Amanda Serrano needed to overcome a badly-swollen proper eye in a homecoming world title win over Reina Tellez.
The multi-weight world champion returned to featherweight after dropping her trilogy conflict to Katie Taylor final summer time and Serrano was made to work for a unanimous resolution win as she retained her WBA and WBO belts in Puerto Rico.
Tellez, who stepped in as a late alternative opponent final month, inflicted the swelling round Serrano’s eye within the fifth spherical, however the champion displayed her huge expertise by responding with stylish mixtures.
Serrano was cheered on by YouTube star turned boxer Jake Paul, who works alongside her on Most Helpful Promotions, as she sealed a large victory with scores of 98-92, 97-93 and 97-93.
Serrano was made to work laborious for her victory over Reina Tellez
“It’s been two years since I fought at this weight, so the next fights are going to be much, much better,” Serrano advised DAZN.
She added: “There’s a lot of new girls, new champions at featherweight so that’s a nice thing to see. Maybe one day we can all get together and fight each other.”
On the undercard, Holly Holm was overwhelmed on factors by Stephanie Han after their WBA light-weight world title struggle was stopped within the seventh spherical following a conflict of heads.
Han suffered a nasty minimize on her brow and was unable to proceed, however retained her title by unanimous resolution which meant that Holm fell brief in her bid to develop into a four-division champion.
