Amanda Serrano Claims 50th Career Win in Majority Decision Over Manzur
Amanda Serrano kept her unified featherweight titles on Friday and captured the 50th career win of a pioneering boxing run, though the knockout she came to California to find never arrived. The seven-division champion took a majority decision over Lucrecia Manzur at Pechanga Resort Casino in Temecula, remaining the WBA, WBO, and Ring Magazine champion at 126 pounds after 12 two-minute rounds.
Two judges scored the Most Valuable Promotions main event 116-112 for Serrano, while the third had it 114-114. Serrano is now 50-4-1 with 32 knockouts, and Manzur fell to 14-5 with seven stoppages.
The 38-year-old Puerto Rican star walked in chasing two pieces of history at once. Fifty professional victories would put her in rare company in women’s boxing, and a 33rd knockout would have lifted her past Christy Martin for sole ownership of the all-time women’s stoppage record she had tied in May against Cheyenne Hanson.
Manzur did not cooperate with that plan. The 27-year-old from Tucumán, Argentina, ranked No. 2 by the WBO, was boxing in the United States for the first time and treated the assignment like a title-winning night.
Serrano held the physical edges, standing 5-foot-5 and weighing 125.6 pounds with a 65.5-inch reach. Manzur came in at 5-foot-2 and 125 pounds and still spent long stretches walking the champion down.
The challenger opened a cut on Serrano’s forehead in the fourth round and appeared to shake her in several early sessions. CompuBox had Manzur as the sharper puncher, landing 164 of 484 shots at 33.9 percent while Serrano connected on 168 of 676 at 24.9 percent.
Serrano still landed the heavier share of power punches, 142 to 118, and seized the later rounds after Manzur faded. The even card confirmed how close the fight remained, and some unofficial tallies, including The Sporting News at 115-113, went to the challenger.
The official majority decision ended Manzur’s five-fight winning streak and gave Serrano the 50th career win she had been circling. It also left the knockout record untouched after the first unified women’s world title fight staged over 12 two-minute rounds.
“I knew this girl was tough. She’s young. She’s 27. She’s 10 years younger than me. These girls are getting younger and stronger,” Serrano said afterward. She added that the threat had been obvious in camp, saying, “She was hungry, and I knew that coming into training.”
The champion also said she hurt her hand during the bout, without identifying the injury. The night still reached a new audience, as the card became the first championship boxing event streamed live on TikTok and drew 3.4 million views.
Manzur, speaking through a translator, sounded more grateful than bitter after her first world title opportunity. “Tonight was a dream come true,” she said.
She then credited Serrano for the platform the fight created. “Thanks to you, you really helped put female boxing on a pedestal.”
The 50-win mark is a number Serrano recently admitted she never pictured when she turned professional in 2009. She has since become the first woman to win world titles in seven divisions and the first Puerto Rican fighter in the four-belt era to become an undisputed champion.
Serrano still framed the knockout record as unfinished business. “We still got that 33rd knockout, I’ve got one more fight,” she said.
She left room for the possibility that the Martin tie could stand. “If I don’t get it, I’m glad that I tied with Christy Martin,” Serrano added.
Hours later, her message on X was more cautious. “Wow this was rough!” she wrote.
The post that followed read like a veteran taking inventory. “Honesty the mind tells you one thing but the body does another,” Serrano wrote.
She then pointed at the limit every aging champion eventually meets. “You can fight anyone you want and squeeze out a victory but Father Time isn’t allowing to much of that,” she added.
She thanked the people who carried her through the late rounds. “Thank you so much to All my fans you guys are amazing. You’re the reason why I dug in deep tonight,” Serrano wrote.
No opponent has been announced, and the next step now sits with her team. “I’ll talk to the team and make my decision,” she wrote.
Serrano has long discussed a homecoming sendoff in Puerto Rico, and the 33rd knockout remains the one record she still does not own by herself. She remains the unified featherweight champion after a majority decision that was closer than her reputation suggested, and that conversation will decide whether she chases the stoppage record one more time or walks away on her own terms.