ORLANDO, Fla. — Amanda Serrano joked after Friday night’s bout that, after all of that, she still had enough energy to hold up her belts.
After throwing more than 1,100 punches in the first unified women’s championship fight contested at 12 three-minute rounds, Serrano beat Danila Ramos by unanimous decision, earning three 120-108 scores to retain the IBF, WBO and WBA titles. Later on, she joked she could have gone a couple of more rounds, too.
It was a night Serrano had hoped would be a potential change for women’s boxing.
“What’s so funny is that when I was in there, I really couldn’t feel the difference,” Serrano said. “In the sixth round, I was like, is it really three minutes or did they go back to two minutes?
“I felt good. I was in really good shape. I trained really hard for this fight knowing I had to go out there and prove to everybody, prove people right or prove people…
