Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano have weighed in for the ultimate chapter of their rivalry.
They may full a trilogy of fights after they field at Madison Sq. Backyard, their second time headlining on the historic New York venue, within the early hours of Saturday morning.
Their first two bouts have been tight affairs, furiously contested. However there’s unlikely to be a fourth.
Serrano needs to get a win again, and go away it there.
“I’m kind of tired of Katie Taylor,” she mentioned. “We have great, great moments together. We have great fights together, but hey, two is better than one, right? She’ll have two and I’ll have one so she can live with that.”
Taylor would not be drawn on her personal future. “I am taking the third fight. If she wants a fourth fight, I’ll take it as well. But we’ll see what happens. Let’s just focus on Friday night,” she mentioned.
Taylor is placing her undisputed super-lightweight championship on the road. 140lbs although isn’t a pure division for Serrano and so they each weighed in simply over the light-weight restrict, Taylor at 135.8lbs and Serrano 136lbs.
Serrano is likely to be in search of her revenge, Taylor needs to point out that even on the age of 39 she will be able to scale the heights of outdated.
“I feel like people haven’t seen the best me yet and I can’t wait to showcase that on Friday night. I can definitely make the fight a lot easier for myself and I just can’t wait to step in there now and actually perform,” Taylor mentioned.
“I know that I can perform and produce the best performance of my career.”
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Katie Taylor says she’s hoping to place an ‘exclamation mark’ on the finish of the combat in opposition to Amanda Serrano
Whereas at this superior stage boxing at her finest is unlikely, one other nice combat is definitely a chance if it is something like the primary two.
This bout headlines an all ladies’s card at Madison Sq. Backyard, with a wholesome British illustration on the invoice.
Savannah Marshall returns to boxing after a sojourn in MMA. She fights Shadasia Inexperienced in an WBO and IBF super-middleweight title unification.
Additionally on the undercard Catford’s Ellie Scotney takes on Yamileth Mercado to unify the IBF, WBC and WBO super-bantamweight championships and, with a view to boxing Taylor subsequent, Chantelle Cameron places her WBC Interim super-lightweight strap on the road in opposition to Jessica Camara.
“The final chapter of Katie Taylor versus Amanda Serrano the headliner of the most stacked boxing card of the year, with a collection of top pound-for-pound fighters on this stage like the sport has never seen before,” mentioned Most Worthwhile Promotions’ Nakisa Bidarian.
“Come Friday night, they’re going to enter the ring and go to war, but they’ve come together and helped lift the entire sport for all of the women within it.”
