By Wilson Florez
Nov 16, 2024, 07:56 AM EST
Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor gave a good boxing exhibition this Friday, November 15 at AT&T Stadium. The Irish boxer retained her undisputed title as world super lightweight champion. But Amanda Serrano, who ended up with a huge cut on her eyebrow, deserved more.
The Puerto Rican was the one who proposed action throughout the fight. Katie Taylor also proposed, but in the midst of her attacks He attacked Serrano with his head. This action was repeated constantly and caused the Puerto Rican a very deep wound near the eyebrow.
However, the Puerto Rican’s grit and adrenaline made her stay in the ring. This decision was made by the Latina fighter herself. This made Taylor decide to constantly attack Serrano’s affected area.
“Every time you have a cut, it affects you. You get blood in your eye, it hurts, she kept headbutting me, but we already knew it from the first fight“said Amanda Serrano in relation to her court.
Katie Taylor put her head several times closer to Amanda Serrano’s bloody face. The Irish woman was so insistent that In the eighth round she was penalized by the judge who subtracted one point from her score.
After the fight, through social networks, Amanda Serrano published a photograph in which she showed her huge cut near her eye. But this was not enough to appease the Puerto Rican fighter’s temper.
Amanda Serrano’s face after the fight.
Despite the inconveniences with its cut, Amanda Serrano looked like a clear dominator of the fight. The least point corroborated the perception of analysts and several users on social networks. But all three judges gave Taylor the victory 95-94.
“That’s what they do, not just with me, he did it with Chantelle Cameron too. Listen, I’m Boricua. I will die in this ring, no matter how many cuts I have on my face”Serrano said after the fight.
By putting aside the judges’ controversial decisionthe duel between Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor did not disappoint once again. It was the best fight of a night in which Jake Paul defeated an age-stricken Mike Tyson.
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