Amanda Serrano will expose her featherweight titles against Nina Meinke this Saturday, March 2 at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum of Puerto Rico and, while preparing for this fight, the Puerto Rican He commented on a curious superstition he has when he is in a ring.
In statements reported by El Nuevo Día, Serrano indicated that She avoids sitting or lying down in the ring because since she has never been knocked out, she doesn’t want to know what it feels like.. The former undisputed champion and monarch of seven weight divisions assured that she inherited this custom from her sister Cindy Serrano, who is also a boxer.
“That’s a superstition of mine. I don’t want to know what (the ring floor) feels like. I have never received a knockout and I have never touched the ground. I don’t want to know how it feels“said the Puerto Rican.
“That’s a superstition I’ve had since I started fighting. My sister has it too. She started and I followed in her footsteps. I have never laid down, sat down, or laid on my stomach. “I don’t want to know how she feels,” she added.
Amanda Serrano will perform for the fifth time in her native Puerto Rico against Nina Meinke, but for the first time in the Coliseum – the largest arena in its country – which has a capacity for about 18 thousand people. In addition, this will be the first boxing event that will have a women’s duel as the main fight. Jake Paul will be in the co-main event against his compatriot Ryan Bourland.
It should be noted that last October Serrano made history in women’s boxing with Danila Ramos when defending his undisputed featherweight championship under the rules of a men’s bout: 12 rounds of three minutes each.
After her resounding victory, the Puerto Rican declared that from now on all of his future professional boxing matches will take place under these same termsbut the World Boxing Council (WBC), led by Mauricio Sulaimán, who always opposed this change in the rules, led the champion to renounce the belt of said body.
Amanda Serrano, 36, last entered the ring last October and defeated Danila Ramos by unanimous decision in a historic duel. The Puerto Rican woman tells with a record of 46 wins, 30 by fast track, as well as 2 losses and a draw.
For her part, Nina Meinke, 30, has just defeated Laura Ledezma last October by unanimous decision and will try to be crowned unified champion against the Puerto Rican. The German fighter He has a record of 18 wins (4 by fast track) and three setbacks.
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