Female boxing superstar, unified lightweight champ Katie Taylor is “in talks” to face female MMA legend Cris Cyborg, in a crossover boxing fight to be fought under boxing rules, that could take place this December.
While two men were 2,500 miles away participating in a unification bout, Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano were busy taking women’s boxing to another level.
Katie Taylor edged out Amanda Serrano to retain her undisputed Lightweight crown in an epic fight for the ages at a sold-out Madison Square Garden in New York, live on DAZN.
Last night’s female super fight between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano delivered, it lived up to all the hype in doing so and now, in fact pretty much as soon as the official scores were read out inside a packed and truly buzzing Madison Square Garden in New York, talks of a rematch have begun.
Undisputed female lightweight champion Katie Taylor (21-0, 6 KOs) was fortunate to escape with a 10-round split decision against Amanda Serrano (42-2-2-1, 30 KOs) on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York.
This Saturday night, the fans win on both coasts when Oscar Valdez and Shakur Stevenson meet in the West not long after an undisputed bout takes place in New York, matching Katie Taylor with Amanda Serrano.
Talk about backing your man. Or your woman. Promoters Eddie Hearn and Jake Paul, who have together brought us Saturday’s female super fight between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano, have shaken hands in betting on the outcome of the fight in New York.
Katie Taylor versus Amanda Serrano. It’s been called “the biggest fight in women’s boxing,” and, this week, Eddie Hearn said the fight will go down in the memory banks as “a moment in time.”
Eddie Hearn has told The DAZN Boxing Show that a fight between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano; what the promoter says is “the biggest fight in the history of female boxing,” is on the verge of being signed, sealed and delivered.
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