By: Sean Crose
It’s no doubt one of many greatest fights of the 12 months and rightfully so. The primary two battles between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano had been world class affairs, notably the second struggle, which truly introduced again reminiscences of the legendary Hagler-Hearns throwdown of 1985. Now on Friday night time followers will get an opportunity to see Taylor and Serrano sq. off as soon as extra within the ring. Madison Sq. Backyard is the place the battle will likely be fought and the women are the primary attraction, not an undercard occasion. That’s proper, Manson Sq. Backyard will as soon as once more be bought out for a ladies’s boxing match.
One query have to be requested, nonetheless. How a lot do these nice fighters have left? They’ve fought twice in lower than 2 years already, and these weren’t regular matches. They had been classics and it was nice for followers to see them. But, one has to marvel how a lot the physique can endure. Identical goes for the thoughts. Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor no doubt go above and past every time they struggle. Once more although, how a lot do these fighters have left? Taylor is now 39 years previous. Serrano is 36 years previous. These aren’t youngsters but they struggle with a sort of reckless abandon individuals may see in fighters a decade youthful.
There’s extra at stake Friday night time than simply the WBO titles that Taylor now possesses, although. There’s reputations at stake right here, too. Ought to Taylor win the third struggle, she could have gone 3 and 0 towards about nearly as good of an opponent as one is apt to seek out. If Serrano pulls out the win in Madison Sq. Backyard, it can present that Taylor doesn’t have the win column all to herself on the subject of this trilogy. Whether or not that might imply a fourth struggle would go down stays to be seen. The reality is the primary two fights had been extremely shut, and the truth that Taylor received each could depart a foul style and a few fan’s mouths. Once more, there’s a complete lot on the road right here for each fighters.
Which is a part of what makes this week’s struggle so intriguing. There’s no small stakes right here. Every fighter goes for absolute broke. The query maybe is what number of occasions can these two stars preserve shining as brightly as they’ve? Friday night time may provide some solutions. Right here’s hoping each ladies exit the ring no worse for put on.
