Novel York-the first thing you noticed was Dan and the density of the crowd, Madison Square Garden again packed for Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor, standard carriers for professional sport, which barely existed ten years ago: women’s boxing. Secondly, flags, banners meaning two islands, Ireland and Puerto Rico, whose peoples fight here in this city and this arena, longer than most of us remember.

Indeed, despite the whole noise, maybe despite this-something was historic in full throats and war shouts preceding Taylor and Serrano in the ring. The first two fights in this historical, though skewed trilogy were wars. The second part, the damn matter in November last year, set a record of blows in a 10-round fight of women. It would undoubtedly be the same.

“Where is the sensitive Taylor?” I asked Serrano in the behind schedule Thursday afternoon.

“Well, he is an Irish warrior,” said Serrano, a seven-member master of Brooklyn through Puerto Rico. I asked what she meant.

“It is as tough as they are coming. But it will always fight. And this makes it sensitive because I hit harder than her.”

Serrano is a heavier woman. A fight would be in her favor. I thought that Taylor could not resist what with the serenade of Irish fans-oh-lay-oh-lay-lay-lay-oh-lay-where was preparing to enter the ring.

In fact, Taylor cited her debt to the legions of Irish fans as soon as the fight ended. “I just love you all and I love my country,” she said. “I have the impression that when I get here, I represent my country. I represent each of you.”

But this glorious, expected war never happened. Taylor, at the age of 39, had the athlete’s legs for a full two decades younger. The two -time Olympian, who since then saw her part of the Ring wars, hurt as graceful as ever. This was set for Serrano. She fought at home. Her promoter, the most valuable promotions, was ran by the program. Although the undisputed championship weighing 140 pounds was threatened, the 136-pound scale to catch favored Serrano.

“I love this kind of challenges,” said Taylor.

This turned out to be less physical than mental. Taylor never allowed her to become a fight. She never gave in to her powerful sense of aggression. She left with the mouse under the right eye, as a result of the long left side of Serrano.

In addition, Serrano did not cause any damage. She could never solve the distance. She spent most of the night, chasing and disappeared. According to the Compararch, Serrano left 312 out of 382 blows she threw.

It wasn’t a thriller. Taylor herself made a mistake after caution, having vigorous respect for Serrano’s power. “He strikes too tough,” Taylor would say. Still, in the sixth round, the pattern became brilliant, just like the songs sounded through the garden: “Ka-Tie! Ka-Tie! Ka-Tie!”

“I apparently planned to come here and fight disciplined and wise,” she said. “I planned to do it twice, but I failed. But fortunately I was able to make a game plan very well and move my legs.”

As the trilogs, it was just as peculiar as historical. While Taylor went to the third 2-0 fight, she could probably reduce 2-0. However, not Friday. If their third fight was the least violent, it also provided the most essential result.

“I also want to thank Amanda Serrano, what an amazing warrior,” she said. “Three times we told a story together … Such a privilege of sharing it with her. … We are a story forever. My name is forever embedded in Amandie.”

When it ended, you could see how Serrano was trying to stop the flood of emotions. “They tried something different,” she said. “It was about the smarter action, not harder. I tried to keep the distance, I tried not to go and fight with it, because apparently it did not work for the first two fights, so we just tried to stick to long blows, one twenty and I think that it was simply not enough.”

One judge even had it. Two called 97-93 for Taylor. I had six rounds to three for Taylor, reluctantly calling the first round a draw. Still, he misses a larger point. “I really want to thank you for each of you coming out and supporting women’s boxing,” Serrano continued, turning to fans, both her and Taylor. “It was an amazing night for us, a woman, and I cry because everyone because of you.”

The biggest names in the male game have problems filling in a huge room in the garden, and the configuration of the seats is often reduced. But Taylor and Serrano sold it twice since 2022. Unlike men, no one has to beg or bribe them to fight. Serrano started boxing to mark with her older sister, Cindy. “I never thought I would become a world champion,” she told me on Thursday afternoon. I never thought it would be affluent. Now he earns millions.

Nine years have passed since Serrano became only the second warrior Puerto Rican, who won the titles in four divisions (the second is Miguel Cotto). Her purse tonight? “Four thousand dollars,” she said. “I thought about giving up. I was thinking about leaving many times.”

I asked her what she was proud of.

“Noise,” she said.

Serrano was very specific here. She referred to the sound that accompanies her input, and Taylor’s in Madison Square Garden-Ten full-length DIN in the entire swing of the banner.

“This sound,” she said. “He opens the door for all these adolescent women.”