Katie Taylor has nonetheless by no means misplaced to Amanda Serrano.
On Saturday evening at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis, Taylor put her undisputed tremendous light-weight championship on the road towards Serrano for the third time, and for the third time, the Irish champion walked away with the win, taking a majority choice over Serrano after 10 aggressive rounds.
The primary two fights between Taylor and Serrano have been a whirlwind of punches, pitting Serrano’s ahead stress with Taylor’s counters. The raucous Madison Sq. Backyard crowd clearly anticipated extra of the identical for this third encounter, because the ambiance within the area was off the charts. However that ambiance didn’t result in one other barnburner of a matchup, as as an alternative, followers obtained one thing a lot slower paced and contested primarily at distance. Serrano nonetheless had moments of ahead stress, however was far more content material to change blows at vary, the place Taylor seemed to consistently find the cleaner strikes.
Even nonetheless, the combat was razor shut, with one choose scoring the bout a draw and the opposite two judges scoring it 97-93 for Taylor.
After the bout, Serrano stated she “tried one thing completely different” contemplating her method within the first two bouts didn’t result in a win. Serrano could also be kicking herself now as this was maybe the least controversial of Taylor’s wins in all three fights.
Taylor, for her half, gave large credit score to Serrano after the bout for all they’ve completed collectively, however insisted that is the final time she’ll meet Serrano within the ring.
“I simply don’t wish to combat Amanda Serrano once more. She punches too arduous.”
