SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO – December 18, 2025 – Most Valuable Promotions (MVP) today announced that boxing trailblazer and unified featherweight champion Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano (47-4-1, 31 KOs) will now face Boxlab Promotions’undefeated Reina Tellez (13-0-1, 5 KOs) for the unified WBA and WBO world titles on Saturday, January 3 from Coliseo Roberto Clemente in San Juan, Puerto Rico, live globally on DAZN.
Former WBC Youth featherweight champion Reina Tellez now replaces Erika Cruz in the 10-round world title bout contested under men’s rules with three-minute rounds, following an atypical finding in Erika Cruz’s Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) testing conducted prior to the event.
“Due to the atypical finding in Erika Cruz’s VADA testing prior to the event, Team Serrano was not willing to move forward with the fight. MVP unequivocally supports the decision as we never want one of our athletes to feel they are competing in a potentially unfair bout,” said Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian, co-founders of Most Valuable Promotions. “We look forward to supporting Amanda as she now takes on Reina Tellez, a hungry contender with a highly decorated amateur background and outstanding pro career to date.”
“I’m disappointed the original fight couldn’t move forward, but my priority has always been respect for the sport,” said Amanda Serrano. “Reina Tellez is a tough opponent who’s earned this opportunity, and I am up for the challenge. Fighting at home in Puerto Rico, defending my world titles, and continuing to push women’s boxing forward under equal rules means everything to me. Saturday, January 3, is about showing the world once again what Puerto Rican fighters are made of.”
Reina Tellez, a Team USA veteran who took up boxing in 2012, quickly established herself among the elites of the amateur scene. Her accolades include winning gold at the 2015 and 2017 National Junior Olympics, winning the 2018 National Golden Gloves championship, and back-to-back silver medals at the 2018 and 2019 National Junior Olympics. After making her pro debut in 2021–the lone technical draw on her record–she returned to boxing in 2023 and began her rise, winning her next three bouts by TKO. In June 2024, Tellez defeated Hungarian prospect Beata Dudek on the undercard of Gervonta Davis vs Frank Martin in Las Vegas. Just three weeks later in July 2024, Tellez successfully outpointed Wendellin Cruz to win the vacant WBC Youth featherweight title by unanimous decision, before dropping down to win the NABF super bantamweight and bantamweight titles later that year. The 22-year-old Tellez, of Irish-Mexican heritage, most recently defeated Mayela Perez by unanimous decision in September 2025. She resides in San Antonio, Texas and is represented by Boxlab Promotions.
“This is the moment I’ve been fighting for my whole life. To step into the ring with a champion like Amanda Serrano, someone I’ve looked up to, is an honor, but I’m not here just to share the spotlight,” said Reina Tellez. “I’m here to win. I represent San Antonio, I represent every fighter chasing a dream, and I’m coming with everything I’ve got. On fight night, the world’s going to see just how hungry I am to make history.”
Serrano vs. Tellez will feature 12 additional bouts. In the co-main event, MVP’s reigning WBA lightweight world champion Stephanie Han (11-0, 3 KOs) will defend her title against the most dominant two-sport athlete in combat sports history, former boxing and UFC champion, MVP’s Holly “The Preacher’s Daughter” Holm (34-2-3, 9 KOs) who looks to win a boxing world title in a fourth division. Han vs. Holm will be a 10-round lightweight championship bout at 135 lbs contested under equal rules to men with three-minute rounds, joining Serrano and Tellez in a historic statement for women’s boxing.
Also on the card will be former IBF bantamweight world champion and newly signed MVP star Ebanie Bridges (9-2, 4 KOs) making her promotional debut against Alexis Araiza (3-2-1, 1 KO) in an 8-round bout at 118 lbs, MVP’s young Puerto Rican sensation Krystal Rosado (7-1, 2 KOs) vs. Canada’s Tania Walters (7-3, 2 KOs) in a 6-round bantamweight bout contested under equal rules to men with three-minute rounds, MVP’s Puerto Rican Olympian and WBA #1 and WBC #6 contender Yankiel “El Doctorcito” Rivera (7-0-1, 3 KOs) vs. former WBO world champion Jonathan “Bomba” González (28-4-1, 14 KOs) in a 10-round flyweight showdown at 112 lbs; MVP’s featherweight contender Jan Paul Rivera (13-0, 7 KOs) vs. San Juan’s Alfredo “El Salsero” Cruz (10-3-1, 5 KOs) in an 8-round bout at 126 lbs; undefeated super featherweight Henry “Moncho” Lebron (20-0, 10 KOs) vs. Juan “Johnny Blaze” Tapia (14-4, 5 KOs) in an 8-round contest at 130 lbs; Aguada’s rising talent Chris “The Punisher” Echevarria (9-1, 4 KOs) vs. Gabriel Bernardi (7-3, 5 KOs) in a 6-round super bantamweight bout at 122 lbs; Naranjito’s Abner Figueroa (7-0, 1 KO) vs. Juana Diaz’s Edwin Rodriguez (12-9-3, 5 KOs) in a 6-round bantamweight bout at 118lbs; Caguas’s Yandiel Lozano (2-0) vs. Sabana Grande’s Johniel Ramos Cotto (3-2, 1 KO) in a 6-round super featherweight bout at 130lbs; Bayamon’s Caleb Tirado vs. Justin Hill in a four round bantamweight bout as both fighters make their professional debut; MVP’s Alex “Chop Chop” Chaparro (6-0, 6 KOs) vs. Augusto Leal (3-0, 1 KO) in a 6-round middleweight bout at 160lbs; and MVP’s Raquel Miller (13-0, 6 KOs) making her MVP promotional debut.
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