(NOV 3) On November 7, 2023, at the Edison Ballroom, in Manhattan, New York, there will be a female bout featured on the card. Shurretta Metcalf, 12-4-1 (2KO), of Dallas, Texas, will be facing Japanese former WBO Junior Bantamweight world champion Miyo Yoshida, 16-3-0 (0KO) in a ten-round belt and will be vying for the vacant IBF Inter-continental Bantamweight title.

As written in a recent press release, they said that Miyo Yoshida, from Kayoshima, Japan, get an opportunity to fight Metcalf for the title, that is part of the latest installment of DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing series, titled “Heroes on the Hudson” – a One Night Only event to support the heroic veterans of the United States Armed Forces.

In the mainliner, former world champion and US Marine Veteran, Jamel “Semper Fi” Herring, will be featured on the card. The event will begin with five amateur bouts, and then four professional bouts. The Yoshida vs. Metcalf will be aired live exclusively on DAZN, beginning at 8:00 PM ET.

“Miyo Yoshida is a very talented fighter and a two-time world champion for a reason,” said Lou DiBella, President of DiBella Entertainment. “Her opponent on November 7, Shurretta Metcalf, is a formidable fighter herself, who has already shown me she is capable of competing at the top level of her division. This is an important fight with the IBF Inter-Continental title at stake and, likely, a world title challenge for the winner.”

Yoshida hopes that a win on November 7 will place her one step closer to fighting for a world title once again. After arriving in the States about a year ago, Yoshida now considers New York home and looks forward to fighting at Edison Ballroom in Times Square.

“I have been treated with kindness by many New Yorkers and I really love the city. I am very grateful to be able to have a fight on an event supporting military veterans just days before this important holiday. I will fight in this match as a New Yorker.”
“I have watched videos of my opponent,” Yoshida said of Metcalf. “My impression of her is that she is tall and has a good out-boxer style. I have not fought at 118 pounds in five years. However, I have fought a lot of taller fighters, so it is not a problem.” For her part, Metcalf is ready to show that she belongs in the ring with a two-time world champion.

“I’m feeling great,” said Metcalf. “I’m feeling strong. I’ve been manifesting this fight and working hard. I know [Yoshida] was a two-time WBO world champion and she’s coming to fight. I’m letting her know that I’m here to fight and I’m on that level as well.”

The experienced Metcalf, once ranked the #1 super bantamweight in the US as an amateur, is coming off of a win against previously unbeaten, former IBO bantamweight world champion Melissa Oddessa Parker on July 29. She has lost just once over the past six years, via majority decision.

Metcalf, who comes from a military family, said, “It means a lot to me to fight on ‘Heroes on the Hudson’. I have family that was in World War II. I have family who still lives in Killeen, TX, on the army base. All of my great uncles were in the army as well. They’re buried at the army cemetery here in Dallas.”

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