By: Sean Crose
Amanda Serrano engaged in one thing new Friday night time in Orlando – a lady’s title bout scheduled for twelve three minute rounds. This was distinctive as a result of the truth that ladies’s boxing usually consists of two minute rounds and ten spherical maximums for world title bouts. That all modified on Friday when the 45-2-1 Serrano took on the 12-2 Danila Ramos earlier than DAZN cameras for the unified featherweight championship of the world.
Serrano pushed the motion within the first whereas Ramos employed footwork. Both ladies had been in a position to land within the second, however Serrano was planting the tougher pictures. Serrano maintained persistence within the third – maybe due to the longer spherical occasions – however was clearly the stronger of the 2 combatants. Ramos was actually within the recreation, however she didn’t have the poise, energy, or steadiness of Serrano. Ramos discovered herself in hassle within the fourth as Serrano started to land and land onerous. Ramos survived the spherical whereas Serrano continued to stalk.
The fifth was fascinating. Ramos was clearly in a position to land, and it left one to marvel how totally different the struggle could be had Ramos had extra energy to her pictures. Ramos was damage once more within the sixth. It appeared that she was actually being damaged down as Serrano stored looking, Julio Caesar Chavez model. Fighting behind her spectacular jab, Serrano continued to dominate within the seventh. Ramos desperately tried to maintain Serrano off within the eighth, to no avail.
Yet the sport fighter appeared to get a second win within the ninth. Ramos might not have gained the spherical, but she made it clear she was recreation for the struggle. Serrano, as at all times, punched onerous and clear within the tenth. By the tip of the spherical, she was working to complete her opponent off. The story of the eleventh was that Ramos, someway, one way or the other, stored standing up. While her braveness and stamina was extraordinary, it was additionally clear Ramos was taking a beating.
The twelfth and closing spherical noticed Serrano wanting just about as recent as she did on the opening bell. Her conditioning was extraordinary. With that being mentioned, Ramos fought bravely, as she had all the struggle. Serrano was merely an excessive amount of for her. Indeed, Ramos even slipped onto the mat simply previous the spherical’s midway level. It was no shock, then, when Serrano walked out of the ring after the struggle with a unanimous choice nod from the judges. She had made twelve three minute rounds look straightforward.
