Last night in Dallas, Texas, female Brooklyn warriors Amanda Serrano (who was born in Puerto Rico) and Heather Hardy fought a tough ten rounds that saw Serrano win via wide UD, retaining her four featherweight belts.
A tired-looking cruiserweight Jake Paul (7-1, 4 KOs) labored to an unimpressive ten round unanimous decision victory over boxing newcomer Nate Diaz (0-1) in the headliner on Saturday night at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
In bad but seemingly unavoidable news, it has been reported by Irish-Boxing that the big May rematch between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano that was all set for Dublin on May 20, will not be happening as scheduled.
When they met last April in New York, female superstars Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano gave us The Fight of the Year.
Amanda Serrano (44-2-1, 30 KOs) put in a spirited effort to defeat Erika Cruz (15-2, 3 KOs) by a 10 round unanimous decision to capture the undisputed championship at featherweight on Saturday night in front of a large crowd at MSG in New York.
In an exciting fight of the year candidate, IBF, IBO, WBC, WBO female featherweight champion Amanda Serrano (44-2-1, 30 KOs) out-brawled WBA champ Erika Cruz (15-2, 3 KOs), winning a 10 round unanimous decision to become the undisputed championship on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Amanda Serrano vs Erika Cruz Unification Fight Tops A Great Card On Saturday – LIVE on DAZN
Weights: Amanda Serrano 125,4 vs Erika Cruz 125,4
Alycia Baumgardner 129 vs Elhem Mekhaled 129
Richardson Hitchins 139.6 vs John Bauza 139
Skye Nicolson 125.6 vs Tania Alvarez 124.8
Yankiel Rivera 111.4 vs Fernando Diaz 111.8
It will again be the turn of the ever so talented female fighters to take centre stage this Saturday.
Female boxing was big this year, very big. Though the sport is not for everyone, female boxing has grown and grown in popularity, this something that didn’t seem possible back when female boxing was struggling for acceptance, let alone looking to pull in big numbers as far as live gate and PPV numbers are concerned.
Jake Paul is throwing his money about again; or the fighter/promoter is offering up a big sum of dough. Speaking on the DAZN Boxing Show, Paul challenged Katie Taylor to box a return fight with his fighter Amanda Serrano, down at 126 pounds.
While two men were 2,500 miles away participating in a unification bout, Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano were busy taking women’s boxing to another level.