Having matched Martin's 32 stoppages, Serrano believes returning to two-minute rounds for this 12-round bout could present the finish.
"We each privation a knockout," she says. "With the 2 minutes, I get to springiness it my all. It's truthful overmuch higher gait than 3 minutes. I tin conscionable springiness everything."
Beyond Friday, the curtain is coming down. Serrano has mapped retired a solitary farewell successful Puerto Rico, targeted for aboriginal this twelvemonth oregon aboriginal 2027.
While erstwhile undisputed super-bantamweight champion Ellie Scotney has moved up to featherweight and is targeting Serrano, the reigning champion remains focused connected her exit strategy.
She has already begun guiding the adjacent procreation nether MVP, managing talents similar Krista Rosado and Alexis Chaparro.
"I emotion Ellie arsenic a person, and arsenic a combatant she's great, but close present I'm concentrating connected this fight," Serrano says.
"Seventeen years, I've accomplished what I wanted. Now it's clip to bask the athletics from the different side, watching them."
Fittingly, long-time rival Taylor is besides preparing for her ain farewell against Flora Pili astatine Dublin's Croke Park connected 5 September.
"I already fought my imagination hostile 3 times," Serrano smiles. "Retiring truthful adjacent together, we mightiness stock the Hall of Fame together.
"I wouldn't beryllium prouder than to stock that infinitesimal with Katie Taylor. She's a large champion and a large quality being."
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