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Amanda Serrano has plenty of options if she stays at featherweight

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Amanda Serrano may not have been successful in her trilogy with Katie Taylor in July, but the seven-division world champion got back to winning ways on Saturday with a dominant decision victory over Reina Tellez, who fought on 15 days’ notice. Serrano defended her WBO and WBA featherweight titles while fighting in front of her fans in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The victory increases Serrano’s record to 48 wins, with four losses (three to Taylor) and a draw, with 31 wins coming by knockout. “The Real Deal” told ESPN Deportes before the fight that she wants to break Christy Martin’s record for most knockouts in women’s boxing history, which is 32, and collect 50 wins before calling it a career. She pushed challenging to finish the fight with Tellez (13-1-1, 5 KO), but her opponent made up for her lack of experience in her first title fight with the stamina and fight to make it to the final bell.

With this fight now in the rearview mirror, what are Serrano’s options for 2026?

Serrano’s immediate plans are to remain in the featherweight division, where she is undefeated.

“There are a lot of modern girls, modern champions in the featherweight division, so it’s nice to see that,” Serrano said in her post-fight interview. “Maybe one day we’ll all get together and just fight each other. I’m the unified featherweight champion, and there are other champions.”

While there is no opponent that comes close to Taylor’s physique, there are a few options for Serrano’s next fight.

Serrano is unlikely to look undisputed in the featherweight division because she vacated the WBC title in protest at the promotion’s refusal to sanction women’s fights under three-minute men’s round rules, scuppering a potential unification fight with WBC champion Tiara Brown. Serrano’s priority was for women’s boxing to be played on equal terms with men.

Instead, Serrano could fight a unification fight with IBF champion Nina Meinke (19-3, 4 KO). Serrano was originally scheduled to face Meinke in December 2023, but the fight was canceled at the last minute after Serrano was deemed “medically unfit” by the Puerto Rican Boxing Commission due to an eye injury.

Serrano could also be ordered to face WBA interim champion Jennifer Miranda, who recently suffered the first loss of her career when challenging then undisputed junior lightweight champion Alycia Baumgardner in July.

There’s also Erika Cruz, Serrano’s original opponent on Saturday, who was withdrawn from the game after failing a drug test. Serrano and Cruz had an extremely invigorating and bloody battle in 2023, which Serrano won by unanimous decision. Cruz called out Serrano in a Facebook post shortly after the Tellez fight.

“Me and my team knew she didn’t want to fight me and tonight I confirmed that Amanda doesn’t want to fight someone like me,” Cruz wrote in a post translated from Spanish. “It’s called fear.”

Given her desire to keep fighting, Serrano will have no shortage of opponents. At the age of 37, she has proven that she is still one of the most invigorating boxers in the sport and has a long way to go. He needs two knockouts to break Martin’s record and two more wins to reach 50 and enter the final stage of his decorated career.

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Usyk Analyzes Anthony Joshuas Performance Against Kristian Prenga After Overcoming Two Knockdowns

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"Usyk Analyzes Anthony Joshua's Performance Against Kristian Prenga After Overcoming Two Knockdowns"

Oleksandr Usyk has shared his reaction to Anthony Joshua‘s dramatic knockout victory against Kristian Prenga.

Usyk nearly suffered his own shock defeat in May when he was pushed to the limit by kickboxing star Rico Verhoevenand two months on it was nrw teammate Joshua’s turn to come close to a massive upset loss that would have stunned the heavyweight division.

The Brit was dropped twice by massive underdog Prenga in the opening round of their clash in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, but ‘AJ’ managed to recover and record a big knockdown of his own in the second round that resulted in the stoppage victory.

Joshua and Usyk now train together, having famously had two battles for the unified world heavyweight title in 2021 and 2022, and the Ukrainian has had his say on his stablemate’s victory over Prenga.

Speaking to TalkSporttwo-time undisputed champion Usyk praised Joshua, insisting ‘AJ is back’ before predicting that Joshua will now claim a knockout win over long-term rival Tyson Fury in his next bout.

“Anthony Joshua is next undisputed champion. First round it’s a test but AJ is back.

It’s boxing, [the] big upper cut is good, it’s a knockdown. AJ [come] back and win.

“Greedy Belly [Fury] will speak now and say weak chin, Greedy Belly get out. AJ wins [against Fury], [he will] knock him out.”

Fury was victorious on Friday as he earned a seventh round retirement win against Mariusz Wach in Thailand, paving the way for the showdown against Joshua later this year.

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Jake Paul Reacts to Anthony Joshuas Stunning Victory Over Kristian Prenga After Two Early Knockdowns

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Jake Paul was the last man to fight Anthony Joshua and he has now revealed his verdict on AJ’s chaotic victory over Kristian Prenga.

Joshua went up against Prenga in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturdayin a clash that was expected to be a comfortable win for the former world heavyweight champion in order to set up the long overdue battle against Tyson Fury.

Any hopes of seeing that clash were nearly ended after AJ was dropped twice in the opening round of the bout, though he was able to recover and claim the second round knockout to come out on top and prevent a stunning shock upset from taking place.

Saturday’s outing saw Joshua back in the ring for the first time since his sixth round triumph over YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul back in Decemberand now ‘The Problem Child’ himself has shared his reaction to his former rival’s victory over Prenga.

Posting on social mediaPaul praised AJ for earning the win, after returning to action following the tragic car crash he was involved in at the end of last year which took the lives of his two close friends.

“Happy for Joshua with that win after all he’s been through. Remembering Sina and Latz with this one.”

The win for Joshua should now tee up for meeting with Fury later this year, after ‘The Gypsy King’ held up his end of the bargain by also securing a win in his warm-up bout on Friday, securing a seventh round retirement win against Mariusz Wach.

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Tony Bellew Reviews Anthony Joshuas Comeback Victory Over Kristian Prenga After Knockdown Drama

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Tony Bellew Reviews Anthony Joshua's Comeback Victory Over Kristian Prenga After Knockdown Drama

Anthony Joshua may have earned a knockout win over Kristian Prenga but the fight certainly didn’t unfold as most people expected.

Joshua was facing the Albanian in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, and it looked like a massive upset could be on the cards when he was dropped twice in the opening round.

‘AJ’ was able to recover and went on to secure a second round knockout victory to prevent the shock lossseemingly paving the way for the battle against Tyson Fury later this year.

One man who was ringside to witness the battle was former cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellewand he praised Joshua’s ability to turn things around in the fight after describing it as ‘chaos’.

“We predicted round two but I don’t think we foresaw that. That was chaos. He doesn’t see the uppercut coming and finds himself on the floor without knowing how he got there.

“The second one he did see it coming and he was able to clench down on the jaw. He got up and then the experience that he has he used tonight because he tied him up. Against Andy Ruiz he didn’t know what he was doing and didn’t know how to do that, but tonight he did.

“He showed once again there is no quit. To be that hurt in the first round and get up, that’s the recoveries of power. People talk about your chin, but it’s not, it’s the level of fitness that gets you up from the floor.

“When Joshua gets a fighter hurt he’s the best finisher in the division. Whenever he hurts someone they’re gone. I haven’t seen him drop anybody and they survive, only Andy Ruiz. He’s a ruthless finisher.”

The clash between Joshua and Fury is now expected to be announced soon for later this year, after Fury won his own interim fight on Friday by defeating Mariusz Wach.

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