{"id":14976,"date":"2025-07-06T03:16:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T07:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/molly-mccann-ufc-star-turns-professional-boxing-with-eddie-hearn\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T03:16:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T07:16:15","slug":"molly-mccann-ufc-star-turns-professional-boxing-with-eddie-hearn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/mma\/molly-mccann-ufc-star-turns-professional-boxing-with-eddie-hearn\/","title":{"rendered":"Molly McCann, UFC star, turns professional boxing with Eddie Hearn"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Molly McCann Jumps to Professional Boxing with Matchroom<\/h2>\n\nFormer UFC star Molly McCann has announced her foray into professional boxing and has signed a contract with Matchroom, Eddie Hearn&#8217;s promoter.\nMcCann retired from MMA in March after her loss to Alexia Thainara at UFC London, her fourth loss in five fights.\nThe 35-year-old wrestler, much loved in the UK, provided several memorable moments. Now she will continue her career in the world of boxing.\nMcCann is expected to compete in the bantamweight category, according to Hearn.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>This was always the dream.<\/p><cite>Molly McCann<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nMcCann stated that, before dedicating herself to mixed martial arts, boxing was her true passion, and now she will seek to prove her worth in the ring.\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/...\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Molly McCann announces her move to professional boxing<\/a><\/p>\n\nMcCann has previous experience in boxing and will now seek to demonstrate his ability in this sport.\nHearn expressed his confidence in McCann&#8217;s boxing skills, highlighting his previous experience in amateur boxing.\nHearn believes McCann has the opportunity to build his brand in boxing.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0320%2Fr1466746_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Molly McCann boxeo\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\nMcCann&#8217;s transition to professional boxing marks a crucial moment in his sporting career.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Molly McCann Jumps to Professional Boxing with Matchroom Former UFC star Molly McCann has announced her foray into professional boxing and has signed a contract with Matchroom, Eddie Hearn&#8217;s promoter. McCann retired from MMA in March after her loss to Alexia Thainara at UFC London, her fourth loss in five fights. The 35-year-old wrestler, much [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[2244,5273,5274,228],"class_list":{"0":"post-14976","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mma","8":"tag-eddie-hearn","9":"tag-molly-mccann","10":"tag-professional-boxing","11":"tag-ufc"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}