Big time boxing is back in Puerto Rico. Most Valuable Promotions brings its latest offering to the island on Saturday night with its top two stars in action. Both Jake Paul and Amanda Serrano with compete on a fight card emanating from the Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan on Saturday night.
Serrano is set to defend her trio of featherweight titles against Nina Meinke in the main event. Serrano, 35, previously held all four recognized championships in the division, but the WBC stripped her of their crown when she insisted that her fights be contested with three-minute rounds instead of two. With that, her matchup with Meinke will be scheduled for 12, three-minute rounds and the WBA, WBO and IBF titles on the line.
“He’s such a gentleman that he said, ‘This is your island,’ so he’s given me the opportunity and I’m super excited to be here, to have an amazing opponent, to come out and showcase women’s boxing once again,” Serrano said at a press conference for the event. “I’m used to performing, going out and sitting and watching Jake perform. Now it’s the opposite. I don’t mind being co-main event, [but] he said there’s no way in the world that he was going to be the main event. This is my island. So…
