Katie Taylor defeated Amanda Serrano connected Friday nighttime successful a slugfest remarkably akin to the archetypal 2 years ago, up of the main lawsuit Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson showdown.
Taylor retained her unanimous ace lightweight title with different disputed decision. Taylor was scored a 95-94 victor by each 3 judges, drafting boos from the assemblage astatine the location of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys earlier Paul and Tyson.
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Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano combat during LIVE On Netflix: Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson astatine AT&T Stadium connected November 15, 2024 successful Arlington, Texas. (Al Bello/Getty Images for Netflix © 2024)
The 38-year-old from Ireland remained the undisputed champion and successful the ace lightweight and lightweight divisions. It was the 3rd triumph since the archetypal nonrecreational nonaccomplishment for Taylor (24-1, six knockouts).
Serrano, who kept punching contempt getting a nasty chopped implicit her near oculus successful the sixth round, was the assemblage favourite overmuch the aforesaid mode she was successful the different disputed determination astatine Madison Square Garden successful 2022.
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Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano combat during LIVE On Netflix: Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson astatine AT&T Stadium connected November 15, 2024 successful Arlington, Texas. (Al Bello/Getty Images for Netflix © 2024)
In that sold-out slugfest, they were the archetypal women headlining a combat sports lawsuit astatine the storied venue. The 36-year-old Serrano, a seven-division champion, is 47-3-1 with 31 knockouts.
It mightiness person started a small much dilatory than the New York meeting, but things changed erstwhile Serrano sustained the nasty cut, which forced the referee to telephone a timeout successful the mediate of the sixth round.
Serrano ne'er stopped punching, though, and appeared to person Taylor teetering arsenic the last seconds ticked distant successful the 10th round.
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Taylor was deducted a constituent for headbutting successful the eighth round.
Taylor was warring for the archetypal clip since avenging her lone nonrecreational nonaccomplishment by beating Chantelle Cameron for the undisputed ace lightweight rubric successful a rematch successful her location state a twelvemonth ago.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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