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Taylor vs. Serrano: What championships are on the line? Full list of title wins, weight classes, undisputed and unified reigns for each fighter

Taylor vs. Serrano: What championships are on the line? Full list of title wins, weight classes, undisputed and unified reigns for each fighterDAZN
Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano meet in a historic fight at Madison Square Garden on April 30 live on DAZN.

It's not long now until undisputed women's lightweight champion Katie Taylor and puts her titles on the line against Amanda Serrano live on DAZN

Madison Square Garden will be the stage for this historic boxing event which will capture the imagination of fans across the world.

Both Taylor and Serrano have enjoyed successful careers in the amateur and professional ranks.

Taylor was an Olympic gold medalist before going on to win all the lightweight titles on offer, while Serrano has won world championship belts in seven different weight classes. 

DAZN News breaks down the world championship careers of Taylor and Serrano ahead of April 30th. 

What championships are on the line for Taylor vs. Serrano?

Katie Taylor will be putting her WBA, WBO, WBC, IBF and Ring Magazine women's lightweight titles on the line against Amanda Serrano. 

Katie Taylor's road to undisputed

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  • October 28th 2017: Taylor beats Anahi Ester Sanchez to win the WBA women's lightweight title.
  • April 28th 2018: Taylor wins the IBF title with a points win over Victoria Bustos. 
  • March 15th 2019: Taylor adds the WBO belt to her collection after stopping Rose Volante in round nine. 
  • June 1st 2019: A controversial points win against Delfine Persoon saw Taylor win the WBC women's lightweight title and become the undisputed women's champion at 135lbs. 

Taylor has made five defences of her undisputed title following the win over Persoon, which included a rematch with Persoon at Fight Camp and a second fight with Olympic foe Natasha Jonas. 

  • August 22nd 2020: Taylor vs. Persoon II, Taylor wins via MD
  • November 14th 2020: Taylor vs. Gutierrez, Taylor wins via UD
  • May 1st 2021: Taylor vs. Jonas, Taylor wins via UD
  • September 4th 2021: Taylor vs. Han, Taylor wins via UD
  • December 11th 2021; Taylor vs. Sharipova, Taylor wins via UD

Amongst her exploits at lightweight, Taylor also managed to become a two-weight world champion after beating Christina Linardatou via a majorty decision in November 2019 to win the WBO women's super lightweight title. 

Amanda Serrano, seven-weight world champion

Amanda Serrano

To become a world champion in just one weight class is an impressive feat, but becoming a world champion in seven weight divisions is something that comes once in a generation.

Amanda Serrano has done just that, and now this fight with Katie Taylor at MSG live on DAZN could have huge implications for her legacy. 

Serrano's first world title success came on September 10th, 2011, when she stopped America's Kimberly Connor for the IBF women's super featherweight title. Serrano attempted to unify against WBC champion Frida Wallberg in April 2012, but this resulted in the first loss of Serrano's professional career.

The Puerto Rican's next world title shot didn't come for another two years. Serrano faced Maria Elenda Maderna for the WBO lightweight title and knocked the Argentine out in the sixth round to become a two-weight world champion. 

Serrano then challenged for featherweight gold in February 2016 when she faced Olivia Gerula for WBO title and won with a first round stoppage. 

A successful WBO featherweight title defence followed five months later against Calixta Silgado before beating Alexandra Lazar in October 2016 to win the vacant WBO women's super bantamweight title. 

Now a world champion in four different weight classes, Serrano began 2017 with the first defence of her newly acquired WBO title with a points win against Yazmin Rivas before stopping Dahiana Santana in April 2017 for the vacant WBO women's bantamweight title and becoming a five-weight world champion. 

After successfully defending her WBO super bantamweight title against Edina Kiss in July 2017, Serrano wouldn't challenge for world honours for another 14 months. 

Yamila Esther Reynoso stood in the way of Serrano becoming a six-weight world champion and when the two met in September 2018 it was Serrano who made history, beating Reynoso on points to claim the vacant WBO female super lightweight title. 

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Serrano then became a seven-weight world champion after claiming the vacant WBO women's super flyweight title after stopping Eva Voraberger in round one the following January before a points win against Heather Hardy in September 2019 saw her retain the WBO women's featherweight title, and that's where Serrano has stayed.

Last year saw her make two defences of her WBO and WBC featherweight titles, Serrano was upgraded to 'full' champion after claiming the WBC interim belt from Hardy, with wins over Danielea Romina Bermudez and Yamileth Mercado in March and August, respectively. 

Now she prepares to challenge for undisputed honours at lightweight against Katie Taylor on April 30th and if she does manage to beat Taylor, Serrano will cement her legacy as one of, if not the, the greatest women's fighter to grace the sport of boxing. 

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