Ellie Scotney-Mea Motu RING Championship Added To Oct. 26 Catterall-Prograis Show In Manchester

Ellie Scotney will return to the site of her best career outing to date.

The Ring 122-pound champion and unified IBF/WBO titlist is set to face New Zealand’s Mea Motu. Their championship clash will take place on the Oct. 26 Jack Catterall-Regis Prograis DAZN show from AO Arena in Manchester, England.

Scotney (9-0, 0 knockouts) will attempt her third overall defense of the IBF belt. It will be her first as RING and unified champ since her April 13 decision win over Segolene Lefebvre. Their battle of unbeaten titlists saw Scotney win by scores of 99-91, 97-93 and 96-94 at AO Arena.

Motu (19-0, 7 KOs) will enter her first career title fight in what marks her U.K. debut. The IBF mandatory challenger from Auckland has fought just once outside of New Zealand—a Nov. 2022 split decision win over Nastaran Fathi (7-0 at the time) in Dubai.

Boxing News’ Declan Taylor was first to report that Matchroom Boxing won a purse bid hearing to secure the rights to the fight.

Mexico’s Yamileth Mercado (24-3, 5 KOs) is the long-reigning WBC titlist. Argentina’s Nazarena Romero (14-0-2, 8 KOs) recently won the WBA title. Matchroom is keen to stage a tournament to produce one fully unified junior featherweight champion.

Scotney is keen to collect all the belts but is eager to accomplish the goal sooner rather than later. A trip to featherweight is imminent for the 26-year-old from Catford, London native.

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