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Terri will be getting stopped.

Johnny Nelson must be bored of this shit..

Mind he hasn’t done it for a while I think.

Scotney stays grounded before Easter Sunday shot at undisputed promise

Before the madness of fight week started, Ellie Scotney made the familiar walk round to where her nan Eileen used to live.
The 28-year-old from Catford had famously promised that she would win the world title for her and she made good on it in June 2023, becoming IBF junior featherweight champion by beating Cherneka Johnson.

The morning after, Scotney took the new belt round to show her nan but only a few weeks later, the 99-year-old passed away. It was then that Scotney made a new promise: to complete the collection in her late nan's honor.

Since then, Scotney has added The Ring, WBO and WBC belts and fights to become undisputed against WBA champion Mayelli Flores on Easter Sunday at London’s Olympia. And, although Eileen is no longer there in person, the unified champion still feels her spirit.

"God bless my nan, she was here to witness my first world title," she tells The Ring.

"And it's mad, because ever since that, I still go to my nan's and do a little ritual.

"I'll go into her room, talk to her and I'll probably sound a bit mad saying that but that’s what I do. It’s only a five minute walk from mine and my uncle lives there now.

"I go into the room and chat to her. I always go the weekend before my fight, it keeps me grounded and gives me strength.

"And, God willing I win the last belt on Sunday, I'll take that round for her too and show her that I completed the collection like I told her I would. There's one left to complete the promise I made."

But devout Christian Scotney admits that the timing of the fight, on Easter Sunday, meant she had to make one very important call before accepting.

"I rang my pastor as soon as I found out the possible date," she added. "I wanted to check it would be ok to fight that day. But he said 'look Ellie, it's the Lord's timing, it's not yours.'

"I took a lot of strength from that. Easter Sunday is an important day of course and this time it's the day I go to church and, God willing, the day I become undisputed too.

"Pastor Joe will do the service in the morning and then he is coming to the fight to support me."

Scotney will become the youngest four-belt undisputed champion in British boxing history should she beat Flores (13-1-1, 4 KOs), the 33-year-old from Mexico City.

It has been a remarkable run for Scotney given she has picked off the champions one by one since first dethroning Johnson at Wembley Arena. Within 10 months of that victory, she outpointed previously undefeated Frenchwoman Segolene Lefebvre to claim the WBO title in Manchester, where she was also named Ring Magazine champion.

The WBC belt followed at Madison Square Garden in July, when Scotney widely outpointed long-reigning champion Yamileth Mercado with arguably the best performance of her career to date.

"I think winning them one by one will make the whole thing more satisfying," Scotney says.

"I always say holding your integrity means a lot to me and I feel like I've done that throughout my career. Even when I boxed for the European title, she was the champion.

"I've never boxed for a vacant belt and take pride in that because it's not really something that's done. Normally if I had a unification, she might have had two belts. But I've literally gone one-by-one, and no vacant titles.

"To knock it off champion to champion, it's the beauty of it. It’s the old school way and that's the way I was brought up in watching.

"So to do it that way, I take pride in that. I've got one more hurdle to clear and have no intention of letting it slip now."

Tonight!

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑05 Apr 2026, 05:17 Tonight!

Can't wait to see Shannon Courtenay again, is she the main event ?

tony1234 wrote: ↑05 Apr 2026, 05:27

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑05 Apr 2026, 05:17 Tonight!

Can't wait to see Shannon Courtenay again, is she the main event ?

She should be

It's obvious why MVP chased her down for her signature

Date: April 5, 2026
Location: Olympia - London, UK

Stream: Sky Sports (UK) | ESPN+ (US)

Start time
Main Card: 7 pm BST | 2 pm ET | 11 am PT
Preliminary Card: 5 pm BST | 12 pm ET | 9 am PT

Fight Card

Unified WBC & WBO Lightweight Championship
Caroline Dubois vs. Terri Harper

Undisputed IBF, WBC, WBO & WBA Super-Bantamweight Championship
Ellie Scotney vs. Mayelli Flores

Vacant WBO Super-Welterweight Championship
Chantelle Cameron vs. Michaela Kotaskova

8 Round Bantamweight Contest
Chloe Watson vs. Teresa Makinen

IBF Super-Flyweight Championship
Irma Garcia vs. Emma Dolan

8 Round Bantamweight Contest
Shannon Courtenay vs. Sasha Booker

6 Round Featherweight Contest
Elizabeth Oshoba vs. Chelsea Arnell

6 Round Lightweight Contest
Gemma Richardson vs. Johana Rajmont

4 Round Super-Bantamweight Contest
Harvey Smith vs. Juan Alberto Batista

4 Round Super-Lightweight Contest
Arjon Basi vs. Jake Price

Harvey is a funny name for a woman

When was the last Sky Boxing show out of interest?

JamesPhilips wrote: ↑05 Apr 2026, 11:38 When was the last Sky Boxing show out of interest?

Was it Simpson at Barnsley last year ?

This will be on Sky One as well.

So you don’t need a Sports subscription.

tony1234 wrote: ↑05 Apr 2026, 11:39

JamesPhilips wrote: ↑05 Apr 2026, 11:38 When was the last Sky Boxing show out of interest?

Was it Simpson at Barnsley last year ?

This one?

https://boxrec.com/en/event/910618

It’s funny you can’t seem to search by broadcaster

Live prelims now

Probably showing some ignorance here, but only fans is porn yeah?

Coco wrote: ↑05 Apr 2026, 13:19 Probably showing some ignorance here, but only fans is porn yeah?

It’s why it’s mostly used for.

It’s not porn though..

PPV porn lol

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑05 Apr 2026, 13:25

Coco wrote: ↑05 Apr 2026, 13:19 Probably showing some ignorance here, but only fans is porn yeah?

It’s why it’s mostly used for.

It’s not porn though..

PPV porn lol

Doesn't the Aussie bird with Kell Brook do porn?

So Harper doesn't do porn?

Coco wrote: ↑05 Apr 2026, 14:15

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑05 Apr 2026, 13:25

Coco wrote: ↑05 Apr 2026, 13:19 Probably showing some ignorance here, but only fans is porn yeah?

It’s why it’s mostly used for.

It’s not porn though..

PPV porn lol

Doesn't the Aussie bird with Kell Brook do porn?

So Harper doesn't do porn?

I don’t think Brook’s bird does porn.

You don’t even need to be nude. Could just be pics in underwear or sumat.

Chisora has OF page too.

I don’t think he gets his bits out. Some do it for their fans to follow their day to day life and journey.

I did email the BBBC asking why they hadn't banned OF as a sponsor of boxing since it degrades all women. Needless to say I was completely ignored.

veriton wrote: ↑05 Apr 2026, 14:46 I did email the BBBC asking why they hadn't banned OF as a sponsor of boxing since it degrades all women. Needless to say I was completely ignored.

Maybe they pay good money as a sponsor.

Will see it on ring Mats soon.

I'd imagine the girls are advertising their own accounts. Sandy Ryan loves it.

Do they have ring card boys?