By: Sean Crose
Their first battle was a battle. Katie Taylor ended up successful a squeaker over Amanda Serrano, however the bout actually might have gone both means. That was again in 2022. Friday night time at AT&T Stadium, Taylor and Serrano bought it on for the second time because the co-main occasion of the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul throwdown. It was a pairing worthy of the hype. At stake have been Taylor’s numbers junior welterweight titles.
Taylor, 23-1, answered the opening bell trying sharp. Taylor was rocked by the 47-2 Serrano later within the spherical, nonetheless. She stayed on her ft, however Serrano had made fairly a press release. Every fighter was in a position to land clear in a excessive octane second. The amount remained as much as eleven within the third, although Serrano appeared to be edging it. The fourth was a slugfest. What’s extra, Serrano ended up with a minimize. Nonetheless, Serrano was in a position to battle successfully within the fifth.
Serrano’s minimize went from dangerous to very dangerous within the sixth. The referee correctly stopped the battle so the ring physician might take a look. The physician gave Serrano the go forward, and the motion continued. The seventh was ferocious…as in Hagler-Hearns first spherical ferocious. The eighth supplied extra of the identical. It was a tremendous battle. On the finish of the spherical, the referee took a degree from Taylor for butting.
Nonetheless, the ninth ended up being as thrilling because the earlier spherical. The tenth and closing spherical was completely blistering. The battle, merely put, was an prompt traditional. Suffice to say, Taylor received by a really a controversial unanimous resolution.
