Saturday is a big night in the boxing world, with undisputed and unified title bouts littered throughout the night. The action kicks off with a card from Madison Square Garden in New York where Katie Taylor will defend her four world championships against Amanda Serrano in the biggest fight in women’s boxing history (7:30 p.m. ET, DAZN — subscribe now). Things wrap up in Las Vegas, where WBO junior lightweight champion Shakur Stevenson battles WBC champ Oscar Valdez in a unification bout (10 p.m. ET, ESPN).
Taylor will be making the sixth defense of her undisputed status when she meets Serrano, who is a two-belt champion at featherweight. The highly anticipated bout is the first time two female boxers have headlined a card from MSG.
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Stevenson is a rising star, seen by many as a future pound-for-pound elite talent. In Valdez, he faces a fighter with a bulldog mentality who has no problem getting into a war, setting up an old-school showdown of technique vs. grit.
CBS Sports will be with you throughout the entire way on Saturday for both events, so be sure to follow along with the live results and highlights below.
Results, highlights
- Shakur Stevenson (c) vs. Oscar Valdez (c), WBO and WBC junior lightweight championships
- Katie Taylor (c) vs. Amanda Serrano, undisputed lightweight championship
- Keyshawn Davis vs. Esteban Sanchez, lightweights
- Nico Ali Walsh vs. Alejandro Ibarra, middleweights
- Liam Smith def. Jessie Vargas via 10th-round TKO
- Franchon Crews-Dezurn (c) def. Elin Cederroos via unanimous decision (99-91, 99-91, 97-93)
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