Katie Taylor

Round-by-round report: Katie Taylor retained her undisputed lightweight title against Amanda Serrano by a split decision at Madison Square Garden.

Hello and welcome to New York for tonight’s blockbuster showdown between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano for the undisputed lightweight championship. Taylor looks more comfortable in the second than in the first and Serrano is going to have to do a better job of cutting off the ring. Serrano is moving forward and pressuring from the jump but Taylor is fighting well off the back foot, landing one right hand than another upstairs while moving backwards. The sight of Taylor prompted rollicking cheers from the stands, but there was an even bigger swell of noise for Serrano, who it seems will enjoy a marginal edge in crowd support. A sumilar pattern to the first round with Serrano in hot pursuit and Taylor boxing off the back foot, looking to catch her opponent with counters and get out of harm’s way. She seems content to try and trade with Serrano (bad idea) and none of her shots appear to be having much effect. Taylor is in serious trouble! But it’s allowed Taylor to buy a bit of time. More of the in-and-out movement from her success in the early rounds and avoiding the protracted exchanges. But Serrano is tireless and keeps moving forward. And she’s hurt Serrano! Serrano is hurt badly! Most of all, she’s be angry for letting Taylor off the hook after appearing to have her finished in the fifth.

It took 140 years, but it is finally time for the women to take centre stage in a boxing event at the combat sports mecca known as Madison Square Garden.

He immediately went back to work at the start of the round and had Vargas in enough trouble on the ropes for it to get waved off. Taylor book ends the two minutes with great boxing to edge it, though she was on the receiving end in the middle of it. They are really opening up on each other but, thankfully for Taylor, she's able to avoid the danger she encountered in the fifth for the most part and get back to her style to outland. 3-1 to the champion but Serrano is far from out of this fight. However she was pinned down in the fifth round and subjected to brutal sustained Serrano offense. Taylor's rally in the sixth could go down as the most important round of her career.

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Mr Hearn, who also represents the likes of Dillian Whyte, Anthony Joshua, and Oleksandr Usyk, went on to describe the event as "one of the greatest fights in the history of Madison Square Garden" and thanked the crowd for their support. Eddie Hearn, who also promotes the likes of Dillian Whyte, Anthony Joshua and Oleksandr Usyk, went on to describe the event as "one of the greatest fights in the history of Madison Square Garden". Katie Taylor has beaten Amanda Serrano in the biggest-ever fight in women's boxing history.

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Katie Taylor has retained her undisputed lightweight championship with a split-decision victory over Amanda Serrano at Madison Square Garden.

The decision was given to Taylor, a great champion who recovered when it mattered most, but the raucous and landmark night belonged just as much to the valiant Serrano. This unforgettable fight will go down in history as the night that two women elevated the battered old soul of boxing. At the bell the two women embraced with relief and mutual admiration for they had both crossed dark terrain in an unremitting contest. Even the most sceptical critics of women’s boxing would have been rendered mute in open-mouthed admiration for the bravery and brilliance of the two female fighters. It was as if she became too caught up in the imagined rapture of a sensational knockout that she went looking for a single concussive blow that would end the contest. In a thrilling and tumultuous fight Katie Taylor fought her way out of desperate trouble in the middle rounds, when Amanda Serrano looked on course to force a stoppage, to retain her undisputed world lightweight titles on a historic night for women’s boxing at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night. Taylor was concentrated and seemingly aware of the danger that she might get drawn into a toe-to-toe brawl.

Madison Square garden was officially filled to capacity to watch Katie Taylor take on Amanda Serrano.

Madison Square Garden was rocking in front of a sold-out listed crowd of 19,187 on Saturday night as the fight went the distance, with both Taylor and Serrano throwing hands and thrilling fans right up to the final bell. The fight went back and forth over 10 rounds, with Serrano controlling some of the earlier exchanges but Taylor winning out in the end. The fight between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano lived up to its billing -- and the size of its official crowd.

Ireland's Katie Taylor defeated Puerto Rico's Amanda Serrano Saturday night in the first boxing match headlined by two women at New York's Madison Square ...

Taylor, who won a gold medal in the 2012 Olympics, stays undefeated and improves her career record to 21-0 and six knockouts. Last year, Serrano, 33, successfully defended her WBO and WBC featherweight titles. Serrano's record now stands at 42-2-1 and 30 knockouts.

Katie Taylor cemented her status as a boxing legend as she defeated Amanda Serrano by narrow split decision in a modern classic on Saturday night at M.

Free Bets are paid as Bet Credits and are available for use upon settlement of qualifying bets. Min odds, bet and payment method exclusions apply. Bet £10 & Get £50 in Free Bets for new customers at bet365. Taylor threw her game plan out of the window and battled back to the centre of the ring, but was then badly hurt as she staggered into the path of a massive combination of hooks. Serrano responded with more accuracy in her attack in the third, though Taylor continued to control the range well and answered back. The fight which was billed as one of the biggest women’s boxing matches of all time more than lived up to expectations as Taylor and Serrano delivered a ten-round epic.

The two champions left it all in the ring on Saturday night inside Madison Square Garden with the Irishwoman coming out on top.

Women can sell, women can fight, and we put on a hell of a show!" "What a fight, what a win, what a night." "We put on a hell of a show. After both women celebrated together, the scorecards were read, giving Taylor cards of 97-93 and 96-93 while Serrano took one 96-94 card. The fight exceeded even the highest expectations, with Katie Taylor winning a split decision in a wild war in front of a rowdy crowd from Madison Square Garden in New York City to retain her status as the undisputed lightweight champion. By the fifth round, Serrano's shots were badly hurting Taylor, nearly scoring a knockdown that may have changed the course of the fight.

The first women's boxing bout to headline at 'The Garden' delivers, as Serrano delivers a message to a roaring packed house.

But she came right back with some good work in the sixth. 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 crowd roared as they traded punches during a lengthy exchange in the corner in the fifth, but Serrano got the better of it and Taylor’s face was bloodied by the end of the round. 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. The southpaw Serrano constantly came forward and found some openings for her left, but Taylor countered well and landed some good rights in the third – though took a good shot after it was over when the fighters and referee didn’t hear the bell over the crowd and Serrano landed a punch. When it was over, Taylor emerged with scores of 96-93 and 97-93 on two of the judges' cards, while Serrano won 96-94 on the other.

Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano put on a tremendous show as the first women to headline a boxing fight at the historic Madison Square Garden, with Taylor ...

I'm truly honoured to share the ring." "Katie is a great champion. "But tonight they made history with one of the greatest fights in the history of Madison Square Garden. 'One of the greatest fights in the history of Madison Square Garden' "I knew going into it I was going to be in the trenches at some stage," Taylor said. - It was the first fight card headlined by a women's contest in the history of Madison Square Garden

Minutes after they traded punches during a slugfest of a final round, Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano embraced each other and the moment.

Taylor did just a little more to stay undefeated in front of an announced sold-out crowd of 19,187 that seemed spilt between Taylor's Irish and Serrano's Puerto Rican fans. All three were true on a historic night for women's boxing. "Women can sell, women can fight and we put on a hell of a show," Serrano said.

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I guess we’re both winners in a certain way tonight for what we did and what we achieved.” Even in the immediate aftermath, Taylor was quick to embrace the prospect. “My corner was saying to me that I needed the championship rounds,” Taylor said. But Serrano hurt Taylor badly after finally cornering her elusive foe early in the fifth, leaving the champion bloodied, seemingly exhausted and fortunate to escape the round. It’s in those moments that the hard work of training pays off. The best night of my career for sure.

Taylor is yet to fight professionally in her career in her home country, and Matchroom head Eddie Hearn suggested after the fight that another title clash ...

"We all want to see the best versus the best, a rematch would be absolutely phenomenal," Taylor said in her press conference after the fight. Taylor is yet to fight professionally in her career in her home country, and Matchroom head Eddie Hearn suggested after the fight that another title clash between the duo could take place in Croke Park. Katie Taylor would welcome a rematch with Amanda Serrano, suggesting the pair could fight again in Ireland.

Tyson Fury may have retired from boxing, but that does not mean he doesn't still keep up with the sport, as he sent his congratulations to Katie Taylo.

“Another session finished in the gym,” Fury continued, “smashed another hour and ten or twenty minutes, all alone. What a contest!” Take a bow ladies!