Amanda “The Actual Deal” Serrano, present unified 126-pound champion, will face the Mexico’s Erika Cruz, champion of the World Boxing Affiliation (WBA), on February 4, 2023.
For Serrano (43-2-1, 30 KO) it’ll characterize one other step in direction of attaining her aim of unifying the whole weight class. The Puerto Rican fighter will threat the featherweight belts of the World Boxing Group, Worldwide Boxing Federation, World Boxing Council, and Worldwide Boxing Group in opposition to Cruz (15-1, 3 KOs), who will defend for the third time the WBA belt.
The battle can be streamed by DAZN.
“Puerto Rico in opposition to Mexico is all the time thrilling, however now it’s for all of the titles and within the mecca of boxing. These are the most effective components to ensure the individuals a conflict and the most effective of us within the ring. I am unable to wait to relive this nice rivalry. I’ve been prepared for a very long time and I’m loopy to see my individuals from Puerto Rico, Mexico and the remainder of the world benefit from the battle to the fullest. I invite you to return help me as a household, we’ll make historical past collectively,” Serrano mentioned.
“My aim in boxing has all the time been to provide Puerto Rico what no man or girl has achieved. There isn’t any relaxation to succeed in the objectives and with what I’ve already given to my individuals, I nonetheless have extra to go. Along with my sister Cindy, we had been the primary to win world titles in 2016. I is also the primary Latina to win $1 million in a battle, be a star at Madison Sq. Backyard and be the boxer with essentially the most titles received in a division.”
Serrano final noticed motion again in September, when she defeated Sarah Mahfoud by unanimous choice to win the IBF featherweight title.
Cruz received the WBA belt in April 2021 when she defeated former two-division world champion Jelena Mrdjenovich of Canada by technical choice in New York.