Chloe Watson: Looking to Make a Statement at the Olympia
Last March, Chloe Watson fought on the Boxxer all-female card at the Royal Albert Hall. The Birkenhead fighter was unbeaten and defending her European flyweight title, entering the ring as a slight betting favorite to beat the talented Jasmina Zapotoczna. However, Watson lost her unbeaten record and her European bauble via a wafer-thin split decision.
Watson will look for a better result this Sunday when she returns on another high-profile, all-female main card. While Caroline Dubois and Terri Harper settle their differences at the top of the bill, Watson hopes to take another step forward after a frustrating 2025 a few hours before Dubois and Harper close the night.
After losing to Zapotoczna, Watson returned for another big fight against Shannon Ryan. But she suffered her second straight reversal when an accidental head clash left her with a horrifically swollen right eye. Ryan prevailed via technical decision after four completed rounds. A bitterly frustrating night for Watson and a premature ending to a fight that was just starting to warm up nicely. Ryan started incredibly fast, but Watson had more to give; both fighters deserved a definitive conclusion.
Watson (9-2) got back in the win column in December with a two-round demolition of Klaudia Ferenczi. Now, she looks to make a statement on MVP’s first-ever UK show. The unbeaten Finnish fighter Teresa Makinen, will be in the opposite corner. An ambitious 21-year-old with lofty goals of her own. Watson has been matched hard of late, and that pattern continues at the Olympia.
The 26-year-old is relishing another tough test as she probes the bantamweight waters, where a win would open many doors for her. Virtually every female fighter of note is now signed to the elite, ever-expanding roster that Jake Paul is assembling. If she wins and impresses, Watson could be the next to join the MVP revolution in women’s boxing.
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