Holly Holm is going back to her roots. During the recent Jake Paul vs. Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. kickoff press conference earlier today (May 14, 2025) in Los Angeles, Calif., it was announced that “The Preacher’s Daughter” would be stepping back into the boxing ring on June 28 on the undercard of the Paul vs. Chavez Jr. event on DAZN pay-per-view (PPV) against Yoland Vega.
Holm hasn’t competed in a professional boxing match in over 10 years, and was last seen defeating Mary McGee via unanimous decision to retain her IBA female and WBF female light welterweight titles in May 2013.
Holm put her boxing career on hold to focus on her mixed martial arts (MMA) career, which proved to have mixed results, eventually making her UFC debut in 2015 and then racking up and 8-7-1 record, securing the women’s Bantamweight title by knocking out Ronda Rousey via head kick at UFC 193 nine months later (see it again here).
After that win, however, things quickly went downhill for “The Preacher’s Daughter” who went on to cough up her title to Miesha Tate, her first of three straight defeats. She ended her career after that with a run of 5-4-1, but never won another belt and eventually parted ways with UFC earlier this year.
The former UFC champion then inked a deal with Global Fight League (GFL), but since things aren’t looking too good for the upstart promotion, Holm returns to boxing to face Vega, who is undefeated at 10-0 with one knockout on her resume. The Mexican-born fighter is 29 years of age and is hoping to lock down a breakout win over one of the most accomplished female combat athletes of all time.
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