The time is almost here for the epic rematch between two of the best female boxers in the sport. Undisputed super lightweight champion Katie Taylor (23-1, 6 KOs) takes on Puerto Rican great Amanda Serrano (47-2-1, 31 KOs) at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
The bout is scheduled as the co-main event on the globally televised card between Jake Paul and Mike Tyson. The card will appear on Netflix, which has more than 270 million registered subscribers worldwide.
The event reportedly broke the Texas martial arts record by doubling the record previously held by Canelo Alvarez when he fought Joe Saunders in 2021. Their gate record of 9 million dollars was broken by Jake Paul and Mike Tyson, with the new mark registering at 17.8 million dollars. Set the stage for this historic rematch.
Katie Taylor, at 38, once again faces the opponent who pushed her to the brink. For the first time in her career, she came very close to being knocked out several times. Serrano is also the opponent who has landed the most hits against Taylor at 173. It’s been more than two years since their first match, will Serrano be able to improve on her performance?
In the time that has passed, Katie Taylor has had two tough matches against Chantelle Cameron, losing the first and winning the rematch. In the first game, Cameron demonstrated her ability to expose Taylor by throwing more than 200 jabs. Although they didn’t all commit, Taylor defended them from throwing them.
Cameron had great success throwing double and triple jabs and following up with effective combinations. Cameron was relentless and applied pressure throughout the game. Serrano was rather ineffective with her pitching in the first match, getting only two strikes in the match.
If Serrano improves in this area, it will allow her to be much more effective, creating openings and landing multiple punching combinations. She must be relentless, but smartly apply pressure. This may be her last opportunity to make history, and she needs to capitalize and give it her all for the full 20-minute match.
In the first game, Taylor took a lot of punishment by staying in the pocket and trading with Serrano. She is a warrior who loves to trade; if she does that in this match, it could end up costing her the match. In her second game against Cameron, Taylor reduced her defense by boxing on the outside and reducing Cameron’s effectiveness.
Cameron was not as agile or mobile as Taylor and struggled to hit the moving target. Her output was half of what she threw in the first game, and therefore also landed less. If Taylor sticks and moves and becomes a mobile target in the rematch, it will create offensive challenges for Serrano and minimize her effectiveness.
Taylor can’t play to Serrano’s strength and trade with her; if she does, she might not be so lucky this time and earn a win. Taylor hasn’t earned a knockout win since 2019, earning one against Serrano could be extremely challenging.
Source: Compubox
