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Serrano dominates Tellez and retains the titles; Han defeats Holm

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Amanda Serrano successfully defended her WBA and WBO featherweight titles with a dominant unanimous decision victory over Reina Tellez on Saturday night at Coliseo Roberto Clemente in her hometown of San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Two judges scored the fight 97-93, and the third judge scored it 98-92. The fight was contracted for 10 three-minute rounds in accordance with men’s boxing rules.

Serrano (48-4-1, 30 KO) returned to the wins in her natural weight class after losing two straight fights to Katie Taylor in the junior welterweight division.

“It’s an amazing feeling [to fight in Puerto Rico]but it’s even better to be back at 126 pounds,” Serrano said. “It’s been two years since I fought at that weight. So the next fights will be much, much better. I feel like I finally put on a show for the fans.”

Tellez (13-1-1) agreed to the fight on 15 days’ notice after Serrano’s original opponent, Erika Cruz, was pulled from the fight after she tested positive for an unfavorable drug test last month. It was a huge step up in competition for the 22-year-old Tellez, but she made a powerful name for herself despite being outclassed by Serrano, the seven-division world champion.

“I’ve never gone 10 rounds, let alone three minutes, and I did it with one of the best in the world,” Tellez said. “Against someone I’ve idolized my whole life, I stood there and fought to the end. So whatever anyone had to say about me, go to sleep. I stayed focused and showed them what’s going on tonight.”

The difference in skill and experience was evident after the first bell, as Serrano marched forward and bounced combinations off Tellez. But Tellez’s resilience stopped Serrano from crushing her and even caused swelling under the champion’s right eye, albeit from an accidental clash of heads.

Serrano’s swarming attack began to work cautiously as the swelling built in the middle rounds, but her corner prevented her from closing her eye and the champion resumed her substantial offensive in the second half of the fight.

In Round 5, Serrano began working on Tellez’s body, but the challenger persisted, fighting her tormentor. Although there was a gigantic lead on the scorecards heading into the final round, Serrano pursued the knockout and rocked Tellez with a variety of punches and body combinations. However, Tellez made it to the final bell, avoided becoming Serrano’s 31st knockout victim, and secured future opportunities under the Most Valuable Promotions banner with her performance.

At the age of 37, Serrano made it clear that her career would continue and that she would remain in her natural weight class, but she refrained from calling anyone out.

“There are a lot of recent girls and recent champions in the featherweight division,” Serrano said of the division that includes WBC champion Tiara Brown and IBF titleholder Nina Meinke. “Maybe one day we’ll all get together and just fight each other. I’m the unified featherweight champion, and there are other champions.”

In the co-main event, Stephanie Han (12-0, 3 KO) defended her WBA lightweight title with a unanimous technical decision over Holly Holm (34-3-3, 9 KO) after she accidentally headbutted Han in the right eye in round 7 and the ringside doctor prevented her from continuing the fight.

The judges scored the fight 69-65, 69-64 and 68-65. The fight was fought under men’s rules and lasted 10 three-minute rounds.

Han made her second defense of her title and from the second round she dominated the fight with her volume and counter right hand. Han outshot Holm 87-29 and was in control of the game as she began monitoring her opponent’s attacks.

Holm, 44, signed with Most Valuable Promotions last year after a successful career as an MMA fighter, in which she became the UFC bantamweight champion following a stunning knockout of Ronda Rousey in 2015. She won her first boxing match in over a decade, defeating Yolanda Vega by unanimous decision in June.

On Saturday night, however, she wasn’t able to attack much beyond the occasional left hand as the 35-year-old Han used her speed to neutralize the former three-division champion.

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

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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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