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Amanda Serrano 131 lbs beat Fatuma Zarika 125 lbs by UD in round 6 of 6
- Date: 2015-05-29
- Location: W.C. Handy Pavilion, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
- Referee: Randy Phillips
- Judge: Gerald Deming 60-53
- Judge: Reccia Mullins 60-53
- Judge: Mack Thornton 60-54
- First bout for Amanda Serrano and top trainer Jordan Maldonado under new promoter Greg Cohen.
- Kenyan trialhorse Zarika down in first round. BoxRec number one worldwide ranked Amanda Serrano gets taken the distance in a bout for the first time since losing to Frida Wallberg in 2012. Zarika went the six round distance and scored a draw with Cindy Serrano, Amanda's sister, in March 2015. Zarika became the first Amanda Serrano opponent to get off the canvas and survive the distance. Despite a BoxRec female top 25 world ranking, Zarika winless in 12 bouts outside Kenya. Zarika fought to survive, not to win, one approach. Not a close bout.