1. Amanda Serrano was born on October 9,1988 and is a Puerto Rican professional boxer and mixed martial artist.
41 Facts About Amanda Serrano
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Amanda Serrano held the IBF title between 2022 and 2024.
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Amanda Serrano is the only female, and Puerto Rican, to win world titles in more than four weight classes, and holds the Guinness World Record for the most boxing world championships won in different weight-classes by a female, having held 9 major world titles across seven different weight classes.
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Amanda Serrano was born in the municipality of Carolina, where her sister Cindy was born.
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Amanda Serrano's grandparents were born in the municipality of Carolina.
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Amanda Serrano's upbringing is reflected in the manner in which she speaks Spanish, in a dialect with a distinct accent often attributed to that population The family lived in Brooklyn, where she continued to live well into adulthood.
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Amanda Serrano continued frequenting the facility and eventually got her first job there.
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Amanda Serrano's father supported her decision, but her mother was hesitant until she began earning success and saw it as a way for the elder sister to retire after having her second child.
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Admittedly shy, Amanda Serrano choose to continue in Maldonado's small gym in Queens with him as trainer, so that the flow of people was controlled and she could focus on her training.
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Amanda Serrano is managed and trained by noted female American professional boxing trainer Jordan Maldonado of New York City.
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The bout was scheduled for 8 rounds, but the match was cut quick as Amanda Serrano knocked out Scott in 1:04 of round one.
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Amanda Serrano was in line to face Fatuma Zarika for the vacant WBC super featherweight title Zarika returned to her native Kenya due to an emergency, and was unable to return due to visa problems.
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On September 10,2011, Amanda Serrano defeated WIBF Inter-Continental lightweight champion Kimberly Connor via second-round technical-knockout, for the vacant IBF super featherweight title.
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Amanda Serrano's next fight took place on April 27,2012, at the Cloetta Center, in Linkoping, Sweden against undefeated WBC champion Frida Wallberg.
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Amanda Serrano came up short losing a controversial unanimous decision to Wallberg.
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Maderna was going for her fourth title defense, but Amanda Serrano dominated the fight with her speed and power.
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Amanda Serrano stated in a pre-fight interview that she wanted the winner of Matthysse vs Mrdjenovich, as she expressed her desire to unify all four featherweight title.
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Amanda Serrano defeated Olivia Gerula via technical-knockout in the first round to capture the vacant WBO featherweight title.
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On October 18,2016, Amanda Serrano defeated Alexandra Lazar in the fifth round to capture the vacant WBO junior featherweight title.
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In 2017, fighting on the Shawn Porter vs Andre Berto undercard, Amanda Serrano dominated Dahiana Santana en route to an eighth-round KO victory to win the vacant WBO bantamweight belt, which made her the first female fighter in boxing history to win world titles in five weight divisions.
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On January 18,2019, Amanda Serrano defeated Eva Voraberger in the first round to capture the vacant WBO super flyweight title.
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On September 13,2019, Amanda Serrano defeated undefeated Heather Hardy, to capture the interim WBC and WBO featherweight title.
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On February 4,2021, Amanda Serrano was promoted to full WBC featherweight champion.
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On February 5,2023, it was announced that the rematch between Taylor and Amanda Serrano would take place on May 20 in Dublin, Ireland, for the undisputed lightweight championship of the world.
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Amanda Serrano resumed normal service on Saturday, responding to her second professional defeat earlier this year by picking up another world title with a unanimous-decision win.
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On October 27,2023, Amanda Serrano defeated Danila Ramos via unanimous decision and retained her WBO, WBA and IBF world featherweight titles.
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On December 5,2023, Amanda Serrano vacated the WBC title due to their refusal to sanction future female boxing matches at her desired twelve, three-minute rounds.
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On December 21,2023, it was announced that Amanda Serrano would be defending her WBA, WBO and IBF featherweight titles in twelve-round bout against Nina Meinke at El Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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However, the fight was cancelled at the last minute, after Amanda Serrano was declared "medically unfit" by the Puerto Rican Boxing Commission due to an eye injury.
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Amanda Serrano faced Stevie Morgan at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL on the Jake Paul vs Mike Perry event on July 20,2024.
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Amanda Serrano defeated Stevie Morgan by technical knockout in the second round.
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Amanda Serrano was scheduled to challenge Katie Taylor for the undisputed super lightweight title in a trilogy fight at Madison Square Garden in New York, headlining an all-women's card, live on Netflix.
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Since early 2015, Amanda Serrano quietly worked towards debuting in mixed martial arts, beginning by incorporating kicks to her training.
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When queried about the matter, Amanda Serrano expressed additional motivation due to the absence of a Puerto Rican female fighter in Ultimate Fighting Championship at the moment.
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Amanda Serrano is a very good fighter in the Octagon, and I really congratulate her for everything she has done.
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In December 2017, Amanda Serrano announced that she had signed with Combate Americas, a MMA promotion that mostly featured Latin American fighters in its roster.
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Amanda Serrano's debut was scheduled for April 13,2018, when she drew with Corina Herrera after winning the first two rounds but losing the third when forced to the floor.
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On October 13,2018, Amanda Serrano won her second fight by submitting Erendina Ordonez with a standing rear naked choke in the first round.
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Amanda Serrano was scheduled to headline her third MMA event, this one in Puerto Rico, on January 25,2020.
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Amanda Serrano considered the "last minute" cancellation frustrating after missing the holidays due to her training.
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On June 11,2021, Amanda Serrano defeated Mexican Valentina Garcia by submission in a minute.