History.
It’s a simple word, but its the most appropriate word to describe what’s taking place on Friday, July 11th at Madison Square Garden in New York, New York. For the third time in less than five years, two future International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees — Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano — will meet in the center of the ring and go to war. Katie Taylor has emerged victorious in the previous two bouts, but that has done little to sway the public or the sports books into believing she will win a third time. However, Taylor isn’t impacted by who thinks she may win or lose. Rather, she’s just here for a challenge.
“I’m taking the fight again because I love the challenge of this. I want to take the best fights. It doesn’t really matter to me, I just want to take the biggest challenges, the biggest fights in women’s boxing and after the last fight, this was still the biggest fight in women’s boxing,” Taylor said during Wednesday’s press confernece at the Theater at Madison Square Garden.
While the focus is on Taylor and Serrano as they fight for the undisputed super lightweight title, this is not only the biggest fight in women’s boxing, but this is also the biggest card in women’s boxing history. For the first time, an all women’s boxing card will headline the big room at Madison square Garden. Seventeen titles will be on the line throughout the night, multiple Olympians will be in the ring and thousands of fans will scream as a collection of trailblazing women set the standard for years to come in the sweet science.
How To Watch
- Time: 8 p.m. EST
- Platform: Netflix ($7.99 per month)
- Broadcast Team: Laila Ali, Andre Ward, Ariel Helwani, Kate Scott Sibley Scoles, Kody “Big Mo” Mommaerts, Sean Wheelock, and Seniesa Estrada.
In a day and age when most of the sport exists behind a paywall of more than $30, $40, $50, $60, $70 or even $80, there is no better words to hear as a boxing fan in the U.S. than “this fight is included with your subscription.” Around the world, hundreds of millions of subscribers will have the opportunity to tune into history. For a subscription of $7.99, fans can see Taylor and Serrano conclude their epic rivalry, Alycia Baumgardner look for a knockout against Jennifer Miranda and Shadasia Green take on the toughest opponent of her career. Not to mention, the preliminary fights featuring the likes of former undisputed super lightweight champion Chantelle Cameron, 2023 TIME Magazine Women of the Year Ramla Ali, Olympian Tamm Thibeault and several other great fighters can be seen for free on the Netflix Sports YouTube page.
Odds, Predictions and More
Run of Show
Main Card
- Katie Taylor v. Amanda Serrano (Super Lightweight)
- Alycia Baumgardner v. Jennifer Miranda (Super Featherweight)
- Savannah Marshall v. Shadasia Green (Super Middleweight)
- Ellie Scotney v. Yamileth Mercado (Super Bantamweight)
Preliminaries
- Cherneka Johnson v. Shurretta Metcalf (Bantamweight)
- Chantelle Cameron v. Jessica Camara (Super Lightweight)
- Ramla Ali v. Lila Furtado (Super Bantamweight)
- Tamm Thibeault v. Mary Casamassa (Middleweight)
Note: Preliminary Bouts Are Available Via The Netlifx Sports YouTube Channel
Odds
- Katie Taylor (+150) v. Amanda Serrano (-185)
- Alycia Baumgardner (-2500) v. Jennifer Miranda (+1100)
- Savannah Marshall (-650) v. Shadasia Green (+450)
- Ellie Scotney (-1000) v. Yamileth Mercado (+550)
- Cherneka Johnson (-400) v. Shurretta Metcalf (+300)
- Ramla Ali (-475) v. Lila Furtado (+330)
- Tamm Thibeault (-1800) v. Mary Casamassa (+900)
Predictions
- Brent Brookhouse, CBS Sports — Serrano def. Taylor (SD, 10)
- Lyle Fitzsimmons, Bleacher Report — Serrano def. Taylor (TKO/KO, 5)
- Harlem Eubank, Professional Boxer — Taylor def. Serrano (UD, 10)
- Taylor Bevan, Professional Boxer — Taylor def. Serrano (UD, 10)
- Lucky Ngamwajasat, Bleacher Report — Serrano def. Taylor (UD, 10)
- Ryan Shepard, Def Pen — Taylor def. Serrano (SD, 10)
