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50 Wins, 4 Losses: Serrano Sets Date for Final Title Defense

The seven-division world champion will face Skye Falzon in San Juan before retiring from professional boxing.

By Samuel Hayes ·

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Puerto Rican boxer Amanda Serrano will stop fighting in January. Her final contest is scheduled for January 9, 2026, at the Coliseo de Puerto Rico in San Juan. On that date, she will defend her unified WBO and WBA featherweight titles against Australia’s Skye Falzon. Most Valuable Promotions has named the event The Last Walk.

Serrano enters this final bout with a professional record of 50 wins, 4 losses, and 1 draw. She has secured 32 of those victories by knockout. At 38 years old, she is currently tied with American boxer Christy Martin for the all-time women’s knockout record. This matchup offers her a chance to break that tie and claim the record alone before she leaves the sport.

The fighter is Puerto Rico’s only undisputed boxing champion. She holds a Guinness World Record for winning world titles across seven different weight divisions. In 2022, she and Ireland’s Katie Taylor became the first women to headline a card at Madison Square Garden in New York. Their rivalry produced three fights, with Taylor winning the final meeting in 2025 by majority decision.

Serrano has also shaped the rules of the game. In 2023, she fought in the first women’s unified world championship contested over 12 three-minute rounds. She later vacated her WBC title to maintain her commitment to those equal rules. She described the early days of women’s boxing as taking place in small theatre shows, noting that the sport has since grown to headline Madison Square Garden and reach millions of fans.

Nakisa Bidarian and Jake Paul, the founders of Most Valuable Promotions, called the upcoming fight a celebration of an athlete who changed the sport. They stated that January 9 marks the end of an extraordinary career inside the ring. Her opponent, Falzon, is also 38 years old and holds a record of 12 wins and 2 losses, including seven knockouts.

Serrano said boxing has been her life and that she never imagined the journey it would take her and her family on. She expressed pride in helping open doors for the next generation of female fighters, adding that she always believed in what the sport could become. The announcement confirms that her career will end on home soil, in San Juan, after this single final defense.

Source: Al Jazeera

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