Most Beneficial Promotions (MVP) and Netflix right now 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 battle 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 an announcement. “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 now have the trilogy. The environment for the primary battle there was superb and I am positive it will not be any totally different this time round. The numbers that acquired to see the final battle in November have been unbelievable so hopefully these folks will all wish to tune in for the trilogy battle as effectively and we will ship one other nice battle.”
The 2 first fought in 2022 in a historic first girls’s bout to headline a battle card at Madison Sq. Backyard. Taylor defeated Serrano by way of break up choice. A rematch was booked for the co-main occasion of the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul battle card final November. Taylor gained by unanimous choice.
“I promised my followers they’d 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 upset that Katie Taylor didn’t hold 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 biggest 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 could be doable, and it wouldn’t be with out Nakisa Bidarian, Jake Paul, and MVP’s dedication to elevating girls’s boxing. I’m proud to face alongside all of the gifted girls on this card, and I hope our battle evokes younger women in all places to maintain believing in themselves and by no means cease chasing their goals.”
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“That is greater than only a battle — it’s a celebration of the unrivaled expertise of girls in boxing,” mentioned Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian, co-founders of Most Beneficial Promotions. “Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor have already shattered boundaries and impressed thousands and thousands, and this trilogy battle on the iconic Madison Sq. Backyard can be one other historic step ahead for ladies’s sports activities. This all-women’s card is just not solely a testomony to how far the game has come but in addition the start of an excellent higher push from MVP to raise the following technology of feminine fighters. Not like different incumbents in boxing, we now have, are, and can at all times champion girls as equals to males, treating them with supreme respect and we are going to by no means compromise on these values. Thanks to Netflix and MSG. We’re honored to carry this groundbreaking occasion to life and stay steadfast in our mission to construct and spend money on lasting alternatives for ladies in boxing. This occasion is the definition of W.”
“Madison Sq. Backyard has been residence to the most important boxing matches in historical past – together with the ‘Combat of the Century,’ and the 2022 bout between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano,” mentioned Joel Fisher, Government Vice President, Marquee Occasions and Operations, MSG Leisure. “We’re proud to welcome these extraordinary athletes again to The World’s Most Well-known Enviornment for an additional historic second with our first-ever all-female skilled boxing card.”
