The highly anticipated showdown between two of boxing’s biggest female combatants will take place at Madison Square Garden on April 30th. This is the first time in which two females headline at the iconic Madison Square Garden in its 140-year history. The arena has a 20,000 capacity for boxing events and following the high demand for tickets, it is anticipated that the two women will be performing in front of a close to sell-out crowd.
An estimated 4,500 fans will travel from the UK and Ireland to watch lightweight champion Taylor defend her WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring titles against the Brooklyn based Puerto Rican boxing Phenom ‘Amanda Serrano”. There will be plenty of flag waving Puerto Rican fans supporting their boxing queen.
Amanda Serrano never figured she’d make $1 million for a fight. She never thought she’d headline the big arena at Madison Square Garden. She probably never figured she’d be inundated with so many media request “It’s pretty much unbelievable,” Serrano said recently while in the middle of interviews and a press conference in New York. “We’re breaking barriers. We’re making history. I’m super glad that I’m one of those women. I thought something like this would be way in the future after I was old and retired.”
Serrano (42-1-2, 30 KOs), at the age of 33 and 13 years into her career, appears to be as a good as ever. She’s a seven-division world titlist (the only other boxer ever to accomplish that feat was Manny Pacquiao, who won belts in eight weight classes), and she’s been long regarded as one of the best female fighters in the world.
But both Taylor (20-0, 6 KOs) and Claressa Shields also stake a claim to the mythical moniker of pound-for-pound best. Beating Taylor, especially if she could knock out the 2012 Olympic gold medalist, and winning all the lightweight belts would surely place Serrano past both of them.
