Amanda Serrano retained her unified featherweight world title and tied the all-time knockout document with a barnstorming second-round stoppage victory over Cheyenne Hanson within the MVP Girls’s co-main occasion.
Serrano was all the time closely favoured over German boxer Hanson (17-3) and solely wanted two rounds to safe her thirty second KO to tie Christie Martin’s document, which has been held for 21 years.
The Puerto Rican boxer began the struggle clearly with the intention of securing the record-equalling end, buying and selling blows with Hanson within the first spherical and stepping it up within the second to power the stoppage with 2:25 left within the spherical.
“This is my time,” Serrano mentioned. “With the three minutes we get to set up shots. I was feeling her out in the first round. But I think the three minutes gave us more time to have fun in there, and that’s what I was doing, I was having fun.”
“I can break the knockout record in my next fight. I can get my 50th win and break Christy Martin’s knockout record.”
Han beats Holm by resolution in thrilling title rematch
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Stephanie Han edged to a slim victory over fight legend Holly Holm of their rematch for the WBA world title
Stephanie Han retained her WBA light-weight title and mantained her undefeated document as she secured a controversial win by resolution in her much-anticipated rematch with Holly Holm.
Regardless of a visual reduce over her eye in spherical two, Holm landed most of the more durable punches in an exhilarating struggle that went the gap.
Han, although got here out on high, with two judges scoring the bout 96-94 in her favour regardless of one choose calling the match a draw at 95-95.
Han has now gained each fights between the 2 by resolution after their first struggle needed to go to the scorecard early after an unintentional headbutt.
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Amanda Serrano shares her ideas on who she thinks Katie Taylor ought to face in her farewell struggle and appears forward to her featherweight struggle towards Cheyenne Hanson
The American might now be set to struggle Katie Taylor within the Irishwoman’s ultimate struggle – and made certain to make her intentions identified straight after the struggle.
“The next fight I want, I know all the fighters want her: Katie Taylor. She beat my sister, Jennifer Han – I want to have this revenge fight for her.”
Watch Chris Billam-Smith vs Ryan Rozicki on the Zuffa Boxing present in Bournemouth in June 6, reside on Sky Sports activities.
