Taylor on the point deduction
She said: “Amanda’s a hard puncher. A very tough warrior. I was prepared for that. I don’t care if the commentary team or the crowd disagree with the result. The only ones who matter are the judges around the ring. So thank God.
“I definitely didn’t agree with the point deduction. I certainly wasn’t fighting dirty. Sometimes it gets rough in there.
“This is an amazing moment for women’s boxing. We put on another amazing show.”
Taylor on her win
“It’s very hard to tell during the fight. I knew it was an absolute slug fest in there, an absolute war. Thank God I came out on the winning side,” she said.
“Thank you to Amanda, she’s a fantastic champion. I think we agreed to 12, three minute rounds in our next fight. The triple is on.”
How the fight unfolded
It was a classic from start to finish. Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano put every ounce of heart they had into their rematch and then some.
The pair delivered two-and-a-half years ago and they did so here again.
Serrano got on the front foot early on but struggled to pin Taylor down until she landed a bomb right on her chin at the end of the first.
Taylor got into her groove and started to counter in the second and a couple of rounds later came the head butt.
A clash of heads opened up a huge cut over the left eye of Amanda Serrano and from then on it was all out war.
Serrano continued to stomp forward but Taylor evaded her best shots, landing crisp counters herself.
In the eighth, Taylor had a point deduced and Serrano’s belief grew once again.
She had a strong ninth and an even better tenth but it was Taylor who had her opponent trapped in the corner at the end of the fight.
The scored read 95-94 three times in favour of Katie Taylor, much to the dismay of the 65,000 fans in attendance.
Serrano calls Taylor dirty
Amanda Serrano referenced several times in her post-fight interview that Katie Taylor has used head butts in plenty of her previous fights, including her win over Chantelle Cameron.
The Brit also suffered a horror injury at the hands of Taylor when they fought last year.
Taylor BEATS Serrano
Team Serrano aren’t happy at all. Both Serrano and her trainer get on the mic to complain about Taylor’s head butts.
Taylor adamant that she wasn’t head butting on purpose.
We could be on for a trilogy fight next. Both women want it.