The 10-time, 7 division world boxing champion headlines this Friday night’s iKON 7, presented by iKON Fighting Federation, the mixed-martial-arts division of Roy Jones Jr. באָקסינג, at Benito Juarez Auditorium in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, מעקסיקא.
iKON 7 will be streamed live and exclusively June 11th on UFC FIGHT PASS®, סטאַרטינג בייַ 10 פּ.ם. און / 7 פּ.ם. פּט. To sign up for UFC FIGHT PASS, the world’s leading digital subscription service for combat sports, ביטע באַזוכן www.ufcfightpass.com or download the UFC app.
Universally recognized as unquestionably one of the top three women boxers in the world today, joining Katie Taylor און Claressa Shields, the Puerto Rico-native Serrano, קאַמף פון ברוקלין, ניו יארק, איז 1-0-1 in mixed-martial-arts competition. She will face pro-debuting Valentia Garcia, of Mexico, אין די iKON 7 הויפּט געשעעניש.
“It’s an honor to headline iKON 7,” Serrano said. “It is a fast-rising MMA organization that I plan to plant my flag on. My co-manager, Pearl Gonzalez, turned me on to it and so far, I’m loving my dealings with them.
“My first two opponents in MMA were also Mexicans and they were tough. I don’t want it any other way if I’m going to have people take me seriously in this sport. From what I understand, my opponent has striking experience but in MMA, you should never expect a particular style. Most are well rounded and regardless of their primary style, I’m ready for it.”
Serrano has conquered boxing and legitimately rates as one of the greatest female boxers of all-time, as well as a future Hall of Famer, sporting a 40-1-1(30 קאָס) pro record. She’s also 6-0 with in Jiu-Jitsu with five submissions.
“I was having a hard time getting good fights in boxing I wanted,” Serrano explained, “so, I asked my trainer/manager ירדן (מאַלדאָנאַדאָ) started talking about MMA. A year before I debuted in MMA, I shot a movie, ‘Fight Valley’, in which both my sister, Cindy(סערראַנאָ), and I co-starred alongside מיעשאַ טאַטע, Chris Cyborg און כאַלי האָלם. During the filming we talked about helping each other train in our respective disciplines and yeah, it materialized but in way I became an MMA practitioner.
“Training is totally different. I took a year off from boxing just to learn the basics. הייַנט, I train everyday regardless of upcoming fights or not. There are a ton of things I still need to learn. I’m pretty much a workaholic and a sore loser, אַזוי, if I’m messing with it, I want it all! I’d love to one day fight for World title (אין ממאַ) and become a champion in both sports at the same time. I have what it takes to do it if anyone does. I do want to switch the narrative as a striker and be known in MMA for my ground game.”
Las Vegas fighter Johnny “The Paradox” Parsons (6-2-0, iKON: 2-0-0) נעמט אויף Ricardo “Woody” Chavez (5-1-0), of Mexico, at a 175-pound catchweight In the co-featured event.
Undefeated Tucson welterweight Pete “Dead Game” Rodriguez goes for his fourth consecutive win without a loss – all in iKON competition – against Mexican opponentRoberto “Pixley 2B” Pixley (5-1-0).
Also scheduled to fight on the undercard is Yakima, Washington featherweight Jorge “The Natural” Alcala (4-1-0) ווס. Sergio “The Animal” Cortez (3-2-0), Hong Kong female featherweight Ramona Pasqual (4-2-0) ווס. פּראָ-דעבוטינג Guadalupe Guzman, Miami by way of Egypt welterweight Manmoud Sebie ווס. Enrique Hernandez in a battle of pro-debuting fighters, pro-debuting female flyweights Rosselyn Chavira, פון טוסאַן (די) און Sofia Salacar, Miami bantamweight Claudia Zamaora (2-1-0, iKON: 1-0-0), and Mexican featherweights Luis “Mano” Garcia (1-2, iKON: 1-1-0) ווס. פּראָ-דעבוטינג Angel Rivera off-UFC FIGHT PASS.
Card subject to change.
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Based in the fight capital of the world, לאַס וועגאַס, נוו,רוי דזשאָנעס דזשוניער. Boxing Promotions is climbing to the top at a fast pace, adding young talent to its growing stable: NABF super flyweight champion, יבף #8 און וובק # 14 Jade “Hurricane” Bornea (15-0, 10 קאָס); two-time world title challenger, bantamweight “Mighty” Aston Palicte (26-4-1, 22 קאָס); NABF welterweight champion, וובק #15 and Santiago “Somer” Dominguez (24-0, 18 קאָס); former NABA welterweight champion Kendo “Tremendo” Castaneda (17-3, 8 קאָס), former Interim World middleweight title challenger John “The Phenom” Vera (20-1, 12 קאָ), unbeaten super middleweight prospect Juan “Just Business” Barajas (11-0-1, 7 קאָס), and former WBC World Youth heavyweight titlist Alexander “The Great” Flores (18-3-1, 16 קאָס).
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