Amanda Serrano

Amanda Serrano (born 1988) is the most decorated female boxer in history — a seven-division world champion from Carolina, Puerto Rico who has shattered records and gender barriers in combat sports.

Born in Carolina and raised partly in Brooklyn, New York, Serrano has won world titles in the super flyweight, bantamweight, featherweight, super featherweight, lightweight, super lightweight, and light welterweight divisions — the most world titles in different weight classes by any female boxer.

Her historic fight against Katie Taylor at Madison Square Garden on April 30, 2022 was the first women's boxing event to headline MSG — a watershed moment for women's sports. The fight drew massive viewership and critical acclaim.

Serrano's significance:
- She represents the continuation of Puerto Rico's extraordinary boxing tradition — now expanded across gender
- She has fought under the Puerto Rican flag throughout her career, making each victory a national moment
- She has challenged the pay disparity between men's and women's boxing
- She has been vocal about Puerto Rican pride and identity
- Her success proves that Puerto Rico's sporting culture produces excellence across genders

Serrano is the latest in a line from Sixto Escobar through Trinidad and Cotto — but as a woman champion from the colony, she fights against both colonial subjugation and patriarchal limitation.