One statistic disseminated by Most Valuable Promotions threw the boxing world into turmoil: In Amanda Serrano’s last outing, Serrano landed more punches than Ryan Garcia, Devin Haney, Teofimo Lopez, and Canelo Alvarez in their respective last fights combined. Yes, you read that one right. That tweet went down like a big left hook to the chin, accompanied by fire and boxing glove emojis.
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So the thing is–people had some OPINION. Some might have been awestruck while others rolled their eyes so hard they might have practically dislocated something. Let’s delve into it.
The haters were HEATED. Meno A. outright compared women’s boxing to the WNBA, with a laughing emoji thrown in for good measure; he may not have meant it that way. Erika Smith went after Jake Paul instead, calling him “Fake Paul” because, apparently, that’s the real issue here. Meanwhile, Brian McCracken nailed Jake’s whole career with an ostracizing raise of inquiry: “What is your next fight? Someone your size your age that is a boxer. U can’t beat a real boxer.” Ouch.
Actual controversy? There has been talk after talk about Serrano losing the last one despite throwing all of those punches. A.WAL was joined in two words that stung through: “And lost.” Farquaad (yes, that is the name) was involved, commenting: “Outlanding her opponent by 100+ punches isn’t enough to win. Outlanding by 1 was enough for Canelo, though.” A lot of shots fired at all of boxing judging.
Then there was that whole male-versus-female debate that some couldn’t resist. Mrblue dropped a GIF with the caption “Don’t compare women sports to males,” while Johnny_Zhoes pitched in, “NBA level boxing compared to WNBA boxing.” Meanwhile, MC went full analyst: “It’s easier to land punches in women’s boxing when they’re all sloppy and lack defensive skills.” Yikes.
Then again, not all went down for the negativity. Paul Keaney dropped a deep numerical analysis to illustrate how much more ring time Serrano had compared to the guys combined. Cheers to Achilles for keeping it short but sincere: “MVP cooked with this tweet ain’t gon lie.” Touché.
Any boxing Twitter thread needs a little flavor of chaos. Long day skimmed through the replies with, “MVP CHECK DMS- I AM GOING TO KILL MYSELF I JUST NEED SOMEONE TO SPEAK TO,” which… uh, hope they are okay? Then there was Kim Jong Un’s account (sure, Jan) predicting Serrano’s next move: “She’ll do all that except win against Katie.”
So what are we saying? Amanda Serrano punches like those are coming from a machine; light division of social media is divided on what that really means. Tune in on 11th July as to if she would win or lose or just simply throw more punches to out-Stat the men’s division once again. Either way, boxing Twitter would be there to overreact.
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And if you are still not sure, remember another wise statement here from IslandGrinch: “Not everything is an attack.” Unless it is about Jake Paul. Then it is always an attack.