A 2nd bout betwixt 2 of the biggest stars successful women’s boxing has gone mostly nether the radar, with it taking spot connected the undercard of Mike Tyson’s instrumentality to the athletics against Jake Paul, but determination is each accidental that Taylor and Serrano bargain the show.
That was to clasp her undisputed lightweight crown, and since past the 38-year-old has besides completed the acceptable astatine light-welterweight. Taylor was beaten by Chantelle Cameron erstwhile stepping up successful her homecoming combat successful Dublin past year, but avenged that decision 12 months agone connected different historical nighttime successful her singular career.
Serrano had been owed to beryllium Taylor’s hostile successful Dublin successful May 2023, but the Puerto Rican pulled retired aft sustaining an wounded and Cameron stepped in.
Taylor volition enactment her undisputed light-welterweight presumption connected the enactment connected Friday night, but the Irishwoman has revealed the bout volition instrumentality spot astatine a catchweight, alternatively than the accustomed 140lbs limit.
She said: "The combat has really been made astatine 138, it's a catchweight, but I deliberation if you look astatine myself and Serrano we're the aforesaid size.”
Serrano has been warring astatine 126lbs successful her astir caller fights, defending her satellite featherweight satellite titles and winning 5 fights connected the bounce since that decision to Taylor successful 2022. She vacated her WBC strap astatine the extremity of past twelvemonth aft the organisation ruled against sanctioning 12 three-minute circular contests.
Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano served up a classical astatine Madison Square Garden
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Taylor vs Serrano 2 combat day and venue
Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano volition conscionable for the 2nd clip contiguous connected Friday November 12, 2024 astatine the AT&T Stadium successful Arlington, Texas.
It is the location of NFL squad Dallas Cowboys.
Taylor vs Serrano 2 combat clip and ringing walks
The paper is expected to statesman astatine 5pm section clip successful Texas, 1am successful the aboriginal hours of Saturday greeting successful the UK.
With the main lawsuit ringing walks pencilled successful for astir 4am GMT, Taylor and Serrano are likely to combat astatine astir 3am UK time.
How to ticker Taylor vs Serrano 2
TV transmission and unrecorded stream: The lawsuit volition beryllium broadcast unrecorded connected Netflix. Stream via DAZN
It is the platform’s archetypal large determination into boxing and it is expected to pull a immense planetary audience.
Live blog: Round-by-round sum of the full lawsuit tin besides beryllium recovered via Standard Sport’s unrecorded combat nighttime blog.
Katie Taylor astatine an unfastened workout connected Tuesday
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Amanda Serrano astatine an unfastened workout connected Tuesday
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Taylor vs Serrano 2 prediction
Katie Taylor does not bash boring.
The archetypal combat with Amanda Serrano was a classical and determination person since been 2 thrilling bouts against Chantelle Cameron, with Taylor clip and clip again showing she is consenting to works her feet successful centre ringing and trade.
There person been questions implicit whether she is slowing down astatine 38, having had specified a agelong amateur vocation down her. The quality of her wars successful the ringing volition not assistance that, and determination is simply a information that her relentless motor could statesman to dilatory down.
Serrano wounded Taylor successful the archetypal combat and could precise easy person got the determination connected the night. She has the powerfulness to erstwhile again occupation the Irishwoman, though it volition beryllium absorbing to spot however overmuch of that she carries arsenic she moved up to 138lbs.
There is precise small to divided them and it would beryllium a astonishment if we did not get different 10 rounds of thrilling action. Taylor’s past 11 fights person gone the distance, portion Serrano’s triumph implicit Stevie Morgan was her archetypal wrong the region for much than 3 years.
Serrano has made it wide she prefers to combat three-minute rounds, but the driblet backmost to 2 minutes should guarantee she has the stamina to spell toe-to-toe with Taylor throughout.
Taylor showed vulnerabilities successful the archetypal combat and against Cameron - we’re going for Serrano to finishing the stronger and get revenge, mounting the signifier for a trilogy showdown.
Serrano to win, divided decision.
Amanda Serrano is eyeing revenge against Katie Taylor
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Taylor vs Serrano 2 weigh-in results
Both fighters weighed successful astatine 9st 11lb connected Thursday.
Taylor vs Serrano 2 latest odds
Taylor to triumph connected points oregon by decision: 4/5
Taylor to triumph by knockout, method knockout oregon disqualification: 11/1
Serrano to triumph connected points oregon by decision: 2/1
Serrano to triumph by knockout, method knockout oregon disqualification: 6/1
Odds via Betfair (subject to change).