Irish boxer booed by crowd after head clash during brutal battle in Texas
Katie Taylor lands a punch on Amanda Serrano in a contest for the ages at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Photograph: Ed Mulholland/Inpho
Feelings were running high, but it was still a nasty allegation to throw at one of the most decorated and respected boxers in the sport. But Taylor was too exhausted, too happy and too proud to care.Wembley a happy hunting ground for Irish teams – just not football ones . . . “Congratulations to Amanda, she’s a fantastic champion. We’ve agreed to 12 three-minute rounds in the next fight, so the triple is on. She’s a hard puncher and a tough warrior, so I was prepared for that. I don’t care what the commentary team or the crowd say, all that matters is the judges around the ring.”
The contest was wreathed in greatness. It will become a famous boxing match. By the end, the tied-back hair of both fighters was matted with blood and sweat and their faces were swollen, blood smeared. Taylor had a gash on her left eye while Serrano somehow managed to box through a fountain of blood pouring from the deep welt caused by Taylor’s head.
It was difficult to watch and impossible to look away. There were several moments when Irish fans must have worried that this would be the night that Taylor finally met a hill she couldn’t summit. In the commentary box, Roy Jones Junior was moved to call the rivalry “the Ali-Frazier of female boxing” and that seemed about right. In round seven alone, they threw 170 punches at each other and 89 landed. And that wasn’t even the most memorable round of the fight.
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