico’s Omar “The New Period” Rosario (14-2, 4 KOs) in a 10-round bout at 140lbs within the tremendous light-weight division. Additionally on the principle card as a part of the Championship Double Header can be MVP’s unified world champion Desley “Destroyer” Robinson (10-3, 3 KOs), who will defend her unified IBF and WBO middleweight world titles in opposition to Logan Holler (11-3-1, 4 KOs) over 10 rounds at 160lbs.
Headlining the preliminary card can be MVP and Dallas, Texas’s Shurretta Metcalf (14-5, 2 KOs) vs. MVP’s undefeated Puerto Rican sensation Krystal Rosado (7-0, 2 KOs) in an 8-round bout at 118lbs. Metcalf and Rosado would be the newest MVP fighters to make a press release for equality in ladies’s boxing, competing over equal guidelines to males with three-minute rounds. Additionally on the preliminary card can be MVP’s Yolanda Vega (10-1, 1 KO), MVP’s undefeated Alexis “Chop Chop” Chaparro (5-0, 5 KOs), MVP’s Alexander Gueche (9-0, 6 KOs), Brownsville, Texas’s Sebastian Juarez (9-0, 7 KOs), and undefeated prospect Pedro Veitia (5-0, 5 KOs). The sixteenth occasion within the collection in partnership with Boxlab Promotions will proceed the dedication from MVP co-founders Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian to focus on the world’s finest up-and-coming boxing expertise. Tickets for Most Helpful Prospects 16 Championship Double Header are on sale now at Ticketmaster.com.
Lourdes “La Pequeña Lulu” Juarez is a two-division world champion from Mexico Metropolis. The youthful sister of Mexican legend Mariana “La Barby” Juarez, she is a part of one in every of just a few sister pairs in historical past to grow to be boxing world champions, alongside the Serrano and Bermúdez sisters, and her sister Patty can also be a world champion in bare-knuckle boxing. Turning professional in 2013, Juarez went undefeated for eight years, capturing the WBC tremendous flyweight world title in December 2020 and making three profitable defenses earlier than regaining championship standing in November 2024 by transferring right down to 108lbs to win the then-vacant WBC mild flyweight crown. Ranked #3 on the planet at 108 kilos by ESPN, she has confronted six former world champions, balanced motherhood to her two sons, Dominik and Derek, and likewise trains and mentors new expertise at her health club in Mexico Metropolis. She has additionally showcased her versatility with an exhibition win in Miami over Dutch MMA fighter Isis Verbeek. Juarez most just lately efficiently defended her title in March 2025, defeating Mirna Sanchez by ninth spherical TKO.
“I’m the world champion, and nobody is taking what’s mine,” stated Lourdes Juarez. “I’m decided to go to all out battle on Saturday, October 18—a really Mexican battle.”
Former unified WBA and WBC mild flyweight world champion Yesica Nery Plata turned professional in 2011, shortly successful the WBC Youth title in 2012 and defending it a number of occasions earlier than entering into world-level clashes. In March 2022, Plata started her title run, dethroning longtime champion Yésica Bopp by way of break up resolution to say the WBA title at 108lbs, ending Bopp’s 13-year reign with sturdy physique work and properly‑timed left hooks. Her defining second throughout the division got here in January 2023 in Canada, the place she efficiently unified the WBA and WBC belts by defeating dwelling favourite Kim Clavel in a fierce ten‑spherical battle—dictating the tempo to earn a unanimous resolution in what many hailed as one of many standout ladies’s fights of the 12 months. She capped off her dominance with a profitable break up‑resolution title protection in opposition to undefeated Sarah Bormann in Karlsruhe, Germany in December 2023. Following a layoff, Plata is now poised to make her return to the ring underneath the Most Helpful Promotions banner. She is acknowledged as one of many prime pound-for-pound ladies’s boxers on the planet and is at the moment ranked #2 by ESPN and #7 by the WBA at 108lbs.
“I’m excited to formally announce my subsequent combat on Saturday, October 18 for the WBC 108lb world title, a championship I proudly held earlier than. This time, I’ll be dealing with the present world champion, Lourdes Juárez,” stated Yesica Nery Plata. “I’m actually grateful to be a part of MVP and wish to thank Jake Paul, Amanda Serrano, and Nakisa for giving me this unbelievable alternative. I’m proud to be the primary Mexican feminine boxer to hitch this firm, which is making actual, lasting modifications in ladies’s boxing. I can’t wait to share this journey with all of you.”
Omar Juarez, the 26-year-old from Brownsville, Texas, is a rising contender following an impressive beginner profession of 120 fights that noticed him develop a popularity as a devastating physique puncher and successful six US nationwide titles, together with two Junior Olympics titles and two Golden Gloves. He made his professional debut in 2018 and went undefeated in his first 11 fights and has educated with 140lb champion Mario Barrios. Juarez most just lately defeated Juan Alberto Castillo Garcia by 4th spherical TKO in August 2025. Exterior the ring, he’s a motivational speaker who has acquired recognition from the Texas State Senate, Texas Home of Representatives, the cities of Brownsville and San Benito and the Cameron County Commissioner’s Courtroom for his work at colleges in his neighborhood. Omar Rosario, the 27-year-old from Caguas, Puerto Rico, will look to rise to the problem on Saturday, October 18. Rosario returns to the Most Helpful Prospects collection following his look on Most Helpful Prospects 9 in Caguas, Puerto Rico in October 2024. In June 2025, Rosario defeated John Bauza to earn the then-vacant Puerto Rican tremendous light-weight title.
“Preventing on South Padre Island is particular to me—it’s my dwelling, my folks, my coronary heart,” stated Omar Juarez. “On Saturday, October 18th, the entire world will get to see what I’ve been constructing towards, reside on DAZN. Omar Rosario is a troublesome, proficient fighter, however I’ve labored too exhausting and sacrificed an excessive amount of to let this second slip away. Each spherical, each punch, I’ll be representing Texas, and I promise the followers an unforgettable efficiency.”
Unified middleweight world champion Desley “Destroyer” Robinson (10-3, 3 KOs) has emerged as one in every of Australia’s prime boxing skills. Initially entering into the ring to enhance her health, Robinson shortly proved she belonged on the elite stage. Following over 50 beginner fights that noticed her seize a number of Queensland and Australian titles, Robinson turned professional and earned her first title shot in simply her seventh professional combat, leading to a slender majority resolution loss in opposition to Lani Daniels in December 2023. Only one 12 months later, Robinson rebounded in heroic vogue, preventing by a fractured foot to seize the vacant IBF feminine middleweight title with a unanimous resolution over Kaye Scott in December 2024. She returned to the ring in April 2025 to unify the division, efficiently defending her IBF belt and successful the vacant WBO title with a dominant efficiency in opposition to Chloe Chaos. Now holding each the IBF and WBO middleweight crowns, Robinson, who fights out of Logan Metropolis, Queensland by means of Maranbah, Queensland, Australia, continues to cement her place among the many finest in ladies’s boxing. She can also be a single mom of three youngsters.
“I’m so excited for this chance,” stated Desley Robinson. “I do know that is the largest combat of Holler’s profession and he or she needs what I’ve, however there is no such thing as a approach she is taking it. I’ll arrive on South Padre Island because the champion and I’ll be leaving because the champion.”
Difficult Robinson can be Logan Holler from Davie, Florida by means of Columbia, South Carolina. Holler is the daughter of former NFL participant Ed Holler, attended the College of South Carolina on a D1 Equestrian scholarship and credit her father as her hero who instilled unparalleled work ethic in her. After dropping her father, she promised she would in the future win a world title for him. Holler first took up boxing after faculty as an outlet for her psychological well being and has used her platform as a fighter and athlete to speak about her psychological well being journey. She made her professional debut in 2014, and most just lately defeated Kaitlin LaVigne in February 2025 and Tekeya Farmer in July 2025.
“That is what I’ve been working for my complete profession for over ten years now,” stated Logan Holler. “I’m so grateful that God has blessed me with the love of boxing and the religion to belief the method. Now it’s time to combat for the championship and put all of the hard-work collectively. I’m additionally very grateful to MVP for the chance and the help that they’ve been giving to ladies’s boxing. That is going to be an ideal combat!”
“They are saying all the things is larger in Texas, properly this can be our greatest Most Helpful Prospects card but—a championship double header showcasing the subsequent wave of expertise and advancing our dedication to equality in boxing,” stated Nakisa Bidarian and Jake Paul, co-founders of Most Helpful Promotions. “Followers will see an all-Mexican world title conflict between Lourdes Juarez and Yesica Nery Plata, the return of Australia’s unified champion Desley Robinson, and and native brothers and rising stars Omar and Sebastian Juarez, whereas Shurretta Metcalf joins Krystal Rosado in making a press release for ladies’s equality by preventing three-minute rounds. This occasion underscores MVP’s continued funding in constructing the way forward for the game by world-class matchups and alternatives for rising fighters. Followers in South Padre Island and across the globe are in for one thing particular on Saturday, October 18, reside on DAZN.”
Headlining the preliminary card can be MVP’s Shurretta “Chiccn” Metcalf (14-4-1, 2 KOs). Metcalf has needed to combat—each inside and outdoors the ring—all of her life. Born in Oak Cliff in Dallas, Texas, Shurretta grew up in a low-income space along with her two youthful siblings and hard-working single mother. A proficient pupil, she was a standout basketball participant and likewise excelled at observe and subject. She had her first son at 20 years previous and her second son two years later. The one mother did quite a lot of jobs to outlive and lift her two boys, the oldest of whom is autistic. To earn cash, Shurretta turned to underground boxing in 2012 and fought over 100 fights, generally preventing as usually as twice per week. In 2016 she turned professional and hasn’t stopped transferring ahead since—successful her first world title in October 2024 at Madison Sq. Backyard with a unanimous resolution in opposition to then-IBF champion Miyo Yoshida. Metcalf most just lately returned to MSG to compete for the undisputed bantamweight world title within the preliminary card headliner of MVP and Netflix’s Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano 3 all-women’s mega-event in July 2025. Exterior her boxing profession, the industrious Metcalf owns and runs a boutique and salon, works as a private coach, and has a cell bartending enterprise. She can also be launching her personal line of exercise garments known as Elite Essence.
“The unfair stoppage lower deep in my final combat, but it surely lit a hearth in me that may’t be put out,” stated Shurretta Metcalf. “I’m stepping again within the ring with a vengeance, not simply to combat, however to reclaim all the things I’ve labored for. This isn’t the tip of my story—it’s the rise of my redemption.”
Dealing with her can be MVP’s rising bantamweight contender and Amanda Serrano’s protegee, Krystal Rosado. MVP’s 22-year-old sensation is a Carolina, Puerto Rico native who made her skilled debut on MVP’s Most Helpful Prospects 2 present in August 2023, gorgeous followers with a ferocious second-round KO. Rosado went on to compete on MVP’s historic Serrano vs. Ramos card in October 2023, incomes her decisive second win over Hungary’s Kata Pap, earlier than showing in entrance of her dwelling followers on the legendary Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan as a part of MVP’s Jake Paul vs. Ryan Bourland in March 2024. Rosado took dwelling a majority resolution win, which she adopted with a swift knockout of Russia’s Veronika Dmitriyeva at MVP’s Most Helpful Prospects 7 in July 2024. She then returned for Most Helpful Prospects 9 in October 2024 the place she earned a unanimous resolution win over Perla Lomeli. Following a dominant unanimous resolution win in March 2025, Rosado returned to the ring to face Agustina Vazquez in a 4-round bout contested with three minute rounds—equal guidelines to males—in the course of the combat week Open Exercises for MVP and Netflix’s Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano 3 all-women’s mega-event, successful by unanimous resolution. She is at the moment the WBA’s #3 contender at 118lbs.
“In my subsequent combat on Saturday, October 18 in Texas, I can be dealing with a former world champion,” stated Krystal Rosado. “It’s a combat with huge challenges, as I’ll be going up in opposition to a really skilled girl. I’m coming with all the things to point out who Krystal Rosado is. I’m very grateful to the crew for giving me this nice alternative and for bringing out the perfect in me.”
Additionally on the preliminary card can be MVP’s Yolanda Vega, the 30-year-old from Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico, who made her MVP debut on Jake Paul vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in June 2025 in a hard-fought battle in opposition to Holly Holm. She made her professional boxing debut in July 2015 and is at the moment ranked as Boxrec’s #16 tremendous light-weight ladies’s boxer on the planet, establishing herself as a rising standout in Mexican boxing.
MVP’s undefeated Alexis “Chop Chop” Chaparro will even return to the ring for his fourth Most Helpful Prospects collection look. The 25-year-old, raised in Ridgewood, New York, competed at each the 2020 and 2024 USA Boxing Olympic trials. The gifted Puerto Rican athlete can also be a excessive vogue mannequin, having labored for Versace, Burberry, Dolce & Gabbana, Giorgio Armani, and Polo Ralph Lauren, amongst others. Chaparro landed a sensational first-round KO win in his professional debut on Most Helpful Prospects 6 in April 2024, earlier than scoring a shocking second-round knockout win on the preliminary card of MVP’s Jake Paul vs. Mike Perry in July 2024. He additionally earned a first-round TKO victory on MVP’s Most Helpful Prospects 9 in Puerto Rico in October 2024. Most just lately, Chaparro defeated Daijohn Gonzalez on Most Helpful Prospects 13 in June 2025.
Additionally becoming a member of the cardboard can be MVP’s 2x US nationwide beginner champion and rising star Alexander “Alley Cat” Gueche. The 19-year-old Gueche involves the ring from Lengthy Seaside, California, by means of Harbor Metropolis, California, and most just lately defeated Vincent Avina by UD on the preliminary card of Jake Paul vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. in June 2025. Rounding out the cardboard can be bouts from Boxlab Promotions’ and Brownsville, Texas’s undefeated 20-year-old prospect Sebastian Juarez and Boxlab Promotions’ 21-year-old undefeated prospect Pedro Veitia (5-0, 5 KOs) who fights out of Panama Metropolis, Panama by means of Sancti Spiritus, Cuba.
Most Helpful Prospects 16 is promoted by MVP and distributed globally by DAZN. The sixteenth occasion within the collection in partnership with Boxlab Promotions will proceed the dedication from MVP co-founders Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian to focus on the world’s finest up-and-coming boxing expertise. CELSIUS Stay Match Important Power, maker of way of life vitality drink, is the unique vitality drink sponsor of MVP and the Most Helpful Prospects collection. Fansly, TORKLAW, Caribe Royale Resort, and Occasion Tickets Middle have additionally joined on to sponsor Most Helpful Prospects 16.
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