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Shadasia Green vs. Melinda Watpool, Bruce Carrington sets Tyson-Paul undercard


04 February 2023; New York, NY, USA; Shadasia Green and Elin Cederroos during their WBC Silver and WBA Continental Super Middleweight titles fight at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. Mandatory Credit: Ed Mulholland/Matchroom.

Shadasia Green will get a second opportunity at a world title on Nov. 15 when she faces Melinda Watpool in a ten-round bout at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Tex., Most Valuable Promotions announced Thursday.

The fight will be contested for the vacant WBO super middleweight title, and will be part of the undercard that features the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul fight on Netflix ahead.

Green (14-1, 11 KOs) of Paterson, NJ, will be looking for her second straight win, after defeating Natasha Spence by unanimous decision in July. Before that, the 35-year-old lost a unanimous decision to Franchon Crews Dezurn for the WBC super middleweight title.

Watpool (7-0, 2 KOs), a five-time Canadian national amateur champion from Toronto, is making her first major step as a pro and has two wins over the aforementioned Spence, including in her last fight in September.

Another notable name on the undercard is Bruce “Shu Shu” Carrington Jr. (13-0, 8 KOs), a top-ranked promoted featherweight from Tyson’s hometown of Brownsville, Brooklyn in New York, who will face Dana Coolwell (13-2). , 8 KOs) of Beerwah, Australia in an eight-round fight. Carrington, 27, is coming off his toughest assignment to date, a majority decision win over Sulaiman Segawa last month, while the 25-year-old Coolwell is looking for his seventh straight win in his US debut.

To round out the undercard, Corey Marksman (10-0-1, 7 KOs) will face Lucas Bahdi (17-0, 15 KOs) in a ten round lightweight bout.

The card will also feature the highly anticipated rematch between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano, who will look to build on their historic first fight in 2022, which Taylor won by split decision.





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