By: Sean Crose
Undisputed featherweight champion Amanda Serrano was an over 20-1 favourite to beat Heather Hardy Saturday night time when the 2 girls fought for the second time. The first match, which went down again in 2019, noticed Serrano win by unanimous choice. The second match, which was going down in Dallas because the co-main of the Jake Paul-Nate Diaz pay per view occasion, was scheduled for 10 rounds.
The 44-2-1 Serrano went to the physique proper off the bat. The 25-2 Hardy, being a warrior by nature, determined to brawl. Suffice to say, Serrano dominated the spherical. Give Hardy this – the girl wasn’t afraid to combat, even at forty-one years of age. Still, the second spherical belonged to the defending champion. Hardy took a substantial quantity of injury within the third – as she had within the earlier two rounds – however she was in a position to land some pictures of her personal, as nicely. It was arduous to say Hardy gained the chapter, although.
By the fourth, it was clear Serrano was simply too robust. Hardy might land, however her pictures weren’t sharp like Serrano’s. Still, Hardy was in a position to put up a robust exhibiting within the fifth. The sixth was thrilling, but Serrano remained in cost. Serrano rocked Hardy arduous within the ultimate moments of the seventh. The bell, nonetheless, prevented Hardy from receiving additional injury. Serrano resumed banging away at Hardy within the eighth. The ring physician was known as to have a look at Hardy twice within the ninth. She was allowed to maintain preventing – and combat she did.
Serrano furiously went for the knockout within the tenth and ultimate spherical. Hardy, nonetheless, met the problem. There was little question the previous titlist was spectacular. Serrano, nonetheless, was far more spectacular. She held on to her titles through unanimous choice after the ultimate bell had sounded.
