By: Sean Crose
After two traditional battles, Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano will do battle as soon as once more this July eleventh at Madison Sq. Backyard. This bout isn’t only a large deal as a result of it options two of one of the best ladies’s boxers on earth. It’s additionally going to be broadcast dwell on Netflix, which is nothing however excellent news for the battle followers in addition to for the game, which wants large fights that don’t value viewers a fortune to look at dwell. Now phrase comes round that the complete card will formally consist of girls’s fights. If it isn’t a primary, it’s the primary time such a card has been offered on as large a stage as this.
“The cardboard options an unprecedented degree of worldwide expertise, together with three of the highest 4 and 5 of the highest ten,” promoter Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian said, by way of ESPN. “That’s like having Canelo, Gervonta, Crawford, Inoue and Usyk on the identical card – properly we have now it for the ladies and it’s going to be unimaginable. With 5 world title fights — three unified and two undisputed — Friday, July 11 won’t solely be a defining night time for MVP because the chief in ladies’s boxing, however a pivotal second for the game as a complete.”
Give the brash Paul this – he is aware of the way to placed on an occasion. And July eleventh might be no exception. Count on Madison Sq. Backyard to be offered out simply resulting from the truth that Taylor and Serrano are magnificent arch rivals (their earlier fights have been so good they’re merely thought of nice by any customary, male or feminine). The loaded undercard definitely isn’t going to dampen the occasion’s attraction, although. Actually, there might be well-known fighters throwing down within the leadup to the primary occasion.
Alycia Baumgardner, as an illustration, might be taking up the undefeated Jennifer Miranda. Likewise, Savannah Marshall might be dealing with Shadasia Inexperienced. Like Taylor-Serrano, the Baumgardner and Marshall bouts will characteristic undisputed phrase titlists. There’s no denying this might be an enormous night time of boxing. And if any of the fights are as thrilling as the primary two Taylor-Serrano matches have been, will probably be a memorable night time of boxing, as properly. That is unquestionably a golden age for ladies’s boxing. One can solely hope the following breed of girls fighters dwell as much as the usual’s set by Taylor, Serrano and others. We should always take pleasure in what we have now whereas we have now it.
