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Serrano to end career in Puerto Rico in January
Amanda Serrano will end her professional boxing career with a fight against Australia’s Skye Falzon in Puerto Rico on 9 January. The seven-weight world champion will defend her WBA and WBO featherweight titles in San Juan, bringing her career to a close in front of her home crowd.
The 38-year-old has a record of 50 wins, four defeats and one draw, and needs a knockout to exceed Christy Martin’s women’s record of 32. Her previous fight, a majority decision win over Lucrecia Manzur, drew 3.4 million views on TikTok but did not produce the record-breaking knockout. Serrano’s career also included three defeats to Katie Taylor, and she has said she will continue advocating for women’s boxing after retiring.
In short
- Serrano’s final fight is set for 9 January in Puerto Rico.
- She will defend two featherweight titles against Skye Falzon.
- A knockout would break the women’s record of 32.
Explained simply
Amanda Serrano is a Puerto Rican professional boxer who has won world titles in seven weight divisions. In boxing, a champion can defend a title by putting it at stake in a scheduled fight; the WBA and WBO are two organisations that award world titles.
Serrano has built a long career in women’s boxing, including three fights against Irish boxer Katie Taylor. Her record is also compared with Christy Martin’s, who holds the cited women’s record for knockouts. Serrano has said she plans to keep advocating for women’s boxing after she retires.