Puerto Rican Amanda Serrano will contest the vacant title of the World Boxing Organization (WBO) in the featherweight division (59 kilograms) on February 17 in New York against Canadian Olivia Gerula, sports sources reported today.
Serrano (26-1-1), three times world champion, should have contested the title on January 16 against the Hungarian Erika Kalderas, but she did not get on the plane that was to take her to New York, where she was leaving. to dispute the combat.
Serrano’s representatives, the firm Lou DiBella Entertainment, detailed today in a statement that they finally managed to agree on the fight against Gerula (17-15-2) at the BB King Blues Club, also in New York.
“I am grateful for the effort DiBella Entertainment made to keep my fight for the WBO title,” Serrano said in the statement.
The athlete is ranked second by both the World Boxing Association and the World Boxing Council in the 130-pound division and has just defeated Belgian Djemilla Gontaruk by technical knockout in the third round last November.
Gerula, for her part, won the 2009 World Boxing Council 130-pound (59-kilogram) title by defeating her compatriot, Jelena Mrdjenovich, by unanimous decision. EFE
Puerto Rican Amanda Serrano to contest vacant WBO featherweight title
