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Serrano Vs. Ramos: Women's Unified Championship Bout Breaks Barriers In Boxing
Amanda Serrano defends her title against Danila Ramos, marking a historic step for gender equality in the sport.
The Serrano versus Ramos fight will be "the first ever women's unified championship bout with the same rules as a men's championship," according to Most Valuable Promotions (MVP), which described the fight as "another historic step on its mission to advance women in boxing to be treated equal to their male peers."
Amanda Serrano (The Real Deal), 35, is a Puerto Rican professional boxer from Carolina. Serrano (45-2-1, 30 KOs) will compete to defend her Ring featherweight championship against mandatory WBO opponent Danila Ramos (12-2, 1 KO) at the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, Florida, on Friday, October 27.
“Danila Ramos may be my WBO mandatory challenger, but when we step in the ring, she will understand exactly why I am the undisputed featherweight champion,” said Serrano in media reports.
“But this fight is about more than some belts. We have faced a long and hard battle, united as women, to achieve the same pay, respect, and recognition in boxing. Together, on Friday, October 27th, we will make history and prove to the world once again, how incredible women’s boxing is and that we are just as tough, dynamic, and capable as any man in the ring, if not more so. This is a fight for women everywhere to be treated the same as their male counterparts,” added Serrano.
On August 28, the WBO mandated Ramos as Serrano's obligatory challenger for the featherweight world title.
When it comes to demonstrating to the world that the rules of elite boxing should be the same for men and women, she feels the same way and wants the same thing as Serrano does.
“Fighting Amanda Serrano for 12 three-minute rounds for a unified championship is set to break the barriers that we women have been looking to do for many years,” said Danila Ramos in media reports.
“We will go down in history and in the books, it will be a fight of two women warriors! I am preparing like never before for this fight and will proudly represent Brazil as we battle in Orlando, Florida and I look to bring all the belts home,” Ramos added.
On Friday (DAZN, 8 PM EST), Puerto Rican undisputed women’s featherweight champion Amanda Serrano (45-2-1, 30 KO) makes a step forward for championship boxing when she defends Brazilian contender Danila Ramos (12-2, 1 KO) in a main event from Orlando, Florida. Serrano will be heavily favored and Ramos appears to offer little in the way of a physical threat.
What are the sixteen minutes? That’s the total addition of time to this weekend’s main event on top of the normal Serrano affair. Winning titles in every weight class from 115 to 140 pounds, Serrano has contested at the standard women’s championship limit of 10x2, ten rounds of two minutes.
It might take awhile for this to be the new standard for women’s boxing, but boxing history says once a door is opened for change on a big stage, change has a chance to stick. This isn’t the debut twelve round women’s bout, though it is the first in more than fifteen years. It is also the maiden voyage during what is inarguably the golden age for women’s boxing.
Boxing’s round totals have fluctuated on the men’s side over the last century. Near mythical contests that lasted past forty rounds are part of lore. Joe Louis was the last heavyweight champion to compete in a scheduled 20-round title fight, stopping Abe Simon in the 13th round in 1941. Mike Tyson was the last heavyweight king in a scheduled 15-round affair, stopping Tyrell Biggs in seven in 1987.
Serrano might stop Ramos well before the end of a scheduled twelve. Where she stops her could end up being part of the point. A finish at 2:01 of any single round will be a victory in and of itself.
In her biggest fight, a showdown with Ireland’s Katie Taylor, Serrano had Taylor reeling in the fifth round. It was two minutes of high drama. What if there had been a third minute? On the men’s side, there can be laments about some of the rounds lost over the years though most seem fine not finding out what a twenty-round fight was like.
They don’t have to wonder about a third minute five rounds in.
The women shouldn’t either. The Marquis of Queensberry rules have been around since the second half of the 19th century. Three minutes is a round. One minute is the rest period.
That’s boxing.
The women and men in basketball both play a ten foot rim; play 18 holes in golf; play the same courts in tennis.
Divorce most of the arguments from what often boils down to patriarchal gibberish and there’s never really been a good one for why women don’t fight three minute rounds.
While the population of professional women continues to grow, the quality of the product has clearly evolved. Fighters like Serrano, Taylor, Chantelle Cameron, and Claressa Shields are damn good at what they do, put in every bit of the effort of their male peers, and have earned the right for their championship rounds to not be set aside as different any longer.
Not everyone agrees. There is still resistance, notably from WBC head Mauricio Sulaiman whose title will not be on the line this weekend. Sulaiman is on the wrong side of this.
One of the selling points of women’s boxing is its sprint nature. There are often exciting, fast paced fights that fit into two minutes at a time. The offset is the lack of stoppages in the sport. Serrano’s standout power is uncommon. Part of the allure of the sport is the knockout. Extra minutes could mean extra chances and that could further improve marketability for all.
Serrano isn’t the first champion to say she wants those extra rounds and minutes. She’s just the one who gets to set the trend. This weekend is a win before she even sets foot in the ring.