The most significant fight in the history of ladies’s boxing will have an even larger rematch.
Two-weight indisputable champ Katie Taylor will when again face Amanda Serrano on July 20 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, as the co-main occasion of the boxing match in between Mike Tyson and Jake Paul, authorities informed ESPN.
The card, promoted by Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions (MVP), will air reside on Netflix worldwide without any included paywall. It’s the very first live battle sports occasion dispersed by the streaming service and has a possibility to be among the most seen fight cards of the modern-day period.
Taylor is promoted by Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom and Serrano by MVP.
“This is the rematch the world has actually wished to see, and I’m thrilled that it’s lastly occurring,” Taylor stated in a declaration. “The initially fight in New York was undoubtedly a legendary event and it more than measured up to the billing, and I’m sure the rematch will be no various.”
Taylor vs. Serrano will be for the indisputable very light-weight champion held by Taylor. Serrano will go up 3 weight classes from the featherweight department, where she holds a number of world titles. The bout will be objected to over 10 two-minute rounds.
ESPN has Taylor ranked No. 2 and Serrano at No. 3 on its ladies’s boxing pound-for-pound list.
“Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano are 2 of the very best fighters worldwide,” Tyson stated in a declaration. “I understand they can both place on an extraordinary program, and I’m enjoyed have them join this card. These exceptional professional athletes will unquestionably raise the occasion with their international appeal and fan bases. Adding among the best battles in ladies’s boxing history to this memorable occasion is a real present to fans.”
Taylor beat Serrano by a razor-close split choice on April 30, 2022, at New York’s Madison Square Garden. It was the very first ladies’s boxing match to heading MSG and more than measured up to its billing. The initially bout was among the very best of the year in guys’s and ladies’s boxing, and was thought about historical in battle sports.
“I guaranteed my fans they would see this rematch after we made history at MSG and it seems like a dream become a reality to understand that Katie and I are lastly making it take place on the most significant phase possible to reveal the world what elite ladies’s boxing is everything about,” Serrano stated in a declaration. “I think I won our very first fight, however I didn’t get the choice, so this time I’m not leaving it to the judges.”
Taylor (23-1, 6 KOs) is coming off a bulk choice win over Chantelle Cameron in November, winning the merged very light-weight title at the same time. The 37-year-old from Ireland avenged a previous loss to Cameron in May 2023. She is a previous Olympic boxing gold medalist, the indisputable lineal ladies’s light-weight boxing champ and among the most embellished professional athletes in the history of Ireland.
Serrano (46-2-1, 30 KOs), from Puerto Rico, has actually won 4 in a row considering that losing to Taylor. She needed to withdraw at the 11th hour from her last scheduled bout in December, when she was stated clinically unsuited since of an eye injury.
Serrano, 35, is the only ladies’s fighter to win champions in more than 4 weight classes and has actually held a record 9 significant world titles throughout 7 weight classes.
“When we revealed Paul vs. Tyson, we specified that this would be the most-watched boxing occasion in modern-day boxing history and we’re here to provide on a card worthwhile of that success,” Paul and MVP co-founder Nakisa Bidarian stated in a shared declaration. “Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor have actually shown they are 2 of the most significant names in the sport, male or woman, and their rematch is among the most significant battles in boxing, so it’s just fitting for them to be a part of this huge international occasion.
“Anyone who saw their very first fight understands the memorable environment and efficiency Amanda and Katie bring when they enter the ring together, and this makes certain to be a fight of the year competitor once again.”
Both ladies are understood for aggressive, high-paced designs and huge punching, which was showcased in the very first fight.
According to MVP, this will be the last time in her profession Serrano battles with two-minute rounds. She has actually been a pioneer for equality in boxing and has actually combated her last a number of bouts with three-minute rounds, the guys’s boxing requirement. Serrano relinquished her WBC featherweight title since the approving body did not support three-minute rounds for ladies.
“While my focus continues to be on providing ladies the option to fight with the very same guidelines as guys, I’ve constantly stated that this is the one fight I’d return to 10×2 for if that’s what Katie desired,” Serrano stated in the declaration. “I’m coming for her belts, she desires 10×2, so that’s what we will do.”
