The highly-anticipated rematch was confirmed after Serrano became the undisputed featherweight champion last night.
IT’S ON. KATIE Taylor will face Amanda Serrano in Dublin on Saturday, 20 May, after the Puerto Rican became the undisputed featherweight champion at Madison Square Garden last night.
The42 reported on Wednesday night that Taylor’s Croke Park dream was over due to costs with the homecoming set for the 3Arena. “Ultimately and bizarrely, the cost of doing a show at Croke Park is three times more than Wembley,” Eddie Hearn said in an interview with Boxing King Media. “Obviously I saw all the posts going backwards and forwards. Smart marketing for Proper Twelve , but also obviously a passionate Irishman who loves Katie Taylor and wants to see her accomplish her dream, which is, one, to fight in Ireland, and two, to potentially do it at Croke Park.
Taylor joined Serrano in the ring for media engagements and photographs post-fight last night. Asked about her next opponent’s showing, and then what it would mean to fight in Ireland, the Bray legend and unbeaten lightweight champion beamed:Nations Analysis Get Murray Kinsella’s exclusive analysis of Ireland’s Six Nations campaign this spring“I thought it was a great performance. I obviously was cheering her on because we wanted this fight. Undisputed champion versus undisputed champion.
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