{"id":87302,"date":"2023-01-30T14:00:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T20:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/?p=87302"},"modified":"2023-01-30T14:00:49","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T20:00:49","slug":"historic-weekend-for-womens-boxing-at-the-msg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/historic-weekend-for-womens-boxing-at-the-msg\/","title":{"rendered":"Historic Weekend for Women\u00b4s Boxing at the MSG"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"x_x_MsoNormal x_elementToProof\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Amanda and Erika WON`T lead you down The Garden path!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Madison Square Garden in New York will once again host an epic card, when Amanda Serrano, from Puerto Rico, the unified 126-pound champion, fights the champion of the WBA, the Mexican \u00c9rika Cruz, this Saturday, February 4th, signifying\u00a0<\/span>another glorious chapter of the intensely competitive rivalry between Puerto Rico and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Serrano (43-2-1, 30 KOs) most recently fought in September when she defeated previously unbeaten world champion Sarah Mahfoud of Denmark by unanimous decision.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Cruz won the WBA belt in April 2021, when she defeated former two-division world champion Jelena Mrdjenovich of Canada by technical decision in New York.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">In another big bout, WBC super featherweight champion Alycia Baumgardner will attempt to become the undisputed 130-pound champion when she takes on Elhem Mekhaled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">At the end of 2021, Baumgardner conquered the WBC crown by defeating Terri Haper. She made a successful defense against Argentina\u2019s Edith Soledad Matthysse and then faced Mikaela Mayer in a war.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">In another bout, Australia\u2019s rising star and Commonwealth featherweight champion Skye Nicolson will fight Spain\u2019s Tania Alvarez for the WBC Silver Belt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Twenty-seven-year-old Australian boxer Skye Nicolson has already stood impressed the fans when she won bronze at the World Championships in Astana in 2016 and she dominated the Commonwealth Games two years later.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_elementToProof\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Last year she entered the ring as a professional for the first time and has achieved a total of five wins in the first year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Tania \u00c1lvarez, has been in the professional field since October 2021 and has had fights where she has demonstrated her exceptional technique.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">This slugfest but also stylistic extravaganza presented by Matchroom Boxing is at the Hulu theater, located in Madison Square Garden and will be broadcast live on the DAZN app.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x_x_MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"overflowingVertical\" src=\"https:\/\/suljosblog.com\/suljos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FlkC5avWAAAaLq6.jpg\" alt=\"https:\/\/suljosblog.com\/suljos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/FlkC5avWAAAaLq6.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amanda and Erika WON`T lead you down The Garden path! 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