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Women boxers have issued statements to contest title fights over 12 rounds like their male counterparts.

Boxing General

Posted 1 years ago
Women boxers have issued statements to contest title fights over 12 rounds like their male counterparts.

Boxing champion Amanda Serrano is among more than a dozen female boxers who issued a statement for the option to fight 12 rounds and three-minute rounds in the championship fights like their male counterparts.

Women's championship fights are typically scheduled for no more than 10 rounds with each round lasting two minutes.

Serrano plans to fight 12 rounds at three minutes each for her unified title fight against Danila Ramos later this month in Orlando, Florida, a move that Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) said was supported by the WBO, WBA, and IBF.

"We stand together with the desire and dedication to have the CHOICE to perform on the same stage, with the same rules, as men in professional boxing," the fighters' statement read.

"We have earned the CHOICE of 3-minute rounds, with 12 rounds for championship fights to demonstrate our skill and greatness."

Beyond Serrano and Ramos, many of the top names in the sport - past and present - supported the statement, including undisputed junior welterweight champion Chantelle Cameron, WBA and WBC strawweight champion Seniesa Estrada, IBF welterweight champion Natasha Jonas, Mikaela Mayer, Franchon Crews-Dezurn, Holly Holm, Heather Hardy, Christy Martin, Ann Wolfe, Shadasia Green, Laila Ali and Ramla Ali.

Layla McCarter, who supported the statement, fought in the last known major 12-round, three-minute round fight in 2007, when she beat Donna Biggers and Melissa Hernandez, although neither fight went the distance.

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