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ADDITIONAL UNDERCARD BOUTS UNVEILED FOR MVP’S MOST VALUABLE PROSPECTS 16 CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLE HEADER ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 AT SOUTH PADRE ISLAND CONVENTION CENTER IN SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, TEXAS, LIVE ON DAZN
Standout Cuban prospect Ronny Alvarez vs. San Antonio’s Bruno Pola to open main card
Texas prospects Sebastian Juarez vs. Demarcus Layton; Reggie Ray Martinez vs. Edgar Rosales join preliminary card matchups
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND, TX – September 30, 2025 – Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) today announced additional undercard matchups for the Most Valuable Prospects 16 Championship Double Header on Saturday, October 18 at the South Padre Island Convention Center in South Padre Island, Texas, available globally on DAZN. Opening the main card will be standout Cuban prospect Ronny Alvarez (4-0, 3 KOs) vs. San Antonio, Texas prospect Bruno Pola (10-3-1, 9 KOs) in a 6-round 168lb super middleweight bout. Joining the preliminary card will be Brownsville, Texas’s Sebastian Juarez (9-0, 7 KOs) vs. Ft. Worth, Texas’s Demarcus Layton (10-7-1, 7 KOs) in a 6-round bout at 156lbs in the super welterweight division and Harlingen, Texas’s 18-year-old Reggie Ray Martinez (6-0-1, 1 KO) vs. 18-year-old Mission, Texas prospect Edgar Rosales (5-0, 2 KOs) in a 6-round featherweight bout. Mission, Texas 20-year-old prospect Jonathan Garcia (4-0, 3 KOs) will also join the preliminary card.
MVP previously announced the Most Valuable Prospects 16 Championship Double Header will be headlined by Mexico’s WBC world champion Lourdes Juarez (38-4, 5 KOs) vs. MVP’s Mexican superstar and #1 WBA contender Yesica Nery Plata (30-2, 3 KOs) in a 10-round women’s world championship fight at 108lbs for the WBC light flyweight world title. The co-main event will feature Brownsville, Texas’s Omar Juarez (19-2, 7 KOs) vs. Caguas, Puerto Rico’s Omar Rosario (14-2, 4 KOs) in a 10-round bout at 140lbs in the super lightweight division. Also on the main card as part of the Championship Double Header will be MVP’s unified world champion Desley “Destroyer” Robinson (10-3, 3 KOs), who will defend her unified IBF and WBO middleweight world titles against Logan Holler (11-3-1, 4 KOs) over 10 rounds at 160lbs. Headlining the preliminary card will 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 with equal rules—three-minute rounds—at 118lbs in a statement for equality in women’s boxing. The 16th event in the series in partnership with Boxlab Promotions will continue the commitment from MVP co-founders Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian to highlight the world’s best up-and-coming boxing talent. Tickets for Most Valuable Prospects 16 Championship Double Header are on sale now at Ticketmaster.
Opening the main card, Boxlab Promotions’ standout Cuban prospect Ronny Alvarez will aim to continue his rise in the pro ranks. The 21-year-old is undefeated so far in his pro career following an outstanding amateur run that saw him become a two-time Pan American Games gold medalist and gold medalist at the 2022 AIBA World Youth Championships. Bruno Pola, the 26-year-old prospect, comes to the ring from San Antonio, TX by way of Torreon, Mexico. After contending for the WBC Youth world super middleweight title in April 2024, Pola has re-established a three-fight win streak, having won each of his latest bouts by KO.
Also on the preliminary card will be Boxlab Promotions’ and Brownsville, Texas’s Sebastian Juarez. The undefeated 20-year-old prospect and younger brother to Omar Juarez, made his pro debut in 2023 and has remained undefeated since, winning his last two bouts by TKO in June and August 2025. Juarez will take on 34-year-old prospect Demarcus Layton. Layton fights out of Ft. Worth, Texas by way of Little Rock, Arkansas, and also enters the bout following his latest KO win in June 2025.
Harlingen, Texas’s 18-year-old Reggie Ray Martinez enters the ring undefeated. The Mexican-American talent turned pro in 2023 and most recently fought to a UD win in May 2025. He will face fellow undefeated 18-year-old prospect Edgar Rosales. Rosales, from Mission, Texas, most recently earned a UD win in August 2025. Also on the card, 20-year-old Mission, Texas prospect Jonathan Garcia (4-0, 3 KOs) will face a to-be-announced opponent.
“Our Most Valuable Prospects 16 undercard is packed with South Texas’s best rising prospects,” said Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian, co-founders of Most Valuable Promotions. “From future world champions like Ronny Alvarez to hometown stars like Sebastian Juarez and Reggie Ray Martinez, this card showcases the best young fighters from Texas and around the world. Alongside a championship double header, fans are going to see the future of boxing on Saturday, October 18, live on DAZN.”
Most Valuable Prospects 16 is promoted by MVP and distributed globally by DAZN. The 16th event in the series in partnership with Boxlab Promotions will continue the commitment from MVP co-founders Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian to highlight the world’s best up-and-coming boxing talent. CELSIUS Live Fit Essential Energy, maker of lifestyle energy drink, is the exclusive energy drink sponsor of MVP and the Most Valuable Prospects series. Fansly, TORKLAW, Caribe Royale Resort, and Event Tickets Center have also joined on to sponsor Most Valuable Prospects 16.
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About MVP
MVP was founded by Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian in 2021. With the mission to provide more creative control to fighters, MVP works to identify, grow, and maximize returns for its own events and talent partners. One year into its inception, MVP was nominated as one of the prestigious Sports Breakthroughs of the Year in 2022 by Sports Business Journal. MVP has produced Jake Paul’s last six global pay-per-view events, including the recent Paul vs. Perry match. The promotion company also signed one of the most decorated Hispanic athletes of all time, Amanda Serrano in its first year. Serrano and MVP made history in April of 2022 when Serrano went head to head with Katie Taylor, marking the first female fight to headline at Madison Square Garden, earning a nomination for Event of The Year by Sports Business Journal. MVP made history again in November 2024 with Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson and Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano 2, the first-ever live professional sports event on Netflix. MVP’s Paul vs. Tyson streamed live globally on Netflix and shattered records, becoming the most-streamed sporting event ever with 108 million live viewers globally. Co-founder Nakisa Bidarian was an executive producer of Paul vs. Tyson and the historic Triller Presents Mike Tyson v. Roy Jones Jr., which was the 8th most bought pay-per-view event in history.
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