Katie Taylor has cemented her standing as the very best fighter in girls’s boxing with victory over Amanda Serrano in a battle for the ages in New York.
In a game-changing battle between the no1 and no2 pound-for-pound finest within the sport at a sold-out Madison Sq. Backyard, Taylor secured a cut up determination victory to retain her WBO, WBA, WBC and IBF light-weight titles.
The Irish icon recovered from a torrid fifth spherical to take again management of an enthralling battle, digging deep to safe the largest victory of a exceptional profession.
Taylor extends her flawless skilled file to 21-0 having seen off all challengers, making the sixth profitable defence of her undisputed title towards her most formidable opponent thus far.
Serrano has received world titles throughout seven totally different weight divisions, a tally solely bettered by the legendary Manny Pacquiao.
The tenacious and hard-hitting Puerto Rican, raised a stone’s throw away from MSG in Brooklyn, had been backed to finish Taylor’s reign on the prime with the champion’s latest performances deemed to have misplaced a few of their sparkle.
However ‘The Bray Bomber’ produced one other beautiful efficiency at 35 in one of the vital fights within the historical past of the game.
Taylor landed the crisper pictures within the opening rounds earlier than the competition exploded into life in an unbelievable fifth. Serrano swarmed over Taylor, dazing the champion with a vicious flurry of pictures upstairs and to the physique, touchdown 44 punches in all with Taylor seemingly out on her toes.
Taylor returned for the sixth trying to change however once more left herself susceptible with Serrano making her miss and making her pay, taking the lead on the scorecards.
Paying the worth for standing and buying and selling within the mid-rounds, Taylor entered the eighth spherical needing to drastically shift momentum. An excellent counter left slowed Serrano down because the champion fought her manner again into the competition as she found her rhythm and commenced to outwork the challenger as soon as once more.
Serrano had noticeably taken her foot off the gasoline because the battle entered the ninth with Taylor discovering her goal once more with crisp mixtures.
Serrano discovered urgency in a breathless ultimate spherical as each lady stood toe-to-toe, exchanging heavy blows proper up till the ultimate bell in a wonderful finale.
After a tense look ahead to the scores and an emotional embrace between the 2 history-makers within the ring, Taylor was declared the winner by the smallest of margins.
Taylor’s promoter Eddie Hearn teased the opportunity of a rematch throughout battle week with each fighters leaping on the likelihood to run it again of their post-fight interviews.
Hearn has recommended a second battle may happen again in Eire, the place Taylor has not fought since turning skilled.
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