The most prolific knockout artist among active female boxers remains indifferent to the idea of three-minute rounds.

There is an argument to be made that Amanda Serrano (42-1-1, 30KOs) would boast close to a perfect knockout-to-win ratio if given an extra minute per round. That debate picked up steam during her most recent fight, when the record-setting seven-division titlist battered former title challenger Miriam Gutierrez for ten two-minute rounds in walking away with a lopsided decision win on December 18 at AMALIE Arena in Tampa, Florida.

"I’ve done great in two minutes,” Serrano told BoxingScene.com and other reporters when the subject arose on whether she preferred three minutes. “I know what I have to do in two minutes. I know it has to be a high-paced fight.

“I don’t know. I guess, to me it’s fine.”  

Serrano—a Brooklyn-based Puerto Rican southpaw—has now gone the distance in each of her last two fights, though on the verge of a knockout on both occasions. Less than four months prior to her win over Gutierrez, Serrano dominated WBC junior featherweight titlist Yamileth Mercado over ten rounds in taking a decision win to defend her unified featherweight titles on an August 29 Showtime PPV card in Cleveland, Ohio.

Mercado proved to be a durable opponent, as did naturally bigger Gutierrez who is a career lightweight. Serrano moved up two divisions and was outweighed by more than 25 pounds by the time they stepped into the ring. It didn’t prevent her from taking the lead and applying non-stop pressure, landing 236-of-667 punches (35%)—an average of more than 32 punches per minute—including 209-of-459 power punches (45.5%).

Gutierrez managed to make it to the final bell, leaving Serrano two knockouts from tying the all-time mark in women’s boxing (32) which is held by Hall-of-Fame legend Christy Martin. Perhaps there will come a time when a fight warrants three-minute rounds, in which case Serrano will be fully on board. Until then, the current rules in place will do just fine.

“If it’s going to pay us a little more and give us more recognition, I would support it,” acknowledged Serrano, who is on course for a super fight with undisputed lightweight champion Katie Taylor eyed for this spring. “But it just hasn’t been an overall goal for women’s boxing. Some girls like it, some girls don’t.”

Jake Donovan is a senior writer for BoxingScene.com. Twitter: @JakeNDaBox