Katie Taylor retained her undisputed lightweight titles against Amanda Serrano in a fight that will be remember for a long time. The Madison Square Garden crowd was on its feet the entire bout as these two gave it their all.
Taylor (21-0) was able to survive a strong fifth round by Serrano (42-2-1), who landed over 40 strikes in the frame.
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The fight between the Irish and Puerto Rican stars generated a lot of buzz on social media. Personalities from the combat sports and entertainment worlds gave their takes. Errol Spence Jr., George Kambosos Jr., Conor McGregor, Mikaela Mayer and more reacted.
🙌🏻🥊 Take a bow @Serranosisters @KatieTaylor
— George "Ferocious" Kambosos Jr (@georgekambosos) May 1, 2022
Katie Taylor The Greatest! ❤️🇮🇪Absolutely incredible boxing!
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) May 1, 2022
Take a bow ladies! What a contest! @KatieTaylor @Serranosisters @TheGarden
Fight of the year so far got damn !! #TaylorvsSerrano
— Errol Spence (@ErrolSpenceJr) May 1, 2022
This building is overflowing with emotion. This is incredible. #TaylorSerrano pic.twitter.com/WDMbWAKQs9
— patrick (@muldowney) May 1, 2022
Wow. I’ll have to watch again when i get home. Regardless, what an amazing fight between two amazing boxers. @Serranosisters @KatieTaylor So glad I was here to witness this.
— Mikaela Mayer (@MikaelaMayer1) May 1, 2022
Serrano won that.
— Mikaela Mayer (@MikaelaMayer1) May 1, 2022
Robbed.
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) May 1, 2022
I would accept that fight @EddieHearn #CyborgVsTaylor @KatieTaylor
— CrisCyborg.com #Bellator279 (@criscyborg) May 1, 2022
I just witnessed one of the best fights ever and in my humble opinion Katie pulled it off 👊🏼🥊 #TaylorSerrano
— RYAN GARCIA (@RyanGarcia) May 1, 2022
Tonight HISTORY WAS MADE!
— Bianca Belair (@BiancaBelairWWE) May 1, 2022
Congratulations to @KatieTaylor!
And congratulations to BOTH women for CHANGING THE GAME!! @Serranosisters
Just the beginning!
Now let’s run it back!#TeamSerrano#TaylorSerrano https://t.co/1GE58oJc4G
Omg!!!!! What a round 10000000000000”””
— Claressa Gwoat Shields (@Claressashields) May 1, 2022
Fighters usually get it right and judges don’t, but this time they didn’t ruin a great fight! Congrats #TaylorSerrano #SerranoTaylor @DAZNBoxing #boxing
— Teddy Atlas (@TeddyAtlasReal) May 1, 2022
Well done to both fighters @KatieTaylor & @Serranosisters the fight lived up to all expectations. What a fight, toe to toe action! Well done on the win Katie, showed amazing heart #Womensboxing
— Amir Khan (@amirkingkhan) May 1, 2022
Congratulations women’s boxing !
— Oscar De La Hoya (@OscarDeLaHoya) May 1, 2022
So happy women are headlining #msg but @Serranosisters won that fight ! No disrespect for real ! Nice job ladies ! Great fight !
— Julianna Peña (@VenezuelanVixen) May 1, 2022