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Amanda Serrano to end boxing career with January fight in Puerto Rico
Amanda Serrano says her January 9 bout will be her final fight as a professional boxer.
The seven-division world champion will face Australia's Skye Falzon at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan.
Serrano will defend her WBA and WBO featherweight titles over 12 three-minute rounds.
The format reflects Serrano's push for women’s championship fights to use the same round length as men’s.
She will also have one last chance to break the women’s knockout record; she has 32 knockouts, one short of the record cited in the reports.
Serrano has a 50-4-1 professional record and is the only Puerto Rican boxer, male or female, to become an undisputed world champion.
Her final fight brings a career that helped raise the profile of women’s boxing back home, where she says she wants to give fans a memorable last night.
A news conference to officially announce the fight is scheduled for Tuesday in San Juan.
Amanda Serrano will end her professional boxing career with a fight against Skye Falzon in Puerto Rico on January 9.
Serrano will defend her WBA and WBO featherweight titles at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan.
The bout, called The Last Walk, is scheduled for 12 three-minute rounds.
Serrano is seeking to break the women’s all-time knockout record in her final fight.
She has a professional record of 50 wins, four defeats and one draw.
- Who
- Amanda Serrano will fight Australia’s Skye Falzon.
- What
- Serrano will defend her WBA and WBO featherweight titles in her final professional fight.
- When
- January 9. The year is not stated in the articles.
- Where
- Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- Why
- Serrano said she wants to end her career at home, and she will also seek to break the women’s all-time knockout record.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Serrano turned professional.
Serrano became the first fighter to sign with Most Valuable Promotions.
Serrano’s featherweight title fight against Danila Ramos became the first women’s unified championship bout over 12 three-minute rounds since 2007.
Serrano’s trilogy fight with Katie Taylor headlined an all-women’s card in New York.
Serrano is scheduled to fight Skye Falzon in Puerto Rico in her final professional bout.
- Fight date
- January 9
- Venue
- Coliseo de Puerto Rico, San Juan
- Opponent
- Skye Falzon, 12 wins and 2 defeats
- Titles at stake
- WBA and WBO featherweight titles
- Fight format
- 12 three-minute rounds
- Serrano’s record
- 50 wins, 4 defeats and 1 draw
5 sources
Amanda Serrano to end illustrious career against Skye Falzon in Puerto Rico
Boxing legend Amanda Serrano to hang up gloves after hometown farewell fight
Serrano to end career in Puerto Rico in January
Serrano to have final fight against Falzon with three-minute rounds
Boxing great Serrano books 'Last Walk' fight against Falzon
What people are saying
To close my career at home in Puerto Rico, in front of the people who have supported me from the beginning, means everything.
There's still more work to do, and I'll continue fighting for the next generation long after I hang up my gloves.
Amanda Serrano is the MOAT: the Most of All Time.