A was at all times anticipated, however the actual combat, the nice combat of the evening final evening, was supplied by the 2 feminine warriors going at it. And the return battle between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano didn’t disappoint. After ten, at instances savage, bloody rounds, 140-pound ruler Taylor edged Serrano by scores of 95-94 throughout the board. 38-year-old Taylor of Eire needed to combat by way of some hellish moments, whereas 36-year-old Serrano of Puerto Rico needed to combat by way of a ugly reduce above her proper eye.
The blood coated southpaw Serrano’s face, and within the sixth spherical of the combat, the physician trying on the harm, it appeared the bout must be stopped. As a substitute, these two trendy greats placed on a second modern-day traditional as they raged to the ultimate bell. Each women felt that they had gained ultimately, whereas Serrano accused Taylor of combating soiled and utilizing unlawful headbutts on function.
The primary head conflict got here in spherical 4, and Serrano was left with a nasty gash above her proper eye, whereas Taylor was docked some extent for a butt in spherical eight. Each warriors went for the KO, Serrano, however her imaginative and prescient was severely hampered. Each girls slugged it out to the bell.
Taylor denied combating soiled and she or he stated the trilogy combat is “on.”
“Thank God I gained that combat. Congratulations to Amanda. The trilogy is on,” a victorious Taylor stated. “She’s a tough puncher and a tricky warrior. I don’t care if the commentary staff or the group disagrees with the outcome. The one factor that issues is the judges.”
Serrano was fuming in regards to the butts, with the previous multi-weight champ saying they have been, in her opinion, deliberate.
“She stored headbutting me, and that’s one thing she has accomplished earlier than,” Serrano stated. “I believe one hundred pc (the butts have been on function). It’s not the primary time. She did it to me, she did it to (Chantelle) Cameron. It’s what it’s. I’m a champion.”
Each women are champions, and that third combat will probably be one sizzling ticket. There have been two nice fights, each razor-thin on the playing cards on the finish, and each had a component of controversy, particularly in final evening’s combat.
It appears that evidently if Taylor and Serrano have been to combat ten instances we’d by no means have a clear-cut final result that everybody can agree with. Simply who’s the superior fighter out of those two? And when will that third combat occur?
