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The rematch is on.

Most Valuable Promotions on Friday announced that World Boxing Association lightweight champion Stephanie Han will defend her title on May 30 against sa国际传媒官网网页入口鈥檚 Holly Holm in Han鈥檚 hometown of El Paso.

The bout will be televised on ESPN, which, having reached a multi-year agreement with MPV, is jumping back into the boxing ring.

Han had successfully defended her title with a victory over Holm in San Juan, Puerto Rico on Jan. 3.

That fight was stopped in the seventh of 10 scheduled rounds when Han suffered a cut above her right eye as the result of an unintentional clash of heads. Han, leading comfortably on all three official scorecards, was declared the winner by technical decision.

All parties 鈥� Team Han, Team Holm, the promoters 鈥� agreed that a rematch was appropriate. The announcement was made at a news conference Friday at New York鈥檚 Madison Square Garden.

The news conference was staged in New York because MVP鈥檚 main purpose was to announce its multi-year agreement with ESPN.

MVP also announced an April 17 world featherweight title fight at MSG鈥檚 IInfosys Theater between unified champion Alycia Baumgardner and challenger Bo Mi Re Shin.

Friday鈥檚 MVP news release did not identify a site for the rematch between Han (12-0, three knockouts) and Holm (34-3-3, nine KOs). But Las Cruces鈥� Louie Burke, Han鈥檚 trainer, told the Journal in a phone interview that he鈥檚 been told the card will be staged at the El Paso County Coliseum.

Burke said he鈥檚 confident his fighter will prevail once again 鈥� citing boxing鈥檚 traditional 鈥渟tyles make fights鈥� mantra.

鈥淚 just feel (Han) has Holly鈥檚 number,鈥� Burke said. 鈥溾�� I think she has a style that gives Holly a hard time. She moves in and out very well. She calculates distance very well. I just feel she has what it takes to beat Holly.

鈥淚鈥檓 not overlooking that there鈥檚 going to be some adjustments made (by the Holm camp). I just feel that Holly鈥檚 style is made to order for Stephanie.鈥�

sa国际传媒官网网页入口鈥檚 Lenny Fresquez, Holm鈥檚 agent and longtime sa国际传媒官网网页入口 promoter, said fans didn鈥檛 see Holm at her best in the first fight against Han.

Holm is highly motivated, Fresquez said, to reverse the outcome this time.

鈥淚 don鈥檛 think she was herself (in Puerto Rico),鈥� he said. 鈥溾�� Holly knows what鈥檚 at stake here. There are some very, very big things that can happen for her when she wins.鈥�

Holm is no stranger to rematches, having fought 11 as a boxer and one as an MMA fighter. She鈥檚 9-0-2 in those fights, once avenging a loss to French boxer Anne Sophie Mathis.

Han has yet to fight a rematch as a professional boxer.

Both fighters attended Friday鈥檚 news conference in New York.

鈥淟ast time the fight ended early because of the cut,鈥� Han said. 鈥淚 got the win, but not the closure.

鈥淭his time in my city, there will be no excuses, no 鈥榳hat ifs,鈥� and no doubt who the better fighter is.鈥�

Holm offered no excuses for her loss in San Juan but echoed Fresquez鈥檚 confidence that May 30 in El Paso will produce a different outcome.

鈥淪he鈥檚 a disciplined, tough champion, and I respect that,鈥� Holm said of Han. 鈥淚鈥檒l be putting in the work, and I will be ready.鈥�