The most popular fight airing on Netflix on Friday night is definitely Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul, but the high-profile boxing match is arguably the co-main, as undisputed super-lightweight champion Katie Taylor will defend her crown against ‘to the unified featherweight champion Amanda. “The real deal” Serrano.
Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano are two pioneers who are responsible for elevating women’s boxing and taking the sport to the next level. Taylor is an undisputed two-weight world champion, and Serrano has won world titles in seven different weight classes.
After years of traveling their separate courses and building their individual legacies, Taylor and Serrano are finally coming together to make history. In April 2022, Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano became the first female boxers to headline a boxing card in New York’s Madison Square Garden.
In the battle for Katie Taylor’s undisputed lightweight crown, southpaw Amanda Serrano seemed to be in control in the first half of the fight pressing forward and landing the heaviest punches. In the 5th round, Serrano hurt Taylor as she hit him with a flurry of solid shots on multiple occasions.
During the second half of the fight, Taylor was able to rally back by using movement and doing a masterful job of fighting off the back foot. At the conclusion of the exciting 10-round contest, Katie Taylor earned a split decision victory with scores of 94-96, 97-93, and 96-93.
Six months later, Taylor made another successful title defense as she defeated Karen Carabajal by unanimous decision. Katie Taylor will move up to super-lightweight to challenge the undisputed world champion, Chantelle Cameron.
It was a revenge match for Taylor as the match took place in Dublin, Ireland. The homecoming did not end as Taylor anticipated, as Cameron won by majority decision. Six months later in the same place, Taylor avenged the loss and became an undisputed two-weight world champion.
Now, 38-year-old champion Katie Taylor (23-1, 6 KOs) is set to make the first defense of her undisputed super-lightweight crown. Back in 2022, he was successful against Serrano, and Taylor is convinced that on Friday night, history will repeat itself.
After falling in her April 2022 bout against WBC Katie Taylor, WBO featherweight champion Amanda Serrano picked up another belt in her division as she defeated Sarah Mahfoud to win the IBF title. Serrano would go on to fight another world champion in February 2023 as he defeated the WBA champion, Erika Cruz.
With the win, Amanda Serrano became the first Puerto Rican boxer, male or female, to win the undisputed crown in the four-belt era. Serrano made more history in October 2023 when he defeated Danila Ramos in a match that consisted of 12 rounds of three minutes.
Now 36-year-old Carolina, Puerto Rico native Amanda Serrano (47-2-1, 31 KOs) will enter Friday night’s contest trying to make more history. If she is able to defeat Taylor, Serrano will join Katie Taylor and Claressa Shields as the only female boxers to go undisputed in two weight classes.
In her rematch Friday night against Taylor, Amanda Serrano will look to press forward, use her jab to set up her power shots and attack the body. Katie Taylor wants to control the distance, fight from the outside, and take advantage of counter-punching opportunities.
On Friday night, live on Netflix, the long-awaited rematch between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano will finally happen. The first fight was an instant classic, and the rematch on Friday night is guaranteed to be another epic battle.
