Taylor defeated Serrano by split decision

In the long-awaited superfight at Madison Square Garden in New York, the undisputed lightweight champion Katie Taylor (21-0, 6 KOs) defeated the leader of the female Р4Р Amanda Serrano (42-2-1, 30 KOs) by split decision. Taylor built her tactics on fast barrage attacks. Serrano went ahead and focused on causing more significant damage to her opponent, which she managed to do with some success in the fifth round. Serrano, for inexplicable reasons, noticeably slowed down from the seventh to the ninth round. Judges scores: 96-94 Serrano, 97-93 and 96-93 in favor of Taylor. All three judges gave the last three rounds to Taylor.