Taylor, who gained a gold medal within the 2012 Olympics, remains undefeated and improves her occupation report to 21-0 and 6 knockouts. The 35-year-old additionally effectively defended her girls’s light-weight titles within the WBA, IBF, WBO and WBC.
Serrano’s report now stands at 42-2-1 and 30 knockouts. She has earned global titles throughout seven weight categories starting from 115 to 140 kilos. Final 12 months, Serrano, 33, effectively defended her WBO and WBC featherweight titles.
“We are two nice champions in our high and it will make for such an ideal battle,” Taylor stated. “I believe stylistically we may do very, rather well in combination. She’s clearly an excessively, very competitive fighter and so am I. So, I believe it will be an excessively, very thrilling battle.”
The fit marked the primary time two girls have been headlining on the “Global’s Maximum Well-known Enviornment.” It was once additionally the boxing’s first battle between the pound-for-pound No. 1 and No. 2 since 2008, when Manny Pacquiao defeated Juan Manuel Marquez.
As a long-time pioneer within the recreation, Taylor stated her personal good fortune is not sufficient, announcing she additionally needs different girls boxers to be increased.
“I think like we’ve got lined numerous floor over the previous few years when it comes to the paycheck and the handbags, however I nonetheless really feel like we nonetheless have an extended method to move as smartly,” she advised CNN.
“It isn’t k that myself and Amanda are simply those which might be getting the massive paychecks, however that has to hold over onto the opposite feminine warring parties as smartly and I am hoping that may occur.”
Saturday’s fit was once at first scheduled to be held Might 2, 2020, however was once postponed because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
