The FightPost Potential Stars of the Future: Jade Pearce

The FightPost Potential Stars of the Future: Jade Pearce

Women’s boxing has struggled somewhat of late. The peak of interest has dwindled, certainly to what it was only a few years ago. In many ways, with a few notable exceptions, progress stalled in 2024, and even world champions struggled to find what they needed. Certain promoters lost interest and downscaled their time and financial investment. But Jake Paul and his Most Valuable Promotions saw something everyone else didn’t. MVP is assembling a stable of stars. Some might say Jake Paul has saved women’s boxing. They wouldn’t be that far off the mark. Where would it be without him? Paul is making some serious moves. It really is the place to be. But inside or outside of that MVP, the talent is there.

In the UK alone, there are the elite fighters of the modern era that still reside at the top of those ever-debatable pound-for-pound rankings. Ellie Scotney, Chantelle Cameron, and Lauren Price currently have or previously held multiple versions of the world title between them. Caroline Dubois could be a potential superstar of her sport. We also have the likes of Karriss Artingstall and Emma Dolan, who will, in the not-too-distant future, be challenging for world titles. But for the sport to thrive rather than merely survive, the female side of the sport badly needs the future generation to come through the ranks. With the right promotion and opportunity, those fighters are very much there. In a series of incoming features, I will highlight some of those fighters who could make that all-important breakthrough in the next twelve months.

One of those fighters is Jade Pearce. Her father won a gold medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, and Pearce hopes to replicate that kind of success in the professional ranks.

Pearce made her professional debut in June, stopping the Icelandic fighter Valgerdur Gudsteinsdottir impressively in three rounds. Pearce made a rapid return to action last month, beating the tough Argentinian Naila Abigail Peloso on points over six rounds, and the Middlesbrough fighter has already got fight number three locked in. The unbeaten prospect appears to be a fighter in a hurry.

“I’m not one to shy away from the tough fights,” Pearce told me earlier this year. “I believe you’ve got to box anyone to show your abilities to get the opportunities you need.” Pearce is currently ranked the third-best super-lightweight in the country. Only Chantelle Cameron and Hannah Robinson are ahead of the 28-year-old. Pearce told me earlier this year that super-featherweight was a possibility for her, so it will be interesting to see what weight division she settles in once fighting for titles becomes a more immediate concern.

Pearce is being guided by Carl Greaves, who had done a stellar job with the unbeaten British and Commonwealth super-flyweight champion Emma Dolan, and he might just have unearthed another little gem of a fighter in Pearce.

Jade Pearce, after serving her fighting apprenticeship, could be in title contention as early as next year. Pearce can certainly be labelled as one to follow.