When Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano finally entered the squared circle inside Madison Square Garden, the hype surrounding their boxing match was palpable.
Taylor was the WBA, WBC and IBF female lightweight champion. She faced off against Serrano who is the reigning WBC and WBO female featherweight champion. Fans were eager to see history.
After 10 back-and-forth rounds, Taylor remained undefeated while successfully defending her undisputed crown.
Below is the reaction of other combat sports professionals to this historic fight.
Katie Taylor defeats Amanda Serrano
Katie Taylor The Greatest! Absolutely incredible boxing!
Take a bow ladies! It’s a great contest. @KatieTaylor @Serranosisters @TheGarden— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) May 1, 2022
Robbed.
— Jake Paul (@jakepaul) May 1, 2022
So happy women are headlining #msg but @Serranosisters won that fight ! There is no disrespect to the real thing! Nice job ladies ! Bravo ladies!
— Julianna Pena (@VenezuelanVixen) May 1, 2022
Congratulations women’s boxing !
— Oscar De La Hoya (@OscarDeLaHoya) May 1, 2022
Respect ladies!!!!!!
— Alan Jouban (@AlanJouban) May 1, 2022
Fighters usually get it right and judges don’t, but this time they didn’t ruin a great fight! Congrats #TaylorSerrano #SerranoTaylor @DAZNBoxing #boxing
— Teddy Atlas (@TeddyAtlasReal) May 1, 2022
Fight of the year so far got damn !! #TaylorvsSerrano
— Errol Spence (@ErrolSpenceJr) May 1, 2022
Well done to both fighters @KatieTaylor & @Serranosisters the fight lived up to all expectations. What a fight, toe to toe action! Well done on the win Katie, showed amazing heart #Womensboxing
— Amir Khan (@amirkingkhan) May 1, 2022
Hands down one of the highest level and best boxing fights I’ve ever seen!
#SerranoTaylor— Jeff Molina (@jmolina_125) May 1, 2022
Wow – What A Fight! Amazing
— Mike Kimbel (@kimbelmike) May 1, 2022
Wow. I’ll have to watch again when i get home. Regardless, what an amazing fight between two amazing boxers. @Serranosisters @KatieTaylor So glad I was here to witness this.
— Mikaela Mayer (@MikaelaMayer1) May 1, 2022
Naaaaaaaaaah. That’s a BS score.
— Holly Lawson (@lilbearlawson) May 1, 2022
A great night and moment for women boxers and sports women. Thank you @KatieTaylor and @Serranosisters #TaylorSerrano
— Alex Chambers (@alexchambersmma) May 1, 2022
Jake might look like McGregor but the crowd never boo the Mac dog
— Platinum Mike Perry (@PlatinumPerry) May 1, 2022
WOW! @KatieTaylor @Serranosisters what a fight and what a night for women’s boxing and women’s combat sports! @DAZNBoxing
— Frank Mir (@thefrankmir) May 1, 2022
Massive respect to Katie Taylor!! What a fight!! #TaylorSerrano
— JIMI MANUWA (@POSTERBOYJM) May 1, 2022
So the world has just seen how to lose one million dollars. Congrats @EddieHearn .. @bisping … Sorry @jakepaul ps I’ll smash your fucking head in “anyweight”
— Big Ben Rothwell (@RothwellFighter) May 1, 2022
