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Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano step into the ring for their highly anticipated third encounter, as they held their media workouts.

With Taylor’s Undisputed Junior Welterweight Title on the line, and likely the final chapter in their historic saga, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Taylor enters this fight with much confidence from two previous victories over Serrano. Their last clash, in November 2024, saw Taylor retain her Undisputed Junior Welterweight Title via a unanimous decision. This followed their initial 2022 Madison Square Garden classic, which Taylor edged in a split decision to secure her Undisputed Lightweight Title.

Despite Taylor’s two decision wins, the Serrano camp has voiced strong opinions, feeling hard done by in both contests. The controversy intensified particularly after their second fight, where Taylor faced accusations of headbutting – a complaint also raised by Chantelle Cameron following her bouts with Taylor. With everything on the line in this likely final dance, boxing insiders have been weighing in with their predictions.

Pre-Fight

17 world titles on the line, a record by far for the sport of boxing. Never happened before. 21 if you include the ring belts in terms of women’s sports, highest payday for any individual female athlete for an event, tournament, season, etc, on the field, inside the ring. So when you look at Ronda, Rousey, Serena Williams, any WNBA player who played an entire season, or one Wimbledon, etc, they will have a record. July 11. Taylor and Serrano, the two athletes, will make more money than the Champion and the runner-up of the Wimbledon women’s on July 12. Men’s on July 13. It’s an epic moment for women. It’s an epic moment for boxing.

“In 2022, Taylor and Serrano became the first women boxing or MMA to headline Madison Square Garden. Now they’re back three years later, and they’re bringing an entire army of other world-class athletes with them, all women. So it’s super exciting. We’re super grateful to Madison Square Garden, which has believed in women’s boxing from day one, and we’re looking for a record-setting night. We’re excited,” Nakisa Bidarian (MVP Co-Founder)

Media Workout

This article first appeared on BoxingNews.com and was syndicated with permission.

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