Article 751AJ Baumgardner shines after New Zealand’s Daniels seizes unified crown in jarring upset

Baumgardner shines after New Zealand’s Daniels seizes unified crown in jarring upset

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  • Baumgardner cruises to wide decision over Shin

  • Daniels shocks Green by ninth-round stoppage

  • Green stretchered out, later reported conscious

On a night when Alycia Baumgardner showed why she's considered one of boxing's hottest properties, it was a longshot from New Zealand in the co-main event who threatened to steal the show.

Baumgardner retained her WBO, IBF and WBA junior lightweight titles early Saturday morning at the Theater at Madison Square Garden with a commanding 10-round unanimous decision over South Korea's Bo Mi Re Shin in the headline bout of the first US card staged by Most Valuable Promotions Women, the nascent women's boxing platform launched by boxer-influencer Jake Paul.

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