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Michael Rothstein, ESPN Staff Writer
Shadasia Green, ESPN’s No. 2 super middleweight, will fight Olivia Curry in a 10-round fight as part of the Jake Paul-Nate Diaz pay-per-view undercard on Aug. 5 in Dallas, a source told ESPN on Thursday.
Green, 33, will be fighting for the second time this year after she beat Elin Cederroos in February to become the WBC’s mandatory challenger. Green (12-0, 11 KO) has stopped every fighter she’s faced since the start of 2020.
Curry (7-1, 2 KO), ESPN’s No. 4 middleweight, last fought in April when she beat Olivia Gerula by unanimous decision.
Green, the WBC mandatory challenger for the undisputed super middleweight title won by Savannah Marshall earlier this month, will also have a potential Marshall-Green fight ordered by the organization, provided Green wins next month, the source told ESPN. If that occurs, the sides would need to come to an agreement or it would go to a purse bid.
Green had been the mandatory challenger for former champion Franchon Crews-Dezurn, but Crews-Dezurn fought Marshall instead.