This was not always the plan. This was nowhere near Amanda Serrano’s goal. Throughout her division-winding, title-winning career through seven boxing weight classes, the thought never came to them.
Being undisputed in a division? Nah, it wasn’t for Serrano and her team. They were content chasing a different type of history, winning championships in seven different divisions, turning her into one of the best fighters of all time.
Then, three years ago, the team started to think differently about how it wanted to proceed with her career.
Serrano (43-2-1, 30 KO) was tired of maneuvering through divisions, and her body wasn’t getting down to flyweight or up to welterweight anymore. She wanted to stay at featherweight, where she felt comfortable. Plus, her contemporaries — Katie Taylor and Claressa Shields — were doing something intriguing: They were fighting for undisputed status.
The only time Serrano has been in an undisputed fight before Saturday’s main event against WBA featherweight champion Erika Cruz at the Hulu Theater was a year ago at Madison Square Garden when she was the challenger to Taylor’s undisputed lightweight titles. It became arguably the biggest fight in women’s boxing history.
“It wasn’t always a dream of ours, or the team, it wasn’t…
