WFAA profiled Shurretta “Chiccn” Metcalf in April after she won the IBF bantamweight title prior to transforming 40. She likewise authorized with Jake Paul’s brand name MVP.
DALLAS– Shurretta “Chiccn” Metcalf, a 40-year-old mother from Oak High cliff that won the IBF bantamweight title in October 2024, will certainly take the ring in front of numerous globally audiences Friday.
Metcalf belongs to the undercard for Netflix’s 2nd real-time boxing occasion, Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano 3, from Madison Square Yard in New York City City on Friday, July 11. It will certainly be the first-ever all-women’s boxing card in Madison Square Yard background, according to Netflix.
WFAA profiled Metcalf in April, days after she authorized with Jake Paul’s promo, MVP. Metcalf was among 4 ladies fighters that signed up with the MVP lineup.
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” I am recognized and thrilled to have actually authorized with MVP, Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian. They are the premier marketers in ladies’s boxing, and I anticipate belonging of their household,” Metcalf stated at the time, per a news release. “I thank them for this possibility and I prepare to make MVP proud that they are providing me this possibility.”
Metcalf was birthed and elevated in Oak High cliff in Dallas, Texas. She matured in a low-income family with 2 more youthful brother or sisters. Her mom strove for the Dallas Independent Institution Area and never ever recognized her dad. Metcalf was a skilled pupil, a standout basketball gamer and likewise succeeded at track and area.
She had her very first boy at twenty years old and her 2nd boy 2 years later on. Her earliest, birthed in 2005, was identified with autism at a young age. Metcalf did a range of tasks to endure and increase her 2 young boys. To aid generate income, she transformed to below ground boxing in 2012 and contested 100 battles, in some cases battling as typically as two times a week, Netflix stated.
Metcalf transformed professional in 2016 and has actually generated a 14-4-1 with 2 kos, including her very first globe title win in October 2024 at Madison Square Yard with a consentaneous choice versus then-IBF champ Miyo Yoshida.
Outdoors her boxing job, Metcalf has and runs a shop and beauty parlor, functions as an individual fitness instructor, and has a mobile bartending organization. She is likewise introducing her very own line of exercise garments called Elite Significance.
Metcalf (14-4-1, 2 KOs) will certainly combat versus Cherneka Johnson (17-2-0, 7 KOs) Friday, July 11 on Netflix to safeguard her IBF ladies’s bantamweight title and likewise for the uninhabited WBC and WBO ladies’s bantamweight title.
The Netflix live occasion starts at 7 p.m. CT, with the centerpiece, Katie Taylor (24-1, 6 KOs) vs. Amanda “The Real Bargain” Serrano (47-3-1, 31 KOs), readied to start at 10 p.m. CT. A watch celebration is being held at 6 p.m. CT at Thibodeaux’s Genuine Cajun Cookin’ in Duncanville.
