By: Sean Crose
Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano threw down for the third and maybe final time Friday night time. Headlining an all girls’s card at a packed Madison Sq. Backyard, each fighters not solely battled one another, they battled the expectations that include a 3rd battle following on the heels of two prompt classics. Taylor-Serrano 3 was broadcast reside on Netflix and was scheduled for ten two minute rounds. At stake was Taylor’s undisputed junior middleweight championship.
The primary spherical was a sense out course of for each fighters, although Serrano might have edged it via exercise. Every fighter remained considerably tentative within the second, although every landed some telling photographs. It appeared as if Taylor managed the tempo of the chapter. A battle broke out in a detailed third spherical that noticed each fighters firing blistering combos. Serrano stalked Taylor within the fourth, although neither fighter landed something notably telling.
The fifth spherical was a troublesome one to name. These have been two world class execs plying their commerce. It got here down maybe to what one most popular, the aggressive model of Serrano or the defensive acumen of Taylor. A excessive octane sixth noticed Serrano as soon as extra pushing the motion whereas Taylor relied on protection and counterpunching. Taylor appeared to take the seventh by touchdown clear and onerous on her decided arch rival.
Serrano landed the perfect shot of the battle within the eighth, and certain took the spherical. The ninth was very shut. Taylor might have in the end landed the higher punches, nevertheless it Taylor had landed photographs of her personal. Taylor landed extra impactful punches within the tenth and last spherical. For the third time in as many fights, issues have been in the end within the palms of the touches. And, for the third time in as many fights, the judges dominated in favor of Taylor.
“What a tremendous fighter,” Taylor stated of Serrano after thanking the Man upstairs. “It’s such a privilege to share the ring along with her.” A gracious Serrano thanked the followers for popping out for ladies’s boxing. “It was all due to you guys,” the long run Corridor of Famer stated, crammed with emotion. “Thanks, Katie Taylor,” she stated afterward. “It’s been actually an honor.”
Taylor kiddingly indicated she didn’t need to face Serrano once more. “She punches too onerous,” Taylor claimed.
