Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano will meet for the third time on Friday, with Taylor’s undisputed junior welterweight championship on the road.
The trilogy combat headlines an all-women card at New York’s Madison Sq. Backyard (Netflix, 8 p.m. ET) that features 5 world title fights.
Taylor (24-1, 6 KOs) defeated Serrano by unanimous decision in November (95-94, 95-94 and 95-94) on the Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul undercard at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Serrano suffered a giant minimize over her proper eye within the fourth spherical attributable to an unintentional conflict of heads, and Taylor was deducted some extent in Spherical 8 by referee Jon Schorle for headbutting.
In that rematch, Serrano set a CompuBox record by landing 324 punches, probably the most in a 10-round ladies’s combat.
Their first combat in April 2022 was additionally shut, with Taylor edging Serrano by split decision (97-93, 96-93 and 94-96).
This time round, Serrano is a slight favourite at -175 per ESPN BET.
Keep right here for updates, outcomes and round-by-round evaluation from New York.