Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano have developed the greatest rivalry in the history of women’s boxing with two fantastic fights. The women are set to face off one more time, headlining a card from New York’s Madison Square Garden this Friday night with Taylor’s four junior welterweight championships on the line.
The first two meetings between Taylor and Serrano were not without controversy. Taylor took their April 2022 meeting by split decision, doing enough to deserve the win more than Serrano, who kept the fight entertaining. The pair rematched this past November, with Taylor winning by unanimous decision. Serrano seemed to have done more than enough to take the win.
Taylor also connected with several headbutts in the rematch, with those headbutts resulting in a point deduction as well as significant cuts around Serrano’s eyes.
Be sure to follow CBS Sports’ live coverage of Taylor vs. Serrano 3 in New York
“I’m going to use my head — but not the way it was used on me,” Serrano said at the final press conference this week. “We’re just going to be smarter. We’re going to be smarter, work smarter. I did work a lot smarter for this fight and I believe that we can come out victorious. We will come out victorious.”
As with the previous meetings, the fight will be contested under the standard rules for women’s boxing, which means only 10, two-minute rounds.
“I’m taking the fight again because I love the challenge of this,” Taylor said. “I want to take the best fights. It doesn’t really matter to me, I just want to take the biggest challenges, the biggest fights in women’s boxing and after the last fight, this was still the biggest fight in women’s boxing. So that’s why I’m taking it. Why not take the challenge again? I believe that I can beat [Amanda] again. That’s why I have taken the fight again.”
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Friday night features four more title fights in the women’s divisions as Jake Paul and MVP puts an emphasis and spotlight on women’s boxing. Ellie Scotney and Yamileth Mercado are set to unify junior featherweight titles as Scotney puts her IBF and WBO championships against Mercado’s WBC. Alycia Baumgardner stakes her undisputed junior lightweight titles against Jennifer Miranda in a featured bout. And a pair of champions at super middleweight look to unify titles when Savannah Marshall takes on Shadasia Green.
Let’s take a closer look at the fight card with the latest odds. Be sure to keep track of this page for the latest news around fight week in New York.
Taylor vs. Serrano 3 fight card, odds
- Amanda Serrano -205 vs. Katie Taylor (c) +145, undisputed junior welterweight title
- Ellie Scotney (c) -835 vs. Yamileth Mercado (c) +475, unified junior featherweight title
- Alycia Baumgardner (c) -2500 vs. Jennifer Miranda +900, unified junior lightweight title
- Savannah Marshall (c) -715 vs. Shadasia Green (c) +440, unified super middleweight title
- Cherneka Johnson (c) vs. Shurretta Metcalf, unified bantamweight title
- Chantelle Cameron -3335 vs. Jessica Camara +1050, junior welterweights
- Ramla Ali vs. Lila Furtado, junior featherweights
- Tamm Thibeault vs. Mary Casamassa, middleweights
Where to watch Taylor vs. Serrano 3
- Date: July 11 | Location: Madison Square Garden — New York
- Start time: 8 p.m. ET
- How to watch: Netflix (Subscription required)
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