When is Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano III?
Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano III is on Friday, July 11.
The main broadcast will begin at 8 p.m. Eastern Time (1 a.m. BST). A preliminary undercard will stream starting at 5 p.m. ET (10 p.m. BST).
What channel is Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano III on?
Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano III will stream its main broadcast on Netflix. The preliminary undercard will stream on the Most Valuable Promotions YouTube page and Netflix’s Tudum website.
Where is Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano III?
The fight is taking place at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Who is Katie Taylor?
Katie Taylor had an acclaimed amateur career, winning a gold medal in the 2012 Olympics while representing her home country of Ireland. After falling short in the 2016 Games, she turned pro and has had a remarkable run, becoming the undisputed champion in two weight classes, sitting at or near the top of the pound-for-pound list, and – alongside Claressa Shields and Amanda Serrano – helping to set the stage for both this generation of women in boxing and future generations to come.
Taylor was the undisputed lightweight champion when she first fought Serrano in 2022, headlining at Madison Square Garden. Their battle was named Fight of the Year; Taylor was awarded a split decision, though it was clear they had unfinished business and would meet again somewhere down the line.
In the meantime, Taylor went up to 140lbs - where she briefly held the WBO title in 2019 - to challenge Chantelle Cameron for the undisputed championship. Taylor lost a majority decision to Cameron in their May 2023 championship clash in Dublin, Ireland, Taylor’s first-ever pro fight on home soil. Dublin also hosted their November 2023 rematch, won by Taylor via majority decision to claim all four major titles. Her first defense came a year later – against Serrano in the co-feature to the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson mega-event.
Once again, Taylor and Serrano went to war. Once again, Taylor left with her hands raised after a close decision, this one unanimous, but with just one point separating the two women on each of the three judges’ scorecards.
They stole the show on Netflix that night, seen by tens of millions around the world. Their outstanding fight would’ve stood out even if not for the disappointment that was Paul-Tyson. Now they are back on Netflix, back at Madison Square Garden, and back in the main event.
Taylor, 24-1 (6 KOs), is now 39 years old. Will she go out on top? Or will she cede the throne? Either way, if their first two matches are any indication, Taylor isn’t going to go down without a fight.
Who is Amanda Serrano?
Serrano, 47-3-1 (31 KOs), is a 36-year-old from Puerto Rico who has spent 16 years in the paid ranks. The brighter spotlight and bigger paydays only truly arrived during this decade.
Before that, Serrano moved up and down on the scales, capturing world titles in seven weight classes from 115lbs to 140lbs in order to make a living and to try to garner the attention that someone with her level of talent otherwise deserved. Like Taylor, Serrano sits high up on pound-for-pound lists. (Serrano even competed in MMA, something other women boxers have had to do to bolster their incomes. Her record in that combat sport is 2-0-1.)
Serrano has repeatedly confessed her best class is featherweight. She was a unified titleholder at 126lbs prior to her first fight with Taylor and returned to become the undisputed champion in the featherweight division afterward. Serrano last competed at 126lbs in October 2023, when she shut out Danila Ramos. She was supposed to face Nina Meinke in March 2024 but had to cancel that fight at the last second when a hair product got into her eye and affected her vision.
Last year, Serrano scored a second-round TKO against the overmatched Stevie Morgan in July – a stay-busy bout when Paul-Tyson was postponed from its original date – and then went back into the trenches with Taylor in November. Serrano fought through a bad cut caused by the two fighters’ heads repeatedly colliding.
No matter the result, this will likely be the end of Serrano’s rivalry with Taylor. And no matter the result, Serrano will have options available for her, be it at junior welterweight or below. Of course, Serrano wants the victory. Will this be the time that the judges at last see it her way? Or will Serrano, who has shown good power and speed despite being the naturally lighter fighter, land the telling blows and skip those scorecards altogether?
What other fights are on the undercard of Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano III?
This show is absolutely packed with title matches and other notable names for this spotlight on women’s boxing.
In the co-feature, undisputed junior lightweight champion Alycia Baumgardner, 15-1 (7 KOs), will defend against Jennifer Miranda, 12-0 (1 KO). That isn’t the only undisputed championship up for grabs. A bantamweight bout between IBF titleholder Shurretta Metcalf, 14-4-1 (2 KOs), and WBA titlist Cherneka Johnson, 17-2 (7 KOs), also has the WBC and WBO belts on the line, both vacant because their previous owner, Metcalf’s originally scheduled foe, Dina Thorslund, is pregnant.
A unification bout at junior featherweight pits Ellie Scotney, 10-0 (0 KOs), the owner of the IBF and WBO titles, against the WBC’s Yamileth Mercado, 24-3 (5 KOs). Another unification bout, this one at super middleweight, features former undisputed champion Savannah Marshall, 13-1 (10 KOs), inactive for two years and now just the owner of the IBF belt, taking on Shadasia Green, 15-1 (11 KOs), who picked up the vacant WBO title last November.
That’s the main card. There’s more on the preliminary portion of the event, including former undisputed junior welterweight champion Chantelle Cameron, 20-1 (8 KOs), against Jessica Camara, 14-4-1 (3 KOs); a junior featherweight bout between Ramla Ali, 9-2 (2 KOs), and Lila Furtado, 11-2 (2 KOs); and a middleweight matchup between Tamm Thibeault, 2-0 (1 KO), and Mary Casamassa, 6-0 (1 KO).
The full list of undercard fights can be seen on BoxRec.
David Greisman, who has covered boxing since 2004, is on Twitter @FightingWords2. David’s book, “Fighting Words: The Heart and Heartbreak of Boxing,” is available on Amazon.
