By: Sean Crose
Their first combat was a struggle. Katie Taylor ended up successful a squeaker over Amanda Serrano, however the bout really might have gone both manner. That was again in 2022. Friday evening at AT&T Stadium, Taylor and Serrano received 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 had been Taylor’s numbers junior welterweight titles.
Taylor, 23-1, answered the opening bell wanting 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 capable of land clear in a excessive octane second. The quantity 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 capable of combat successfully within the fifth.
Serrano’s minimize went from dangerous to very dangerous within the sixth. The referee properly stopped the combat 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 an incredible combat. 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 combat, merely put, was an prompt basic. Suffice to say, Taylor gained by a really a controversial unanimous choice.
