The move puts Mayer in a promotional group that now controls a significant portion of the sport’s top female talent. For Mayer, the explanation was simple.
“I’ve always wanted the biggest and best fights, and MVP’s premier roster of women’s champions creates incredible opportunities to make those matches happen,” Mayer said after the deal was confirmed.
Her explanation indicates a larger development within women’s boxing. The biggest names in the sport have historically been spread across different promoters and networks, often making negotiations for big fights difficult even when public demand was strong.
MVP seems to be building a different model by concentrating a growing number of champions and contenders under the same banner. With Serrano, Baumgardner, Cameron and Dubois already part of the stable, Mayer’s arrival strengthens a promotional group that can now arrange several high-profile matches in-house.
Nakisa Bidarian, co-founder of Most Valuable Promotions, and Paul emphasized Mayer’s standing in the sport when they announced the deal.
“Mikaela is one of the most accomplished fighters in women’s boxing and a proven champion across multiple weight classes,” they said in a joint statement. “She has competed on the sport’s biggest stages, faced the best fighters in the world and continues to push the sport forward.”
Mayer enters the partnership as one of the most accomplished fighters in women’s boxing. The former US Olympian has won world titles across three divisions and is currently ranked among the top fighters in the sport. Her recent run included a win over Mary Spencer that secured titles in a different weight class and cemented her position among the elite.
By joining MVP, Mayer now becomes part of a promotional roster that has steadily expanded over the past year. Paul’s company has made women’s boxing a central part of its strategy, signing champions across multiple divisions while promoting events featuring female fighters in prominent roles.
The result is a promotional group that now houses several of the athletes most mentioned in potential marquee fights.
Mayer’s decision to sign suggests she sees that concentration of talent as the most direct route to the games she’s pursued throughout her career. As more high-profile fighters come together under the same banner, the road to the sport’s biggest women’s fights could increasingly go through MVP.
