Katie Taylor suspended for twice as long as Jake Paul after brutal rematch

Katie Taylor edged retired her bitter rival Amanda Serrano for the 2nd clip past week connected the undercard of Jake Paul's triumph implicit Mike Tyson

Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano person been handed 45-day aesculapian suspensions aft their brutal rematch past week.

Taylor got the amended of her Puerto Rican hostile successful their archetypal clash successful 2022, and past repeated itself astatine AT&T Stadium successful Texas past Friday aft the judges scored the bout 95-94 successful her favour. Serrano was speedy to impeach Ireland’s Katie Taylor of intentionally headbutting her during their enthralling sequel arsenic the Olympic champion defended her presumption arsenic undisputed world light-welterweight ruler.

However, contention erupted aft the determination was handed down erstwhile the Puerto Rican utilized her post-fight interrogation connected Netflix to impeach Taylor of intentional headbutting. Serrano received a brutal chopped supra her oculus successful the 4th round, which was attributed to an accidental headbutt. Taylor was deducted a constituent successful the eighth circular aft repeatedly being warned against starring with the head.

Both fighters person present been handed 45-day suspensions by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR), which regulated the event. Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, who clashed successful the main event, were handed 24-day suspensions aft their farcical combat went the eight-round distance.

Elsewhere connected the card, Bruce Carrington and Dana Coolwell were handed 18-day rests, Lucas Bahdi and Armando Casamonica copped 30 days, arsenic did Shadasia Green and Melinda Watpool. Neeraj Goyat and Whindersson Nunes indispensable remainder for 18 days portion Mario Barrios is suspended for 36 days and Abel Ramos for 45.

Following the fight, Serrano said: “I knew it if went to the judges it was going to beryllium a small shady. I chose to beryllium great. I went up 3 divisions. It is what it is. I’m a featherweight, man. She kept headbutting me. It’s what she does. It’s not conscionable my fight, it’s each her fights. It’s what she does.”

Taylor defended her actions, saying: “I surely wasn’t warring dirty. It gets unsmooth successful there. It was an implicit slugfest, a war. This is an astonishing infinitesimal successful women’s boxing. Thank deity for different astonishing fight.” The brushwood was a brutal back-and-forth matter done 10 rounds which, successful a batch of ways, mirrored their erstwhile classical astatine Madison Square Garden successful 2022. Taylor and Serrano embraced each different aft the bell, but the heavy pro-Serrano assemblage voiced their displeasure arsenic the effect was announced.