Katie Taylor v. Amanda Serrano

It would be great to see her sell out croke park.

I think martins comments about pro boxing were about MTK more so than a reputable company like matchroom.

it doesn’t really matter if she loses her last fight or two if it’s at a high level. Pretty much every top boxer loses their last few fights and it doesn’t effect their legacy or reputation. They are remembered for when they were at their best.

Yes. Agreed. I gave the first four of them to Katie based off cleaner and sharper work.

Yeah it's what you look for, Katie had cleaner work but in 3 and 4 Serrano had slightly less volume but hit much harder.

Looking at the stats they both got hit with a record number of punches in that fight. Serrano hit Taylor with 44 shots in that 5th round, it was such a dominant round which made Taylor's performance after that round all the more impressive.

It would be such a high to go out on, it would be how you would finish the movie. I think the lure of Croke Park might be too much though, money-wise and the fact that she could retire with a homecoming win (which is obviously a massive gamble).

Did anybody listen to Clarissa Shields after the fight? (not about the fight - just about herself) - it was quite an entertaining ramble.

Watching the highlights it looks like Serrano was well on top, serious performance from Katie to come back from the 5th, serious heart and determination.

Jaysus where would we play the all ireland finals?

Some heart from Katie, best I've seen from her in the pro ranks.

I gave Serrano the 5th 10-8 too. It was such a dominant round I felt she deserved it as there was nothing much in any other round.

I think she really emptied her tank that round trying to get the knockout and it probably cost her the fight for the sake of a single point.

Can't agree with the 10-8, it needs a knockdown or to totally dominate the round for that. Katie hit her many times in that round so it cannot be a 10-8.

Was her best performance to date, though. Everywhere!

This chap knows what he is talking about and called it for Katie.

This chap also

What a fight that was. That 5th round - I have no idea how she's didn't hit the canvas. Was full sure then that she was not going to survive beyond the sixth. However, the way in which she came back out and gained control of the fight was phenomenal. I had it 3-3 after 6 but it was very close in a number of rounds I thought. From 7-10, I think only one of those round could be argued in favour of Serrano.

Was not going to get up to watch it but the young lad woke for a bottle at 3 and I decided to watch it after he was back asleep. Glad I did now.

Paul O'Flynn on RTE Six One News, just said Katie Taylor's name can now be mentioned in the same light as Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. I think people need to tone down the over the top hype after this fight. Women's boxing is a minority sport that due to Katie Taylor's success has attracted a lot a bandwagon jumpers.

Boxing is a minority sport that attracts bandwagons. The general sports fan here and elsewhere couldn’t name 10 current boxers

Not to say your man wasn’t OTT. He definitely was.