(JAN 15) Last night at the
Barclay Center in Brooklyn, New York, Amanda “The Real Deal”
Serrano won a 10-round unanimous decision against Yazmin Rivas
where she was defending her Junior Featherweight WBO world title, in
addition for the WBC Diamond belt,
and the WBAN Independent belt. The Judges scored 97-93,
98-92, 99-91 for Serrano.
AMANDA ALSO RECEIVED THE BEAUTIFUL DIAMOND WBC BELT
This fight between
Rivas and Serrano was a major breakthrough for female boxing,
having it televised on Showtime Extreme. Boxing fans got a real
treat seeing these top female boxers battling for these world
title belts.
WBAN would like to thank our IWBHF Executive Director, Eddie
Montalvo for attending the event and presenting the WBAN belt to
our winner.
The boxing card was
jointly promoted by Mayweather Promotions and DiBella
Entertainment.
This is such a great start for the sport for 2017!
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that took place at this boxing event: