Puerto Rican Amanda Serrano, four times world champion in three divisions, will fight for the first time in her country and at the head of a lineup of ten fights, the organizers of the evening to be held on April 22 at the Rubén Zayas Montañez Coliseum reported today from the town of Trujillo Alto.
Reigning World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion Serrano has a record of 27-1-1, 20 knockouts.
“Presenting Amanda Serrano in Trujillo Alto is a dream come true for her and her team, as well as for us as a promoter company,” Manuel Román, president of Red Carpet Promotions, said today in a statement.
Serrano’s rival, known as the ‘Real Deal’, is not yet known.
“I always dreamed of becoming a world champion, but another dream I always had was to fight in Puerto Rico and I hope it continues to be repeated,” said the boxer.
After that fight there will be another nine, all of them dedicated to former Puerto Rican world champion José ‘Carita’ López, and among which will be Enrique ‘Kikin’ Collazo, Sahret ‘The Hammer’ Delgado, Carlos ‘The Chosen One’ Arrieta, Starling Cordero , Ryan Pino, Nicklaus Flaz, José ‘Toto’ Rodríguez, Edgardo Marín and Brayan León, among others.
Serrano, who resides in New York, became champion for the first time on September 10, 2011, by defeating Kimberly Connor in two rounds and taking the title in junior lightweight (130 pounds) from the International Boxing Federation (IBF). ).
On February 16, 2013, a fast-track first-round victory over Wanda Peña awarded her the vacant WIBA (Women’s International Boxing Association) featherweight (126-pound) world belt.
Serrano became a three-division champion on August 15, 2014 in Argentina, defeating then-WBO lightweight (135-pound) leader María Elena Maderna.
In February she returned to the featherweight division to beat Olivia Gerula in the first round and become the WBO featherweight world champion. EFE
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