For the primary presen since 2007, two girls warring parties may well be within the ring for a name struggle simply so long as their male opposite numbers.

When undisputed featherweight champion Amanda Serrano defends her WBA, IBF and WBO belts in opposition to Danila Ramos on Oct. 27 on the Caribe Royale Lodge in Orlando, the 2 will struggle 12 three-minute rounds, rather of the reputable 10 two-minute rounds for name fights in girls’s boxing.

Serrano will safeguard her titles in opposition to Ramos, the WBO obligatory challenger, in a struggle licensed by means of all 3 sanctioning our bodies and the Florida Athletic Fee, and placed on by means of Maximum Significance Promotions, run by means of Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian.

“This fight is about more than some belts,” Serrano mentioned in a commentary. “We have faced a long and hard battle, united as women, to achieve the same pay, respect, and recognition in boxing.

“In combination, on Friday, October 27, we can construct historical past and end up to the sector as soon as once more how improbable girls’s boxing is and that we’re simply as difficult, dynamic, and succesful as any guy within the ring, if no longer extra so. It is a struggle for girls all over to be handled the similar as their male opposite numbers.”

Both the number of rounds and length of rounds for championship fights have been issues in women’s boxing for years — often brought up by many of the top fighters in the sport. When Serrano fought Katie Taylor for Taylor’s undisputed lightweight titles in 2022 — a fight that became the biggest event in women’s boxing history — Serrano lobbied for three-minute rounds but mentioned it publicly only after contracts had been signed. Serrano-Taylor was fought with 10, two-minute rounds.

There have been three-minute round title fights before — notably when Seniesa Estrada stopped Marlen Esparza in the ninth round for the WBA interim flyweight title in November 2019, but Estrada-Esparza was 10 rounds. Other high-level fighters, including pound-for-pound No. 1 and current undisputed middleweight champion Claressa Shields, have advocated for either 12 rounds or three-minute rounds — or both — in the past.

In 2021, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum told ESPN, “if I may just get three-minute rounds, I might signal a variety of girls.” He believes it could add more excitement and opportunity. Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe also told ESPN in 2021 he believed the longer rounds would increase popularity in women’s boxing. Former Golden Boy matchmaker Robert Diaz also told ESPN in 2021 he felt world title fights should be three-minute rounds.

WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman told ESPN in 2021 he would not sanction three-minute round fights because he considers it a safety issue. He said his organization, of which Serrano holds their featherweight title, would not change his stance until “there’s sunny scientific analysis clearance to do any adjustments.”

In MMA, men and women fight the same number of rounds and same number of minutes — three five-minute rounds for undercard fights and five five-minute rounds for championship fights and main events. This is a step toward giving equal fighting balance to women in boxing as men have.

Serrano (45-2-1, 30 KO) last fought in August when she defeated Heather Hardy by unanimous decision in Dallas to defend her undisputed featherweight title. The seven-division world champion will be making the sixth defense of her WBO title and second defense of her WBA belt. Other than a split-decision loss to Taylor as a challenger to Taylor’s undisputed lightweight championship in 2022, Serrano has not lost a fight since 2012 and she’s never been beaten as a featherweight, her natural fighting weight.

Ramos (12-2, 1 KO), 38, became the mandatory challenger in August when she defeated Brenda Karen Carabajal by split decision in Buenos Aires. She has won her last four fights — but three have come by split or majority decision. She’s fought for interim titles three times — beating Carabajal and losing to Katharina Thanderz and Elhem Mekhaled. Ramos has never been stopped in her career.

In this fight, Ramos will be part of history.

The last known major 12 three-minute round women’s fights came in 2007, when Layla McCarter defeated Donna Biggers on Jan. 5 and Melissa Hernandez on Feb. 14, both in Las Vegas. Neither one went the distance as McCarter stopped Biggers in the second round and Hernandez in the eighth round. Now, on a bigger stage — the fight will be televised as a main event on DAZN — a 12 three-minute fight will be happening again.

“Combating Amanda Serrano for 12 three-minute rounds for a unified championship is ready to crack the obstacles that we girls were having a look to do for a few years,” Ramos said in a statement. “We will be able to proceed ailing in historical past and within the books.”