It’s undisputed title fights galore on the Hulu Theatre at Madison Sq. Backyard, New York this Saturday evening, as a pair of multi-belt points of interest high the invoice. The headliner comes at featherweight, the place Amanda Serrano defends her WBC, IBF, WBO and IBO belts towards WBA champion, Erika Cruz.
DAZN televise Serrano vs Cruz, and Matchroom promote.
Serrano (43-2-1, 30 KOs) is searching a rematch a division north with Katie Taylor, after the pair shared a classic encounter in April last year that the Irishwoman took through cut up resolution, however the 34-year-old has been biding her time with title defences at featherweight.
The Puerto Rican has received world titles at a large number of weights, and first reigned at featherweight in 2019, outscoring Heather Hardy for the WBC interim and WBO belts.
She was upgraded to full champion, and added the IBO crown in March 2021, and defended as soon as earlier than struggling defeat to Taylor.
Serrano, who’s promoted by Jake Paul, was final out in September 2022, successful the IBF title by clearly outpointing Sarah Mahfoud in Manchester.
Mexico’s Cruz (15-1, 3 KOs) received her IBF title in April 2021, taking a technical resolution win towards Jelena Mrdjenovich, and has defended twice, the final a September 2022 rematch win over the identical opponent, the place she received each spherical.
Prediction: Serrano is an aesthetic operator, and might be targeted on this job, regardless of having a watch on Katie Taylor and different rivals. I favour her to come back by means of this one clearly on factors.
Baumgardner meets Mekhaled for undisputed crown
The opposite undisputed match comes at tremendous featherweight, the place Detroit’s Alycia Baumgardner seems to finish the complete set of titles by including the vacant WBA strap to her WBC, IBF, WBO and IBO baubles with victory towards Elhem Mekhaled.
Baumgardner (13-1, 7 KOs) shocked Terri Harper by fourth spherical stoppage to win the WBC and IBO titles in 2021, after which upset Mikaela Meyer with a cut up verdict win in October final 12 months to take IBF and WBO belts.
France’s Mekhaled (15-1, 3 KOs), a former European champion, is coming off an in depth factors loss to Delfine Persoon in Might final 12 months.
Prediction: Baumgardner goes from energy to energy, and I can’t see her slipping up right here. The American ought to win broadly on the playing cards.
Hitchins battles Bauza
Richardson Hitchins (15-0, 7 KOs) is a sizzling prospect, and a brand new member of the Matchroom secure, and the American seems so as to add the vacant WBC United States tremendous light-weight title to his IBF North American trinket, towards the unbeaten John Bauza (17-0, 7 KOs).
Prediction: I favour Hitchens to come back by means of on the scorecards.
Nicholson returns
Skye Nicholson (5-0) received the Commonwealth title final outing, and she will add the vacant WBC Silver featherweight belt to her assortment with a factors win towards Tania Alvarez (7-0, 1 KO).
Remaining Undercard
Shadasia Inexperienced (11-0, 10 KOs) could also be pressured to go ten rounds for the primary time in her profession, and she will take the WBC Silver tremendous middleweight title with a win towards former world champion Elin Cederroos (8-1, 4 KOs).
Ramla Ali (7-0, 2 KOs) can declare a primary skilled title, with a win over the ten spherical distance towards Avril Mathie (8-0-1, 3 KOs), to take the vacant IBF Inter-Continental tremendous bantamweight crown.
In eight rounders, Puerto Rican flyweight, Yankiel Rivera Figueroa (2-0, 2 KOs) can keep unbeaten with a stoppage win towards Fernando Diaz (11-2-1, 3 KOs), and at tremendous light-weight, Aaron Aponte (6-0-1, 2 KOs) may have the playing cards to defeat Joshua David Rivera (8-1, 3 KOs).
The only six rounder is at light-weight, the place Harley Mederos (4-0, 3 KOs) can halt Julio Madera (4-2, 3 KOs).