Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano closed out their historic trilogy with a tightly contested third bout that favored sharp tactics over explosiveness. While it didn’t reach the frenetic highs of their first encounter at Madison Square Garden, the fight unfolded as a slow-burn chess match, with momentum swinging subtly round-by-round.

 

The tide began to shift in the seventh round, as Taylor upped her output and began to time Serrano’s entries with clean counters. By the tenth and final round — with the crowd at a fever pitch — Taylor landed the sharper punches, punctuated by a crisp left-right combo before the final bell.

 

After a deliberation period that felt painfully long, the judges gave the crowd what they were waiting for (or not): 95-95. 97-93. 97-93, with Taylor defeating Serrano via majority decision and successfully defending her unified light-welterweight titles and beating Serrano for the third time.