Most Valuable Promotions will roll into Caribe Royale Orlando on August 23 with a Puerto Rican sparkplug in the spotlight and a pair of high-stakes bouts in tow. Newly signed flyweight sensation Yankiel “El Jordan” Rivera (7-0, 3 KOs) meets Venezuela’s battle-hardened Angelino Cordova (19-0-1, 12 KOs) for the interim WBA 112-lb title in just the eighth pro outing of Rivera’s post-Olympic rise. The winner becomes mandatory to unified WBC/WBA champion Kenshiro Teraji, adding genuine world-title consequence to Rivera’s MVP debut.
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Rivera, 27, has sprinted through ten-rounders since his fifth fight and now faces a man who arguably beat Julio César Martínez before a failed drug test turned the verdict into a no-contest. Cordova’s blend of experience and ambition makes this Rivera’s toughest test—and the fourth unbeaten foe he has tackled in his last five starts.
The co-feature drops to 140 lbs, where former title challenger Jamaine Ortiz (19-2-1, 12 KOs) collides with Canada’s Steve Claggett (39-8-2, 27 KOs) for a WBA regional strap. Ortiz’s razor-thin loss to Vasiliy Lomachenko and Claggett’s upset streak give the ten-rounder “elimination feel,” with the victor poised to crash the overcrowded junior-welterweight rankings.
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MVP co-founders Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian hail the DAZN-streamed card as proof of their “continued commitment to emerging global talent.” For Rivera, it’s a fast-lane chance to tattoo his name on the flyweight map; for Cordova, a route to reclaim momentum lost after the Martínez saga. Orlando’s summer heat just found a new thermometer.
Fight card:
▪️Yankiel Rivera Figueroa vs. Angelino Cordova, 12 rounds, flyweight
▪️Jamaine Ortiz vs. Steve Claggett, 10 rounds, super lightweight
