By Vince D’Writer: On Friday night, October 27th, at the Caribe Royale in Orlando, Florida, Most Valuable Promotions and Boxlab Promotions hosted a historic event as unified featherweight world champion Amanda Serrano defeated Danila Ramos (12-3, 1 KO) in the first women’s unified championship bout contested at 12 three-minute rounds.
Normally championship fights in women’s boxing are ten two-minute rounds. If the October 27th fight was to go the scheduled distance, Amanda Serrano and Danila Ramos would be presented with the ultimate challenge of boxing a total of sixteen extra minutes.
The format of 12 three-minute rounds is the standard for men’s championship boxing, and it is something that women have been requesting to do for years.
Back in 2017, the WBC opposed the idea of women boxers fighting 12 three-minute rounds because they believe it’s a safety risk. Six years later, the WBC still stood by their beliefs on this particular subject.
Amanda Serrano is the undisputed featherweight champion, but on the night of October 27th, she was defending the WBA, IBF, and WBO titles. Serrano’s WBC title wasn’t at stake due to the World Boxing Council’s refusal in regards to sanction a women’s bout with the three-minute format.
In the opening round of the history-making match, Serrano came out with controlled aggression, as she took her time pressing forward and using the jab. At the conclusion of the first three-minute round of her fourteen-year career, compubox revealed that Serrano threw a total of sixty punches.
The defending champion continued to press forward and control the pace in the second round by using her southpaw jab and changing levels as she landed shots to the head and body of her opponent.
Danila Ramos was also throwing the jab, using her footwork, going in and out of range, trying to catch the defending champion walking in.
During the course of the fight, Serrano fought off the front foot and kept a consistent work rate, while Ramos did a decent job of fighting off the back foot, but unfortunately, she didn’t have the power to discourage Serrano from pressing forward.
Serrano had a big tenth round as she continued to stalk her opponent. She hit Ramos with the left, a couple of sharp combinations, and a body shot that made Ramos wince. In the closing minute of the tenth round, Serrano ended the round by landing a flurry of shots.
Once the bell rang to officially end round 10, both Amanda Serrano and Danila Ramos were about to venture off into unchartered territory. Round 11 looked like round one, with Serrano charging forward and Ramos fighting off the back foot as they exchanged multiple punches during the course of the round.
In the 12th and final round, Serrano landed a hard left hand that resulted in Ramos stumbling forward into Serrano and then falling to the canvas. It appeared to be a knockdown, but the referee waived it off. At the end of 12 hard-fought rounds, Serrano threw a total of 1103 punches, and Ramos threw 846.
The fight went to judges’ scorecards, and all three judges scored the bout 120-108, all in favor of the defending champion. Amanda Serrano and Danila Ramos made a choice to fight 12 three-minute rounds, and both women showed they had the skills and the stamina needed to box twelve rounds on a consistent basis.
Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano (46-2-1, 30 KOs) is a world champion boxer who continues to make history each time she steps inside the squared circle. During the post-fight press conference, Serrano spoke about a dream that she wants to become a reality.
“Man, that would be amazing. You know I would be going if I get the opportunity to fight in Puerto Rico. I will be there as an undisputed champion fighting there. I fought there obviously a couple of times, but I was just a single champion. And to go back there to be an undisputed champion and fighting for them will be a dream come true. So, fingers crossed, I have an amazing team that they usually do what I ask for. And so, we’ll see.”
