Bray boxer’s win over Amanda Serrano sees her complete the 2024 Sportswoman of the Year roll of honour
Katie Taylor after being announced as the winner of her bout against Amanda Serrano in Arlington, Texas last month. Photograph: Ed Mulholland/InphoOnce again, she was involved in a fight for the ages against Amanda Serrano, four years after they first met at Madison Square Garden. Few would have imagined that duel being topped, but somehow the pair achieved the feat in front of a crowd of more than 60,000 in Arlington, Texas in November..
There was, of course, no little controversy, Taylor docked a point after she opened up a deep gash above Serrano’s right eye with her head, leading to post-fightAnd Serrano’s camp was even less impressed with the verdict: Taylor got the nod from all three judges who each scored it 95-94. It was her 24th victory in the 25th fight of her professional career, but so epic and tight was it, a third encounter seems inevitable.
And we note a slight Wicklow annexation going on this time around, a third of this year’s winners hailing from that very county – Taylor, Fionnuala McCormack, Lucy Mulhall and Lara Gillespie.
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