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Women's boxing divisional rankings: Where do Taylor and Serrano land after close 140-pound rematch?

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Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano delivered another classic fight on Friday in front of 70,000+ fans at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The fight was the chief support for the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul heavyweight bout on Netflix that generated the largest non-Las Vegas gate for a boxing or MMA event with $18.1 million.

Taylor (24-1, 6 KOs), the undisputed junior welterweight champion, retained the belts with scorecards of 95-94 on all three judges' scorecards. Taylor and Serrano threw a combined 1,263 punches throughout the 10 rounds. Serrano landed 125 of 216 punches in the last two rounds alone, and her 324 punches landed for the fight were the most by a woman in CompuBox history.

Serrano (47-3-1, 31 KOs) suffered a bad cut over her right eye in the sixth round due to an unintentional clash of heads. Taylor was deducted a point in Round 8 for leading on with her head but won the ninth and 10th rounds in two of the three scorecards to seal the victory.

Taylor retains the No. 1 spot at junior welterweight while Serrano moves up one spot to No. 2, even in defeat. Taylor is also the unified lightweight champion, as she keeps her No. 1 spot at 135 pounds. Serrano, the unified featherweight champion, stays at No. 1 at 126 pounds.

This was a rematch of Taylor's split-decision victory over Serrano in April 2022 to retain her then-undisputed lightweight championship.

Also on the card, Shadasia Green defeated Melinda Watpool by split decision to win the vacant WBO super middleweight title.

Green (15-1, 11 KOs) won by scorecards of 97-93, 96-94 and 94-96. It was her second consecutive victories since losing a unanimous decision to Franchon Crews Dezurn in December challenging for the WBC belt.

Green moves up one spot to No. 2 with the victory.

Rankings will be updated every Tuesday. They'll be based on recent bouts, head-to-head competition and the quality of opponent. As with almost everything, until fighters square off against one another, there is a layer of subjectivity to it. Fighters who haven't fought in 18 months and don't have a fight scheduled will be removed from the rankings until they fight again.

For a list of the current champions in all weight classes, click here. For women's P4P rankings, click here.

175+ pounds - Super middleweight - Middleweight - Junior middleweight - Welterweight - Junior welterweight - Lightweight - Junior lightweight - Featherweight - Junior featherweight - Bantamweight - Junior bantamweight - Flyweight - Junior flyweight - Strawweight - Atomweight


 

175+ POUNDS

1. Claressa Shields*       Previous ranking: N/R

Record: 15-0, 3 KO
Last: W (KO2) Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse, July 27
Next: TBA


2. Lani Daniels**       Previous ranking: No. 1

Record: 11-2-2, 1 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Bolatito Oluwole, Sept. 7
Next: TBA


3. Che Kenneally***       Previous ranking: N/R

Record: 14-4-3, 7 KOs
Last: W (TKO3) Angie Paola Rocha, July 20
Next: TBA


4. Raquel Miller       Previous ranking: No. 4

Record: 13-0, 6 KOs
Last: W (TKO1) Angie Paola Rocha, March 10
Next: TBA


5. Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse       Previous ranking: No. 2

Record: 7-2, 2 KO
Last: L (KO2) Claressa Shields, July 27
Next: TBA

*Editor's note: Claressa Shields is the WBC heavyweight champion and the WBO light heavyweight champion.

**Editor's note: Lani Daniels is the IBF light heavyweight champion.

***Editor's note: Che Kenneally is the WBA light heavyweight champion.


 

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT (Up to 168 pounds)

1. Savannah Marshall       Previous ranking: No. 1

Record: 13-1, 10 KOs
Last: W (MD10) Franchon Crews Dezurn, July 1
Next: TBA


2. Shadasia Green       Previous ranking: No. 3

Record: 15-1, 11 KOs
Last: W (SD10) Melinda Watpool,Nov. 15
Next: TBA


3. Franchon Crews-Dezurn       Previous ranking: No. 2

Record: 9-2, 2 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Shadasia Green, Dec. 15
Next: TBA


4. Abril Argentina Vidal       Previous ranking: No. 4

Record: 10-2, 4 KOs
Last: L (SD10) Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse, March 7
Next: TBA


5. Olivia Curry       Previous ranking: No. 5

Record: 7-2-1, 2 KOs
Last: Draw (SD16) Melody Popravak, April 27
Next: TBA


 

MIDDLEWEIGHT (Up to 160 pounds)

1. Claressa Shields       Previous ranking: No. 1

Record: 15-0, 3 KOs
Last: W (KO2) Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse, July 27
Next: TBA


2. Savannah Marshall       Previous ranking: No. 2

Record: 13-1, 10 KOs
Last: W (MD10) Franchon Crews Dezurn, July 1
Next: TBA


3. Melinda Watpool       Previous ranking: No. 3

Record: 7-1, 2 KO
Last: L (UD10) Shadasia Green, Nov. 15
Next: TBA


4. Desley Robinson       Previous ranking: No. 4

Record: 8-3-3, 2 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Mapule Ngubane, Aug. 23
Next: TBA


5. Olivia Curry       Previous ranking: No. 5

Record: 7-2-1, 2 KOs
Last: Draw (SD16) Melody Popravak, April 27
Next: TBA


 

JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT (Up to 154 pounds)

1. Terri Harper       Previous ranking: No. 1

Record: 15-2-2, 6 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Rhiannon Dixon, Sept. 28
Next: TBA


2. Ema Kozin       Previous ranking: No. 2

Record: 24-1-1, 12 KOs
Last: W (SD10) Hannah Rankin, Nov. 18
Next: TBA


3. Femke Hermans       Previous ranking: No. 3

Record: 18-4, 7 KOs
Last: W (UD6) Ester Konecna, Jan. 13
Next: TBA


4. Cecilia Braekhus       Previous ranking: No. 4

Record: 38-2-1, 9 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Maricela Cornejo, Aug. 10
Next: TBA


5. Dilara Yucel       Previous ranking: No. 5

Record: 16-0, 11 KOs
Last: W (KO1) Sonja Pilipovic, June 22
Next: TBA


 

WELTERWEIGHT (Up to 147 pounds)

1. Natasha Jonas       Previous ranking: No. 1

Record: 15-2-1, 9 KOs
Last: W (SD10) Mikaela Mayer, Jan. 20
Next: TBA


2. Mikaela Mayer       Previous ranking: No. 5

Record: 20-2, 5 KOs
Last: W (MD10) Sandy Ryan, Sept. 27
Next: TBA


3. Sandy Ryan       Previous ranking: No. 2

Record: 7-2-1, 3 KOs
Last: L (MD10) Mikaela Mayer, Sept. 27
Next: TBA


4. Lauren Price       Previous ranking: No. 3

Record: 7-0, 1 KO
Last: W (TD9) Jessica McCaskill, May 11
Next: TBA


5. Ivana Habazin       Previous ranking: No. 4

Record: 23-5, 7 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Kinga Magyar, April 20
Next: TBA


 

JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT (Up to 140 pounds)

1. Katie Taylor       Previous ranking: No. 1

Record: 24-1, 6 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Amanda Serrano, Nov. 15
Next: TBA


2. Amanda Serrano       Previous ranking: No. 3

Record: 47-3-1, 31 KOs
Last: L (UD10) Katie Taylor, Nov. 15
Next: TBA


3. Chantelle Cameron       Previous ranking: No. 2

Record: 20-1, 8 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Patricia Berghult, Nov. 2
Next: TBA


4. Jessica McCaskill       Previous ranking: No. 4

Record: 12-4-1, 5 KOs
Last: L (UD10) Lauren Price, May 11
Next: TBA


5. Elhem Mekhaled       Previous ranking: No. 5

Record: 17-3, 3 KOs
Last: L (MD10) Chantelle Cameron, July 20
Next: TBA


 

LIGHTWEIGHT (Up to 135 pounds)

1. Katie Taylor       Previous ranking: No. 1

Record: 24-1, 6 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Amanda Serrano, Nov. 15
Next: TBA


2. Caroline Dubois       Previous ranking: No. 3

Record: 10-0, 5 KO
Last: W (UD10) Maria Moneo, Aug. 3
Next: TBA


3. Terri Harper       Previous ranking: N/R

Record: 15-2-2, 6 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Rhiannon Dixon, Sept. 28
Next: TBA


4. Rhiannon Dixon       Previous ranking: No. 2

Record: 10-1, 1 KO
Last: L (UD10) Terri Harper, Sept. 28
Next: TBA


5. Beatriz Fereira       Previous ranking: No. 4

Record: 5-0, 2 KO
Last: W (TUD6) Yanina del Carmen Lescano, April 27
Next: TBA


 

JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHT (Up to 130 pounds)

1. Alycia Baumgardner       Previous ranking: N/R

Record: 15-1, 1 NC, 19 KOs
Last: No contest (NC4) Delfine Persoon, Sept. 27
Next: TBA


2. Delfine Persoon       Previous ranking: No. 1

Record: 49-3, 19 KOs
Last: No contest (NC4) Alycia Baumgardner, Sept. 27
Next: TBA


3. Bo Mi Re Shin       Previous ranking: No. 2

Record: 16-2-3, 9 KOs
Last: W (TKO3) Pattarawan Thaosuwan, Oct. 8
Next: TBA


4. Leila Beaudoin       Previous ranking: No. 3

Record: 12-1, 1 KO
Last: W (UD10) Lizbeth Crespo, Aug. 17
Next: Nov. 7 vs. Edith Soledad Matthysse


5. Christina Linardatou       Previous ranking: No. 4

Record: 14-3, 6 KOs
Last: L (UD10) Alycia Baumgardner, July 15
Next: TBA


 

FEATHERWEIGHT (Up to 126 pounds)

1. Amanda Serrano       Previous ranking: No. 1

Record: 47-3-1, 31 KOs
Last: L (UD10) Katie Taylor, Nov. 15
Next: TBA


2. Skye Nicolson       Previous ranking: No. 2

Record: 12-0, 1 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Raven Chapman, Oct. 12
Next: TBA


3. Nina Meinke       Previous ranking: No. 3

Record: 19-3, 4 KOs
Last: W (MD10) Daniela Romina Bermudez, Sept. 21
Next: TBA


4. Sarah Mahfoud       Previous ranking: No. 4

Record: 14-2, 3 KOs
Last: L (UD10) Skye Nicolson, April 6
Next: TBA


5. Daniela Romina Bermudez       Previous ranking: No. 5

Record: 32-5-3, 12 KOs
Last: L (MD10) Nina Meinke, Sept. 21
Next: TBA


 

JUNIOR FEATHERWEIGHT (Up to 122 pounds)

1. Yamileth Mercado       Previous ranking: No. 1

Record: 24-3, 5 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Ramla Ali, June 29
Next: TBA


2. Ellie Scotney       Previous ranking: No. 2

Record: 9-0, 0 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Segolene Lefebvre, April 13
Next: TBA


3. Erika Cruz       Previous ranking: No 3

Record: 17-2-1, 3 KOs
Last: Draw (SD10) Nazarena Romero, May 11
Next: TBA


4. Mea Motu       Previous ranking: No. 4

Record: 20-0, 8 KOs
Last: W (TKO4) Shannon O'Connell, Oct. 4
Next: TBA


5. Phannarai Netisri       Previous ranking: No. 5

Record: 15-0, 6 KO
Last: W (UD10) Maria Magdalena Rivera, April 13
Next: TBA


 

BANTAMWEIGHT (Up to 118 pounds)

1. Dina Thorslund       Previous ranking: No. 1

Record: 23-0, 9 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Terumi Nuki, Oct. 25
Next: TBA


2. Diana Laura Fernandez       Previous ranking: No. 2

Record: 32-4-1, 5 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Sayda Mosquera, June 7
Next: TBA


3. Cherneka Johnson       Previous ranking: No. 3

Record: 16-2, 6 KOs
Last: W (MD10) Nina Hughes, May 11
Next: TBA


4. Yuliahn Luna Avila       Previous ranking: No. 4

Record: 27-4-1, 4 KOs
Last: W (UD8) Elizabeth Chavez Espinoza, July 13
Next: TBA


5. Miyo Yoshida       Previous ranking: No. 5

Record: 17-5, 0 KOs
Last: L (UD10) Shurretta Metcalf, Oct. 23
Next: TBA


 

JUNIOR BANTAMWEIGHT (Up to 115 pounds)

1. Carla Ayelen Merino       Previous ranking: No. 1

Record: 14-2, 2 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Micaela Milagros Lujan, April 27
Next: TBA


2. Asley Gonzalez Macias       Previous ranking: No. 2

Record: 16-2, 7 KOs
Last: W (SD10) Lourdes Juarez, March 25
Next: TBA


3. Irma Garcia       Previous ranking: No. 3

Record: 23-5-1, 4 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Stephanie Silva, Nov. 11
Next: TBA


4. Mizuki Hiruta       Previous ranking: No. 4

Record: 6-0, 2 KOs
Last: W (TKO6) Ji Hyun Park, Jan. 12
Next: TBA


5. Clara Lescurat       Previous ranking: No. 5

Record: 11-0, 4 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Linn Sandstrom, April 24
Next: TBA


 

FLYWEIGHT (Up to 112 pounds)

1. Gabriela Fundora       Previous ranking: No. 2

Record: 15-0, 7 KOs
Last: W (TKO7) Gabriela Celeste Alaniz, Nov. 2
Next: TBA


2. Gabriela Celeste Alaniz       Previous ranking: No. 1

Record: 15-2, 6 KOs
Last: L (TKO7) Gabriela Fundora, Nov. 2
Next: TBA


3. Kenia Enriquez       Previous ranking: No. 3

Record: 28-1, 11 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Maria Salinas, Feb. 2
Next: TBA


4. Marlen Esparza       Previous ranking: No. 4

Record: 14-2, 1 KO
Last: L (MD10) Gabriela Celeste Alaniz, April 27
Next: TBA


5. Arely Mucino       Previous ranking: No. 5

Record: 32-4-2, 11 KOs
Last: L (KO5) Gabriela Fundora, Oct. 21
Next: TBA


 

JUNIOR FLYWEIGHT (Up to 108 pounds)

1. Jessica Nery Plata       Previous ranking: No. 1

Record: 30-2, 3 KOs
Last: W (SD10) Sarah Bormann, Dec. 16
Next: TBA


2. Evelin Bermudez       Previous ranking: No. 2

Record: 20-1-1, 7 KOs
Last: W (TKO8) Jessica Basulto Salazar, May 4
Next: TBA


3. Yesica Yolanda Bopp       Previous ranking: No. 2

Record: 39-3, 17 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Roxana Maria Colmenarez, Dec. 16
Next: TBA


4. Kim Clavel       Previous ranking: No. 4

Record: 19-2, 3 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Katherine Renee Lindenmuth, May 16
Next: Nov. 14 vs. TBA


5. Aldana Florencia Lopez       Previous ranking: No. 5

Record: 11-0, 0 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Veronica Ruiz, Aug. 31
Next: TBA


 

STRAWWEIGHT (Up to 105 pounds)

1. Yokasta Valle       Previous ranking: No. 2

Record: 31-3, 10 KOs
Last: W (TKO2) Ramandeep Kaur, July 20
Next: TBA


2. Sarah Bormann       Previous ranking: No. 3

Record: 18-1, 7 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Tamara Elisabet Demarco, May 4
Next: TBA


3. Louisa Hawton       Previous ranking: No. 4

Record: 12-2, 6 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Viviana Ruiz Corredor, Sept. 7
Next: TBA


4. Tenkai Tsunami       Previous ranking: No. 5

Record: 32-13-1, 19 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Siriporn Taweesuk, June 10
Next: TBA


5. Sol Cudos       Previous ranking: N/R

Record: 9-0-2, 3 KOs
Last: W (TKO5) Johana Zuniga, Oct. 26
Next: TBA

Editor's note: Seniesa Estrada announced retirement on Oct. 23 and was removed from the rankings.


 

ATOMWEIGHT (Up to 102 pounds)

1. Eri Matsuda       Previous ranking: No. 1

Record: 7-1-1, 1 KO
Last: W (SD10) Yuko Kuroki, Jan. 12
Next: TBA


2. Tina Rupprecht       Previous ranking: No 2

Record: 13-1-1, 3 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Fabiana Bytyqi, Jan. 13
Next: TBA


3. Anabel Ortiz       Previous ranking: No. 3

Record: 34-6, 4 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Montserrat Alarcon, Aug. 31
Next: TBA


4. Sumire Yamanaka       Previous ranking: No. 4

Record: 8-0, 3 KOs
Last: W (UD10) Mika Iwakawa, Jan. 12
Next: TBA


5. Montserrat Alarcon       Previous ranking: No. 5

Record: 19-6-2, 0 KOs
Last: L (UD8) Anabel Ortiz, Aug. 31
Next: TBA

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