Boxing star Amanda Serrano signs lifetime deal with Jake Paul-backed promotion

Amanda Serrano, whose fight against Katie Taylor astatine AT&T Stadium successful November was 1 for the ages, has signed a beingness statement with Jake Paul's Most Valuable Promotions, the marque announced Tuesday.

The Serrano-Taylor bout, who headlined Madison Square Garden astir 3 years ago, was the co-main lawsuit on with Paul's eight-round combat against Mike Tyson, who was having his archetypal sanctioned combat successful astir 20 years.

"Signing this beingness woody with MVP means I tin proceed warring – not conscionable successful the ring, but for the adjacent procreation of women successful combat sports," Serrano said successful a statement. 

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Amanda Serrano poses during the weigh-in for her combat against Nina Meinke astatine Distrito T-Mobile connected March 1, 2024, successful San Juan, Puerto Rico. (Al Bello/Getty Images)

"MVP has ever been committed to elevating pistillate fighters, from being the archetypal women to header Madison Square Garden to breaking viewership records for women's sports oregon making past with 12 three-minute rounds. Together, we’ve shown the satellite that women merit adjacent pay, adjacent rounds, and adjacent respect. I’m arrogant to physique my bequest with MVP and excited to enactment connected aft I discontinue arsenic a combatant to deepen MVP’s interaction and assistance make adjacent much opportunities for women successful the sport."

"Amanda Serrano is the bosom and psyche of MVP. Her relentless drive, historical achievements, and passionateness for uplifting different fighters are everything we are looking for successful some signees and arsenic aboriginal determination makers alongside america astatine MVP," said Paul and co-founder Nakisa Bidarian. "Amanda has paved the mode for pistillate fighters worldwide, shattering solid ceilings and demanding equality astatine each step. We are truthful fortunate to person her arsenic some a combatant and a trailblazer who volition proceed to signifier the athletics agelong aft she retires from the ring. This beingness statement is simply a testament to our content successful Amanda, not conscionable arsenic an jock but arsenic a visionary person who volition assistance usher MVP’s aboriginal and animate generations to come."

Amanda Serrano poses with Jake Paul astatine the Empire State Building earlier her World Lightweight Title Fight against Katie Taylor of Ireland connected April 26, 2022 New York. (Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

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In an interrogation with Fox News Digital successful February 2024, Serrano said joining Paul's marque was "the champion determination I've made successful boxing."

"It changed my beingness totally," she said astatine the time. "Jake brings eyes to the sport, and I was excited to beryllium a portion of it and beryllium the archetypal miss connected his undercard. I had to marque definite I had to spell retired determination and beryllium I'm deserving of that position. Jake is conscionable an astonishing guy. Nakisa is an astonishing guy. And they conscionable privation what's champion for me.

"They've decidedly added much zeroes to my slope account," she added with a laugh. "So I'm genuinely blessed for that."

Serrano mislaid to Taylor via a arguable unanimous decision; Taylor won successful 2022 with divided scorecards. Nonetheless, they garnered implicit 70 cardinal viewers connected Netflix, the astir successful women's boxing history. Two of Serrano's 3 losses person travel from Taylor, who is 24-1 successful her career.

Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano combat during LIVE On Netflix: Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson astatine AT&T Stadium connected Nov. 15, 2024 successful Arlington, Texas. (Al Bello/Getty Images for Netflix © 2024)

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Serrano was bloodied successful the combat aft an evident headbutt from Taylor, which outgo her a constituent successful the eighth round.

The 36-year-old has 47 victories connected her resume, 31 of them via knockout.

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