By Jeff Zimmerman at ringside
Super lightweight champion Katie Taylor (24-1, 6 KOs) out of Ireland went toe-to-toe with her Puerto Rican nemesis Amanda Serrano (47-3-1, 31 KOs) once again over ten brutal rounds and escaped the Lone Star State with a unanimous decision to retain her WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO and Ring belts in another instant classic. Taylor barely beat Serrano via split decision in their 2022 fight of the year at Madison Square Garden. This time it was 95-94 3x.
In a continuation of their last fight, Serrano and Taylor went right to work. Serrano, a southpaw, showed off her blazing speed early and went right after Taylor and connected a left hook on the jaw at the end of the round. Taylor landed power right hands in round two and both exchanged blows in round three.
The fight turned in round four when referee Jon Schorle warned Taylor for a head but that left a big gash over Serrano’s right eye. In round six, Taylor landed another head butt that forced Schorle to stop the fight and call in the doctor as the cut grotesquely opened up even more. To the surprise of everyone in attendance, the fight was allowed to continue.
Serrano came out with a sense of urgency in round seven and flew at Taylor where she landed multiple combos to the head and body of Taylor, however the champ responded with solid counter shots of her own and ended the round strong. Referee Jon Schorle warned Taylor of another head butt in round eight and at this time deducted a point from the champ. With blood streaming down her face, Serrano showed her warrior spirit and kept coming forward to engage Taylor. Rounds nine and ten were an all-out war as each went for the knockout to no avail.
In the end, Taylor earned another controversial victory over Serrano which begs the question on whether they will run it back once again. Before those talks happen, Serrano, 36, will need some time to let her massive cut heal but if it does properly, you can expect another potential fight of the year and a trilogy for the ages. Taylor, now 38, may see this as her crowning moment in front of a packed house at AT&T Stadium and live on Netflix worldwide and decided to hang up the gloves. Time will tell for both legends and future first ballot hall of famers.
Seranno got robbed again…
How do you land almost a third more punches than your opponent, your opponent gets a point taken away and you’re still given the loss is beyond corrupt. This was right in front of the world to see how fixed boxing is. I’ve seen some bad decisions in previous boxing matches but this was one of the worst. These three judges should never be allowed to judge another fight America. A total disgrace!
Ok Serrano landed 104 more punches, you do understand that she could land 30 more punches in 3 separate rounds, creating a 90 punch differential but it’s still only 3 rounds. Taylor could win the next 3 rounds by less than a punch each round and the punch stats would still show Serrano landing more overall, you do understand that right???
I was rooting for Serrano, but super unclassy to listen to her make and repeat excuses and then to hear her trainer repeat it all again. Not a good luck. Respect to Taylor.
Taylor is a very dirty fighter they got her well trained on head butting, i was there Live and I just wanted a fair decision which wasn’t Serrano won this fight
Dude. What fight were you watching? Every time Serrano hit Taylor with a multi punch combination Taylor would lunge forward with headbutts. Taylor put up a good fight but was Serrano was consistently getting the better of the exchanges.
I was rooting for Serrano, but super unclassy to listen to her make and repeat excuses and then to hear her trainer repeat it all again. Not a good look. Respect to Taylor.
Those were not excuses those were fact’s!
Taylor used her head as a battering ram throughout the whole fight.
Desperate illegal tactics used by a dirty fighter, and she still lost on points.
The states boxing commission needs to investigate the three judges, and the referee!
If that were you fighting and your opponent busted your eyebrow open you would’ve complained also.
Taylor is a dirty, disgraceful, and dishonorable individual.
Serrano robbed again they definitely didn’t want sereano to win because she would of had gone down to her weight class again and those title would of been vacated so they rather let katie keep them smh.
Head butts weren’t intentional. They were the product of an intense confrontation. Taylor was gritty and effective. I agree with the decision. Glad to see Taylor prevail. Serrano is a tough opponent, and it takes a beast to beat her. Kudos to Katie Taylor for the win!
shes leading in with her head thats illegal she did intentionally to keep from getting cracked but its two fold she can also create cuts as she did the decision was terrible she was outworked and out fought out landed and backed up and fought in spurts i mean a month ago we watched Bivol do basically the same thing and clearly lost and Beterbiev was nowhere near as effective as Serrano but you are entitled to your decision
Robbery doesn’t apply here. It seemed like a close fight.. and definitely a quality fight. I had Serrano by 1 so flipping a single round doesn’t seem out of line.
Robbery was definitely the only reason why she won. Intentionally head budding her was the only reason why she didn’t get knocked out. Tayler is a cheater.
What? She intentionally used her head on numerous occasions. it was probably only one that wasn’t intentional. But that first one that caused the gash clearly done on purpose. to make matters worse, kept nudging her with her head even when the rough was telling her to stop. She was a defeated fighter throughout the fight and it was written all over her face. Her corner were concerned throughout the whole fight. She simply cheated because she couldn’t fight her fair and square otherwise she would have gotten knocked out.
women’s boxing sucks. they’re a waste of time.
Bro, what on Earth are you seeing? That was a very good fight.
Amanda made it a good fight. She kept her poise, even though she was clearly being swindled. Just look at Taylor’s face battered up by Serranos punches.
Serrano robbed once again. Incredible!
ROBBED TWICE !!! same cancer in womans boxing no diffrent than mans boxing !!! Crooked judges !!!!!! Serrano should give womans boxing the middle finger on a 3rd fight. Would not blame her if she does !!!
Serrano was the ring general she pressed the action she landed more punches she threw more punches she threw the harder punches and got fouled clearly over and over and Serrano gets denied again seriously somebody needs to protest the corruption
Katie Taylor = lead with the head, throw shoe shine punches, hold, repeat. Clear victory for Serrano.
Taylor would won on the damage. I am not talking about the cut. Her power punches were more damaging, and in the end, that’s what gave her the extra rounds.
What? Literally the only damage was from the head bud. Did you see Taylor’s face? Her brutally battered faced was from Serrano’s punches.
I thought Serrano won I think even Katie Taylor was surprised she got the decision by her expression on her face
On their first fight, Taylor was also surprised she was given the victory. Second robbery of Amanda.
Serrano was effective early, but Taylor finished stronger, and I thought she edged it by one point. The fight got sloppy in the end, but Katie kept landing clean combinations. I don’t trust compunox, and nobody should judge a fight by compubox numbers. Taylor was the stronger fighter at the end of this fight. I did think Taylor should have been disqualified, and I think Serrano’, s team should have pulled her out, but they wanted to continue, which was a mistake. There is a lot to dislike about Taylor, as she fights dirty when things get rough. But she does do a lot of work in the ring. I do think Serrano won the first fight, though.
Serrano was robbed in their first fight and was akso robbed in second even with all the headbutts. I don’t know which fight you was watching.
that fight should have been stopped after the first unintentional headbutt and cut . serrano might have gotten a technical decision . serrano’s trainer, who is an awful person [ a lot of history there ] , should have stopped it if the doctor or referee would not stop it. that cut was very dangerous and the trainer should have been looking out for her safety along with the referee and doctor. the trainer’s greed / indifference and the ref. and doctor incompetence cost serrano the fight .
If the referee or the doctor stops the fight after 4 rounds because of the cut from the headbutt, it goes to the judges. If Serrano’s corner stops it, she loses by TKO. You’re obviously not the Carlos Padilla referee. Hahaha!
flurry, headbutt, grab, repeat
there is no such thing as women boxing they get close then flail away look loike two cats fighting total garbage all the commentators are paid phonies
there is no such thing as women boxing they get close then flail away look like two cats fighting total garbage all the commentators are paid phonies
How a boxer that received more than 100 blows more than the ones she landed can win unanimously? This is fraud to Serrano and those who lose their bets for her. The FBI should investigate this.
The way these so called officials handled this fight has to be investigated.
The corruption was evident to the live audience whom booed the decision.
They also booed Taylor when she was interviewed, while they cheered Serrano during her interview.
The masses have spoken!
I know some men like women boxing, and I wonder if there’s women that like women boxing. I’m a man, an old man, a boxing fan since Jersey Joe/Rocky Marciano days. Back in boxing’s heydays. Put me down as one who don’t even watch women’s boxing. Only watched enough of it to verify what I thought about it. Just doesn’t interest me in the least. But I do realize that neither all men nor all women see things the same. l always loved the women, just don’t like them fighting each other.
Definitely fixed / Irish fighter v 3 Nth American judges the fighter beaten was the promoters fighter – the record shows she is a multi amauter world champ and Olympic champ. No one has ever seen head clashes when southpaws fight orthodox. After the cut Taylor won arguably every round. Amanda couldn’t see would land 3 then Taylor would land a massive left hook. Watch again without the biased commentary and listen to the real experts Andre Ward – Crawford – shields and see what they saw. Close fight could have gone either way. That’s boxing. Seranos trainer is a disgrace to the sport. Nonsense interview talking about an mma rematch afterwards. Just ridiculous
What a Robbery. Tayler cheated her way into a win. She won by a head. She should have been disqualified. Amanda simply outscored her and staggered her on a number of occasions. Plus a point was deducted and she kept on cheating and still was given the decision.
What a Robbery. Taylor cheated her way into a win. She won by a head. She should have been disqualified. Amanda simply outscored her and staggered her on a number of occasions. Plus a point was deducted and she kept on cheating and still was given the decision.