Ronda Rousey may lastly make her comeback. However not in MMA.
On Monday, Boxing Scene reported that Rousey is in “energetic negotiations” for a possible boxing match with Irish star Katie Taylor that might happen in Las Vegas in 2026 with a date nonetheless to be decided.
Boxing Scene additionally stories Netflix is fascinated about broadcasting the bout.
Rousey, a former UFC bantamweight champion, one of many greatest attracts within the promotion’s historical past, and a pioneer of ladies’s MMA, final competed for the UFC in 2016. Since then, the 38-year-old has dabbled in different leisure alternatives, together with a prolonged run with WWE through which she grew to become a part of the primary ladies’s match to headline the skilled wrestling promotion’s tentpole WrestleMania occasion.
She was a dominant drive in her UFC profession, notching eight consecutive title defenses, a number of of which resulted in underneath 90 seconds. Rousey, an Olympic bronze medalist in judo, was finest recognized for her lightning-fast submissions, although she additionally scored a handful of notable knockouts throughout her championship reign. That reign got here to an unceremonious finish with knockout losses to Amanda Nunes and Holly Holm, with the Nunes loss at UFC 207 proving to be Rousey’s closing combat.
Not too long ago, Rousey has stirred up comeback speak with a sequence of interviews and coaching posts on her social media, however she has remained non-committal in terms of really competing once more.
Taylor, 39, is coming off of back-to-back determination wins towards fellow boxing legend Amanda Serrano. Although she can also be approaching the tail-end of her profession, Taylor’s world recognition peaked lately, with the 2012 gold medalist receiving a significant advertising push from Jake Paul’s Most Worthwhile Promotions culminating in a pair of huge boxing bouts with Serrano at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York and AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
Matchroom Boxing at the moment manages Taylor, and CEO Frank Smith not too long ago instructed Boxing Scene, “Look, [Rousey is] clearly a famous person identify on this planet of combat sports activities, and if she got here throughout it could be huge. I haven’t heard something about her coming throughout to boxing, however let’s see.”
