One of the biggest fights in boxing is in the final stages of approval. Mike Coppinger of ESPN It is reported that Amanda Serano and Katie Taylor are finalizing their contract to face each other on April 30 and will be held at Madison Square Garden.
A clash between the two will not take place at the Hulu Theater. On the strings are Taylor’s WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO lightweight titles. Matchroom Boxing’s Eddie Hearn told The DAZN Boxing Show that “we are now on the brink” of the clash that is about to come to fruition. He also commended Jake Paul, who teamed up with Serrano, for helping this match get closer to the finish line.
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“Jake Paul did an excellent job for her [Amanda Serrano]. He is massively increasing the value of Amanda Serrano,” Hearn said, via DAZN. “She deserves this, the price was given three years ago, it’s not the price anymore. As they say, yesterday’s price is not today’s price and Jake Paul is a big reason for that. “Women’s boxing is nothing bigger than this fight. I mean, in a way, I want to stop saying ‘this is the biggest fight in women’s boxing.’ This is one of the biggest fights in boxing.”
Boxing scene also reported that two more women’s title fights are expected to be placed on that card.
This fight will be the second time the two try to fight each other. Serrano and Taylor were due to clash in 2020. The pandemic changed those plans, in addition to a change in bookings due to Serrano filming a Telemundo show. Hearn was threatened with legal action due to the conflicting schedules of the two events. Yes It’s also a debate related to what the battle pay will be like.
Taylor, 35, made her professional debut in 2016. A 2012 Olympic gold medalist, Taylor won the WBA lightweight title in 2017. She then beat Victoria Bustos in 2018 for the IBF title. , Rose Volate for the WBO title, and Delfine Persoon return in 2019 for the WBC and The Ring titles. Taylor has won three matches in 2021. Her last match was a decisive unanimous victory over Firuza Sharipova in December.
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Serrano is a seven-division world champion, having won gold in the super featherweight, junior middleweight, featherweight, lightweight, bantam, light and middleweight categories. After losing the only match of his career in 2012, Serrano is on a 28-match winning streak. Her last match was in December, a decisive unanimous victory over Miriam Gutierrez, a former rival of Taylor’s.
Combined with Jake Paul and the most valuable Promotions, Serrano has appeared on almost every card led by Paul. Now, Taylor and Serrano will lead the main event inside one of the most famous venues in sports history.
