Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano megafight set for April 30 at Madison Square Garden

The biggest fight in women's boxing history is officially on the schedule.

The bout between undisputed lightweight champion Katie Taylor and seven-division world titlist Amanda Serrano — ESPN's No. 1 and No. 2 in the pound-for-pound rankings — has been scheduled for April 30 to headline a card in one of the most iconic boxing venues in the world, the main arena of Madison Square Garden. It is the first women's boxing match in history to headline at MSG.

«I wasn't sure if it was going to be possible but for this fight to headline at Madison Square Garden would truly be the pinnacle of the sport,» Taylor told ESPN recently. «So much of boxing's history is linked to MSG and I've been fortunate enough to fight there already on a couple of occasions.

»It's such an iconic venue so to be part of the first ever women's fight to main event there would be truly special."

This fight has been talked about for years — and booked in the past before falling apart. Now, though, with a major venue, a headline attraction and major paydays for both fighters, it is locked into happening.

Both fighters knew the possibility was coming in December, before they won their last fights of 2021. Taylor won a unanimous decision over Firuza Sharipova on Dec. 11 and a week later, Serrano picked up a unanimous decision against Miriam Gutierrez.

Now, the 35-year-old Taylor (19-0, 6 KO) and the 33-year-old Serrano (42-1-1, 30 KO) will end up in the ring against one another.

«It is the megafight for women's boxing,» Serrano said after she beat Gutierrez. «You have pound-for-pound Top 3, however you look at it.»

It's a long way from when Serrano's sister, Cindy, lost to Taylor in a unanimous decision in Boston in 2018. The paydays then were much smaller.