Once again, the two most iconic characters in the sport of women’s boxing are to face, because the undisputed world champion in the super lights Katie Taylor (24-1, 6 KO) will defend their crown against Amanda “The Real Deal” Serrano (47-3-1, 31 Kos).
When it comes to increasing the popularity of women’s boxing, Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano are two pioneers. Their epic fight with the trilogy will take place on Friday evening, July 11, in Madison Square Garden, emitted live in Netflix.
In April 2022, Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano went down in history when they became the first boxers that direct the Madison Square Garden combat card. Before a soldered crowd 19.187, Serrano and Taylor provided an immediate classic.
The first four rounds showed the action there and back, when Southpaw Amanda Serrano pressed forward, landing shots to the head and body. Defending the champion Katie Taylor fought the back foot and landed solid shots.
48 seconds remained in the fifth round, Serrano landed with a tough left shot, which fastened Taylor’s knees. Serrano hit Taylor with stern power blows, but Taylor was able to survive the round.
In the second half of the undisputed title of the world round, they were filled with a bunch of action. At the end of the competition, the defender, Katie Taylor, received a victory in a fractional decision.
Two years later, as the coefficient of the event of Mike Tyson versus Jake Paul, Katie Taylor defended her undisputed crown of super lithe before Amanda Serrano. In the final seconds of the round Serrano joined with a powerful left shot that Taylor stuck.
Once again, the Taylor vs Serrano fight was full of action, but with the action there was a bit of controversy. In the fourth round of the fight, the collision of heads caused the right eye of Serrano.
The problem with cutting Serrano became worse when Taylor joined the next head shot in the sixth round. As the judge’s tactical title continued, the judge finally entered and took a point from Taylor in the eighth round.
In the last two rounds of the fighting contained the power of Amanda Serrano’s impact compared to Katie Taylor’s hand speed. For most, it seemed that Amanda Serrano was a winner, but at the end of the fight Katie Taylor was announced a unanimous winner of the decision.
Now, after the controversial second fight, on Friday evening, July 11, the Epic Trilogy will take place in Madison Square Garden. The division of this fight is obvious because we know what we will see when Taylor and Serrano will face each other.
Expectations for the clash of Taylor vs Serrano are a 10-round, rapid fight consisting of non-stop activities. This is Serrano’s power and aggression compared to Taylor’s hand speed, movement and counteracting.
Amanda Serrano was deafening since she won the first two fights. She also talked about the controversies related to the head. During the last press conference Katie Taylor solved these problems.
“I have my own opinion about the things Amanda talks about our team, but the fact is that I have 2-0 against her,” said Taylor. “Opinions are opinions, but the facts are facts and you can’t escape these facts. And yes, I think I’m fed up with complaining and moaning from the Amanda team.”
Challenger, Amanda Serrano, believes that she won the first two fights, but because of the fact that she took the results cards every time, decided to correct the fight against the trilogy.
“I intend to apply my head, but not in the way it was used for me. We will simply be smarter. I worked much smarter in this fight and I believe that we can win a victory. We will get a victory.”
On Friday evening in Madison Square Garden, live in Netflix, two generational talents will compete with each other for the third time. Taylor will try to secure pure sweeping, and Serrano is planning an initial victory and win the undisputed title of the company’s champion before his home crowd.
Weigh
Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano – Unquestionable World Championships in Super Lightweight (140 pounds) | Bray, Ireland vs. Karolina, PR | 23-1 (6 KO) vs. 47-3-1 (31 KO) 135.8 pounds vs. 136.0 pounds
Alycia Baumgardner vs. Jennifer Miranda – Unquestionable World Championships Super Feather in weight (130 pounds) | Detroit, mi vs. Madrid by tzadik, Spain 15-1 (7 KO) (1 NC) vs. 12-0 (1 KO) 130.0 pounds vs. 129.4 pounds
Savannah Marshall vs. Shadasia Green – IBF/WBO/Ring Super Middle WWWEIGHT titles (168 pounds) | Hartlepool, England vs. Paterson, nj | 13-1 (10 KO) vs. 15-1 (11 KO) 167.0 pounds vs. 167.2 pounds
Ellie Scotney vs. Yamileth Mercado – IBF/WBC/WBO/Ring Super Bantamweight titles (122 pounds) | London vs. Cuauhtoc, MX | 10-0 vs. 24-3 (5 KO) 121.6 pounds vs. 119.6 pounds
Cherneka Johnson vs. Shurretta Metcalf – The unquestioned title of the world of Bantamweight (118 pounds) | Gold Coast Via Tauranga, NZ vs. Dallas, TX 17-2 (7 KO) vs. 14-4 (2 KO) 116.8 pounds vs. 117.0 pounds
Chantelle Cameron vs. Jessica Camara – WBC short-lived super lithe title (140 pounds) | Northampton, England vs. Montreal, Canada 20-1 (8 KO) vs. 14-4-1 (4 KO) 139.0 pounds vs. 139.4 pounds
Ramla Ali vs. Lila Furtado – Super Bantamweight Fight (122 pounds) London by Mogadishu, Somalia vs. Guarulhos, Brazil 9-2 (2 KO) vs. 11-2 (2 KO) 121.6 pounds vs. 121.2 pounds
Tamm Thibeault vs. Mary Casamassa – Medium fight (160 pounds) Shawinigan, Quebec vs. Pittsburgh, Pa | 2-0 (1 KO) vs. 6-0 (1 KO) 159.6 pounds vs. 156.8 pounds
Terence Crawford faced and defeated 42 different opponents during a 17-year career, but super-middleweight icon Carl Froch believes that there is one welterweight who would have put an end to Crawford’s unbeaten streak if they were to meet in their primes.
Crawford became the first post-war boxer to claim the undisputed title in three separate weight divisions last September; a run which began as a super-lightweight in 2015 by defeating Thomas Dulorme, then unifying against Viktor Postol before halting Julius Indongo in an undisputed title showdown.
‘Bud’ then moved on to the welterweight scene and knocked out Jeff Horn to capture the WBO world title on his 147lb debut, making five defences of the title before colliding with fierce rival and three-belt unified titleholder, Errol Spence Jr, in 2023.
In a unforgettable fight, Crawford brutally beat Spence down in an authoritative ninth-round stoppage win to capture the undisputed welterweight throne. Talk then turned to an unprecedented three-weight move up to super-middleweight to take on Canelo Alvarez.
After stopping off at super-welterweight to dethrone Israil Madrimov on his way up, Crawford debuted at super-middleweight in a challenge for Canelo’s undisputed crown and outboxed the Mexican superstar in an iconic win last year, hanging up the gloves three months later.
Despite those legendary achievements, Froch picked Floyd Mayweather Jr to come out on top in a potential fantasy fight against the Omaha southpaw, in an episode of ‘Froch on Fighting’.
Mayweather’s achievements speak for themselves, retiring with a perfect 50-0 unbeaten record after claiming world honours in five divisions, with his most impressive reign coming at 147lbs, where he defeated the likes of Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley.
Mayweather has been rumoured to make a comeback, but while there would be huge finances that would be on offer, Crawford has revealed that he would have no interest in ending his retirement for a bout with ‘TBE’, believing that the 49-year-old is ‘old’ and ‘done’.
Terence Crawford has been hailed by many as the best fighter of this generation following his retirement, and now WBC welterweight title hopeful Conor Benn has shared how he thinks ‘Bud’ would have fared against six-division world champion Oscar De La Hoya.
Crawford became boxing’s sixth five-division world champion with an iconic win over Canelo Alvarez back in September; joining Thomas Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard, De La Hoya, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao in that elite and exclusive club reserved only for legends of the sport.
Of that group, only De La Hoya and Pacquiao have gone on to conquer a sixth division, with De La Hoya’s 2004 WBO middleweight world title win over Felix Sturm seeing the Californian become the first boxer to ever become a sextuple champion.
Crawford could have joined ‘’The Golden Boy’ and ‘Pac-Man’ in achieving that feat, having been offered a middleweight world title shot during the aftermath of his triumph over Canelo late last year – a proposal which later fell apart due to a failed doping test by Janibek Alimkhanuly.
Continuing the praise that the Omaha-born southpaw has received since announcing his retirement last December, Benn told Daily Mail Boxing that he would favour the undefeated star to get the better of De La Hoya, if they were to meet in their primes.
Benn also went on to predict that Crawford would retain his unbeaten streak against other greats of the game, picking him to come out on top against each of Mayweather, Julio Cesar Chavez, Pernell Whitaker and Roberto Duran.
Top trainer and former world champion Robert Garcia has considered the outcome of a fantasy showdown between Terence Crawford and Manny Pacquiao.
The two generational greats reportedly came close to squaring off in 2021, back when Crawford was the WBO welterweight champion and ‘Pac Man’ held the WBA title.
Their unification match never materialised, though, as Pacquiao was scheduled to face Errol Spence Jr before ‘The Truth’ pulled out with a torn retina.
Instead, the Filipino legend ended up losing his WBA title to Yordenis Ugas at a stage when, while still serviceable, he was quite clearly past his best.
Crawford, meanwhile, was hitting top form around this time, just a few fights away from producing arguably a career-best performance against Spence.
He did, of course, manage to stop his welterweight rival in nine rounds, before moving up to 168lbs and becoming a three-division undisputed champion by dethroning Canelo Alvarez last September.
Based on those two performances, coach Garcia has told ESNEWS that he would favour ‘Bud’ to defeat even a prime version of Pacquiao.
“The Crawford that beat Spence – and the Crawford that beat Canelo – would probably beat Manny.”
While Crawford’s prime almost certainly came during his run of eight stoppages at welterweight, it is harder to pinpoint when Pacquiao ultimately reached his peak.
In terms of his most destructive performance at world level, however, many will point towards his second-round finish over Ricky Hatton in 2009.
While facing the ‘Hitman’ at 140lbs, Pacquiao would cement himself as a formidable welterweight champion soon after, dethroning Miguel Cotto with a 12th-round stoppage for the WBO title.
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