![]() ![]() Rocked and in distress Taylor showed why she's the champion with great composure under pressure to somehow regroup and get herself back into the fight, picking off her tiring opponent in the later rounds. In round six there was plenty more punishment for Taylor, who had a bloody eye and nose but she somehow didn't go down. It was brutal and the champion was dazed as Serrano was completely in control. In round five the Puerto Rican southpaw seized the moment, hurting Taylor with a flurry of punches. These women delivered.īut this could so easily have been Taylor's first professional defeat as Serrano's notorious punching power took its toll in the middle rounds. Was it one of the greatest boxing nights at the Garden in recent years? Yes it was. This fight lived up to the hype and more. The raucous, Madison Square Garden crowd had come to see a "war" and a "war" is exactly what they got. ![]() ![]() The still undisputed, undefeated lightweight champion of the world and pride of Ireland was truly rocked by the fearsome punching of Amanda Serrano. Analysis by Jacqueline Beltrao, sports presenterĪs if Katie Taylor could be any more loved or revered, she produced the comeback of her life, in the fight of her life, to build her legend just a little more and to further the cause of women’s boxing and its place in the sport considerably more. ![]()
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