The main event of the December 17 show pits 2016 U.S. Olympian Charles Conwell (13-0, 10KOs) and Kazakhstan’s Madiyar Ashkeyev (14-0, 7KOs) in a battle of unbeaten junior middleweights. The significance of Serrano landing on this show comes in the evening’s chief support, as Edmonton’s reigning featherweight titlist Jelena Mrdjenovich (40-10-2, 19KOs) faces San Antonio’s Iranda Paola Torres (12-4-1, 4KOs) in a 10-round contest.
Plans have long been in place for Serrano and Mrdjenovich to collide in a featherweight title unification clash. Such a fight is targeted for the first quarter of 2021, though finding a willing stateside platform to prominently showcase women’s boxing remains a struggle. As such, DiBella—long the sport’s leading advocate to further the barely existent state of women’s boxing in the U.S.—as well as the rest of Serrano’s team to feverishly work to get the winningest titlist in female boxing history back in the ring within the next available slot.
