Amanda Serrano will think about combating Britain’s Caroline Dubois, after the American star misplaced narrowly in her high-profile rematch with Katie Taylor.
Serrano misplaced a unanimous however shut resolution for the undisputed super-lightweight world championship on the AT&T Stadium in Texas final week.
She is now contemplating a variety of choices for future fights.
“I hate the result but I love the outcome. I love the outcome because there was a trilogy pre-negotiated had she won. Now Amanda Serrano is a free agent. She is the most followed female boxer of all time as a result and in the US the sentiment is either she won or she was [unlucky not to get the decision],” Nakisa Bidarian, who co-promotes Serrano with Jake Paul, advised Sky Sports activities.
“I believe it was a reasonably shut combat. I do suppose she deserved to get the nod but it surely wasn’t a theft. No person acquired robbed right here. The punch stats present Amanda landed extra with larger accuracy however you would have a look and say effectively Katie’s out and in jabbing was cleaner.
“Sure, it was a very close fight, but Amanda won big time because she’s a 100 per cent free agent and every media partner in the world wants to have Amanda Serrano on their platform.”
There’s the potential for her to finish a trilogy with Taylor, however there are additionally different boxers within the body to be Serrano’s subsequent opponent.
“There’s Mikaela [Mayer], there’s Caroline Dubois, there’s Chantelle Cameron, there’s Alycia Baumgardner, there’s many names that are there, that are real, that have shown real star power,” Bidarian mentioned.
“Obviously a great name now with the Dubois family,” he added. “If Caroline takes the right steps and the weight classes make sense I think that’s a fight that Amanda would look at.
“We will make the proper subsequent step for Amanda she needs and proceed to point out that she’s the most important star in feminine fight sports activities.”
Taylor now maintain the WBC’s super-lightweight and light-weight titles concurrently with Dubois pushing to combat for the light-weight belt. Ultimately Taylor might need to vacate a kind of belts. A ruling is predicted to come back on the WBC’s conference subsequent month.
“It has been quite a long time since [Taylor] defended the lightweight Caroline Dubois in the frame for Amanda Serrano fight as Terri Harper open to title unification | Boxing News. Caroline Dubois is the Interim champion,” WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman mentioned.
“Caroline Dubois got an Interim championship so she can make money, she can be a champion and look in the near future for something.
“Hopefully there can be a decision. We will let Katie Taylor take a really effectively deserved relaxation for every week then we’ll contact them and see precisely what the plans are.”
Dubois will not be wanting choices herself. WBO light-weight champion Terri Harper is open to a unification conflict along with her.
Rising star Dubois received the WBC Interim light-weight title with a close to shutout win over Maira Moneo in August.
Harper, who had beforehand held titles at super-feather and super-welterweight, received the WBO’s light-weight world championship when she beat Rhiannon Dixon in September.
With the victory over Dixon, Harper bounced again from her draw with Cecilia Braekhus and stoppage loss to Sandy Ryan.
Now Doncaster’s Harper is keen to field unbeaten Londoner Dubois.
Matchroom’s Eddie Hearn, Harper’s promoter, advised Sky Sports activities: “There is no tearing rush, but when they need it and so they pay the cash, they have it.
“Ben Shalom [Dubois’ promoter] messaged Stefy Bull [Harper’s manager] and said do you want us to make an offer to Matchroom and he said yes,” Hearn continued.
“It’s a great fight. It’s very tough fight for Terri. We’d be up for doing it as well. I don’t mind. But she’s just won a big fight. She’s got what Caroline wants. It’s not about pricing yourself out. It’s just about getting the same money that [Chantelle] Cameron or [Natasha] Jonas or Ryan, all this lot, would get. Then the fight’s on.
“She needs it. She needs all the most important fights now. She’s a three-division world champion. From her and Stefy the directions are discover me the most important combat for essentially the most amount of cash and if that is Caroline, we’re in.”