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Katie Taylor, right, hits Amanda Serrano during their undisputed ace lightweight rubric bout, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, successful Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Amanda Serrano landed 324 punches – the astir blows successful women’s boxing past warring connected the undercard to Tyson vs Paul for the ace lightweight title. But the victor was Irishwoman Katie Taylor, who landed 217 punches, for a combined number of 541, that’s 444 much than Jake Paul and Mike Tyson managed.
It inspired the BBC to pb with, “Before the stupidity successful Texas, however, came the sublime erstwhile Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano battled retired different classic. Irishwoman Taylor – who bushed the Puerto Rican successful 2022 – edged different adjacent win.
The scorecard volition divided opinion, but the show of a bloodied Serrano throwing hands contempt a ghastly chopped and Taylor admirably weathering the tempest somewhat saved the event.”
After the decision of 10 rounds, each 3 judges scored the combat 95-94 for Taylor – a 2nd consecutive arguable determination implicit Serrano. However, it got raves from galore watching, with Magic Johnson posting, “I conscionable watched 1 of the top title fights I’ve ever seen betwixt Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor! 🔥 It was action-packed close from the archetypal circular and some women came to fight. Congratulations to Taylor connected winning a pugnacious fight, adjacent though I thought Serrano was the winner!”
Netflix said “50 cardinal households globally” watched Taylor bushed Serrano and it volition “likely” spell down arsenic “the astir watched nonrecreational women’s sporting lawsuit successful US history”. However, women’s shot World Cup has posted bigger numbers.
Congratulations to @KatieTaylor successful her determination win. Tempers are flared erstwhile you’re successful the vigor of conflict & you accidental things you shouldn’t say. I’m not 1 to ever disrespect an hostile & these were ne'er my intentions to Katie.
She & I are chill extracurricular the ringing and the best… pic.twitter.com/YxHJ1s36rv
— Amanda Serrano (@Serranosisters) November 16, 2024
Amidst Serrano’s flurry, Taylor connected with a hard headbutt successful Round 4, opening a chopped supra Serrano’s close eye. Taylor’s caput would link with the aforesaid country respective times, opening the chopped wider calling upon the referee to person the doc verify that Serrano was OK, CBS reported. She aboriginal posted a gnarly representation of herself connected societal media.
Post the fight, she said, “I cognize the judges were going to beryllium a small spot shady. I went up 3 divisions and dared to beryllium large tonight. I’m the featherweight champion of the satellite and privation to beryllium great. I’m a featherweight, man. Every clip you get a cut, it bothers you.”
Taylor took her 2nd triumph against the aforesaid hostile with whom she’s started a fantastic rivalry since Vegas last. “We trained truthful hard … immoderate punch tin alteration a combat successful boxing, she’s a hard puncher and implicit warrior. I don’t attraction if the commentary squad oregon assemblage disagree with the result.”
The duo are reported to gain the biggest purses successful women’s boxing history. According to Boxing Kingdom, Katie Taylor is expected to marque $6.1 cardinal for the rematch. Serrano, who works with Jake Paul’s MVP responded by saying her purse was bigger, though that fig hasn’t been revealed yet.
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