Most Useful Promotions (MVP) and Netflix at this time introduced {that a} trilogy bout between undisputed tremendous light-weight champion Katie Taylor and unified featherweight world champion Amanda “The Actual Deal” Serrano will headline an all-women’s combat card at Madison Sq. Backyard. The occasion takes place July 11 and can stream on Netflix.
“I wish to thank everybody at Matchroom, MVP and Netflix for getting the trilogy over the road and I can not wait to headline at MSG once more in July,” mentioned Katie Taylor in a press release. “I’m 2 and 0 in opposition to Amanda but it surely’s clearly a really particular rivalry that delivers each time we step within the ring so I believe it is solely proper that we have now the trilogy. The environment for the primary combat there was wonderful and I am positive it will not be any totally different this time round. The numbers that bought to see the final combat in November had been unbelievable so hopefully these folks will all wish to tune in for the trilogy combat as effectively and we will ship one other nice combat.”
The 2 first fought in 2022 in a historic first ladies’s bout to headline a combat card at Madison Sq. Backyard. Taylor defeated Serrano by way of cut up determination. A rematch was booked for the co-main occasion of the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul combat card final November. Taylor received by unanimous determination.
“I promised my followers they might see this trilogy, and I’m extremely grateful that we get to finish our journey the place all of it started — at Madison Sq. Backyard, reside on Netflix for the world to see,” mentioned Amanda Serrano. “I’m disenchanted that Katie Taylor didn’t preserve her phrase and make the trilogy 12 three-minute rounds, equal to the boys. It is a record-setting payday for each of us, and we owed it to the followers to honor the handshake deal we made. She didn’t. However make no mistake, each time we share the ring, it’s conflict, and I do know Friday, July 11, would be the best but as a result of I’ll lastly get the official W I deserve. Headlining an all-female card at MSG, representing each New York and Puerto Rico, is one thing I by no means thought can be doable, and it wouldn’t be with out Nakisa Bidarian, Jake Paul, and MVP’s dedication to elevating ladies’s boxing. I’m proud to face alongside all of the proficient ladies on this card, and I hope our combat evokes younger ladies in all places to maintain believing in themselves and by no means cease chasing their desires.”
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“That is greater than only a combat — it’s a celebration of the unrivaled expertise of girls in boxing,” mentioned Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian, co-founders of Most Useful Promotions. “Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor have already shattered limitations and impressed tens of millions, and this trilogy combat on the iconic Madison Sq. Backyard shall be one other historic step ahead for girls’s sports activities. This all-women’s card is just not solely a testomony to how far the game has come but additionally the start of a good better push from MVP to raise the subsequent technology of feminine fighters. Not like different incumbents in boxing, we have now, are, and can at all times champion ladies as equals to males, treating them with supreme respect and we’ll by no means compromise on these values. Thanks to Netflix and MSG. We’re honored to deliver this groundbreaking occasion to life and stay steadfast in our mission to construct and put money into lasting alternatives for girls in boxing. This occasion is the definition of W.”
“Madison Sq. Backyard has been dwelling to the most important boxing matches in historical past – together with the ‘Struggle of the Century,’ and the 2022 bout between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano,” mentioned Joel Fisher, Govt Vice President, Marquee Occasions and Operations, MSG Leisure. “We’re proud to welcome these extraordinary athletes again to The World’s Most Well-known Area for an additional historic second with our first-ever all-female skilled boxing card.”
