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It was another close fight between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano — and another Katie Taylor victory.
The Irishwoman defeated Puerto Rico’s Serrano by majority decision to retain her undisputed super lightweight titles and go 3-0 in their much-celebrated trilogy on Friday night at a sold-out Madison Square Garden in New York. The bout headlined a historic all-women card on Netflix that featured a record-breaking 17 championships up for grabs, the most ever for a single boxing event.
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The first two matches in the Taylor vs. Serrano series, first in 2022 and then again in 2024, were both leading candidates for Fight of the Year. Fight fans expected the third to be every bit as good as their previous two epic thrillers, though those expectations may have left some severely disappointed.
Taylor (25-1-0, 6 KOs) and Serrano (47-4-1, 31 KOs) combined to land 330 punches in their first fight, 541 in their rematch, but just 140 in their trilogy bout, per boxing stat-tracker CompuBox. To put it further into perspective, Serrano landed more punches in the 10th round of her rematch with Taylor than she did in the entirety of the third fight.
Serrano said in her post-fight interview that she chose to box Taylor at long range, rather than be the pressure fighter and do her best work on the inside, because the strategy had been unsuccessful in her first two fights against the two-division undisputed champion. Unfortunately for her, Taylor is a master at boxing on the outside and landing with crisp, accurate, eye-catching shots.
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It was a slow start between the future Hall of Famers in their third affair, with one good shot determining the winner of the early rounds. The first half of the fight was very close, with neither woman letting their hands go.
Things started to heat up in the sixth round as the pair began to exchange and punch in combinations. But that intensification was short-lived, with the action lulling again in the following rounds. Taylor had her strongest round of the fight in the 10th and final frame, consistently connecting with long right hands and left hooks on Serrano to cement her victory.
One judge couldn’t split the pair, scoring it 95-95, but that scorecard was overruled by the other two judges, who awarded Taylor seven rounds out of 10, leading to a duo of 97-93s.
“I want to thank Amanda Serrano. What an amazing fighter. We made history three times,” Taylor said after her win. “This was a historic fight, it was a privilege to share the ring with her. We’re history-makers forever, my name is embedded with Amanda’s forever, and I’m so happy about that.”
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Both fighters ruled out the possibility of a fourth fight.
Catch full Taylor vs. Serrano 3 results and highlights below, as well as Uncrowned’s play-by-play of the main card.
Main Card
Undisputed super lightweight championship: Katie Taylor def. Amanda Serrano via majority decision (95-95, 97-93, 97-94)
Undisputed super featherweight championship: Alycia Baumgardner def. Jennifer Miranda via unanimous decision (98-92, 98-92, 97-93)
IBF/WBO super middleweight championship: Shadasia Green def. Savannah Marshall via split decision (95-94 Green, 96-93 Marshall, 96-93 Green)
IBF/WBO/WBC super bantamweight championship: Ellie Scotney def. Yamileth Marcado via unanimous decision (100-90, 98-92, 98-92)
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Undisputed bantamweight championship: Cherneka Johnson def. Shurretta Metcalf via ninth-round TKO | Watch video
WBC interim super lightweight title: Chantelle Cameron def. Jessica Camara via unanimous decision (99-91, 98-92, 99-91)
Super bantamweight: Ramla Ali def. Lila Furtado via unanimous decision (77-75, 77-75, 78-74)
Middleweight: Tamm Thibeault def. Mary Casamassa via fifth-round TKO | Watch video
