THIS rainy old December Tuesday emerged as a momentous day for women’s boxing as Amanda Serrano officially vacated her WBC featherweight title because of the organisation’s refusal to sanction women’s fights over three minutes instead of two.
The iconic Puerto Rican took part in the first ever women’s boxing contest over 12-threes in Orlando in October when she beat Danila Ramos soundly on points. She owns all the belts at featherweight but the WBC title was not on the line. “The WBC has refused to evolve the sport for equality,” she said. “So I am relinquishing their title.”