Minutes after they traded punches during a slugfest of a final round, Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano embraced each other and the moment. Taylor remained the undisputed lightweight champion in a thrilling fight, edging Serrano in a split decision Saturday.
“People will absolutely be talking about myself and Amanda Serrano for years and years to come,” Taylor said.
Serrano , a seven-division champion who moved up two weight divisions for this fight, lost for the first time since 2012. Taylor defended her four titles for the sixth time, having been the undisputed champion at 135 pounds since a victory at Madison Square Garden in 2019 on the undercard of Andy Ruiz’s upset of Anthony Joshua in a heavyweight title match.
Organizers planned for a capacity of around 10,000 seats but had to make more available when those all sold, eventually opening the arena fully. The arena and surrounding area had the feel of an Olympics, with fans carrying Puerto Rican and Irish flags, green visible all over the arena and chants breaking out throughout the night.
Taylor came right back and drove Serrano back into a corner in the closing seconds of the fourth and the fight kept going along a similar path, Serrano throwing rapid combinations but Taylor landing in return to stop her momentum.
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