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Katie Taylor defeated Amanda Serrano on Friday night time in a slugfest remarkably just like the unique two years in the past, forward of the principle occasion Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson showdown.
Taylor retained her unanimous tremendous light-weight championship with one other disputed resolution. Taylor was scored a 95-94 winner by all three judges, drawing boos from the gang on the residence of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys earlier than Paul and Tyson.
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The 38-year-old from Ireland remained the undisputed champion and within the tremendous light-weight and light-weight divisions. It was the third victory for the reason that first skilled loss for Taylor (24-1, six knockouts).
Serrano, who stored punching regardless of getting a nasty reduce over her left eye within the sixth spherical, was the gang favourite a lot the identical method she was within the different disputed resolution at Madison Square Garden in 2022.
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Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano combat throughout LIVE On Netflix: Jake Paul vs. Mike Tyson at AT&T Stadium on November 15, 2024 in Arlington, Texas. (Al Bello/Getty Images for Netflix © 2024)
In that sold-out slugfest, they had been the primary girls headlining a fight sports activities occasion on the storied venue. The 36-year-old Serrano, a seven-division champion, is 47-3-1 with 31 knockouts.
It might need began a little bit extra slowly than the New York assembly, however issues modified when Serrano sustained the nasty reduce, which pressured the referee to name a timeout in the course of the sixth spherical.
Serrano by no means stopped punching, although, and appeared to have Taylor teetering as the ultimate seconds ticked away within the tenth spherical.
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Taylor was deducted a degree for headbutting within the eighth spherical.
Taylor was combating for the primary time since avenging her solely skilled loss by beating Chantelle Cameron for the undisputed tremendous light-weight title in a rematch in her residence nation a yr in the past.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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