Katie Taylor v Amanda Serrano 3: Full fight card for historic New York event
The mega-event will see the most world championship belts ever contested on a single fight card in the four belt era, male or female, with 21 world title belts contested across five fights on the card.
The main card will feature entirely women's undisputed and unified women's championship fights - three undisputed championship bouts and two unified championship bouts.
Alycia Baumgardner, who has been linked to fighting Taylor in the past, defends her super-featherweight world titles against WBA Interim world champion Jennifer Miranda, who is fighting outside her native Spain for the first time.
Ellie Scotney is one of four British fighters in action on the card and puts her IBF, WBO and Ring Magazine super bantamweight titles on the line against Yamileth Mercado, who is the WBC champion at 122lbs.
Hartlepool's Savannah Marshall returns to boxing having tried her hand at MMA and takes on Shadasia Green in a unified super-middleweight world title fight, while Taylor's old rival Chantelle Cameron defends her WBC interim super-lightweight title against Canada's Jessica Camara.
Ramla Ali will be the first of the English contingent in action on the night, taking on Brazil's Lila Furtado in a super-bantamweight contest.
And it's Australia vs America as Cherneka Johnson clashes with IBF bantamweight champion Shuretta Metcalf, with the vacant WBC and WBO titles also on the line.
Katie Taylor (C) vs Amanda Serrano (undisputed super-lightweight titles)
Alycia Baumgardner (C) vs Jennifer Miranda (undisputed super-featherweight titles)
Savannah Marshall (IBF C) vs Shadasia Green (WBO C) [unified super-middleweight titles]
Ellie Scotney (IBF, WBO C) vs Yamileth Mercado (WBC C) [unified super-bantamweight titles]
Cherneka Johnson vs Shuretta Metcalf (IBF C) [IBF bantamweight title and vacant WBC and WBO titles]
Chantelle Cameron (C) vs Jessica Camara (WBC interim super-lightweight title)
Tamm Thibeault vs Mary Casamassa (middleweight)
Ramla Ali vs Lila Furtado (super-bantamweight)
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