‘It’s what she does’: Amanda Serrano accuses Katie Taylor of intentional headbutts in rematch defeat
The Puerto Rican fighter copped a brutal cut above her eye in the fourth round, which was attributed to an accidental headbutt.
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Your support makes all the difference.Amanda Serrano has accused Ireland’s Katie Taylor of intentionally headbutting her during their brutal rematch in Texas.
Taylor defended her status as undisputed world light-welterweight champion with a unanimous decision victory over Serrano at the AT&T Stadium on Friday, with the judges scoring the bout 95-94 in her favour.
However, controversy erupted after the decision was handed down when the Puerto Rican used her post-fight interview on Netflix to accuse Taylor of intentional headbutting.
Serrano received a brutal cut above her eye in the fourth round, which was attributed to an accidental headbutt.
Taylor was deducted a point in the eighth round after repeatedly being warned against leading with the head.
Following the fight, Serrano said: “I knew it if went to the judges it was going to be a little shady.
“I chose to be great. I went up three divisions. It is what it is. I’m a featherweight, man.
“She kept headbutting me. It’s what she does. It’s not just my fight, it’s all her fights. It’s what she does.”
Taylor defended her actions, saying: “I certainly wasn’t fighting dirty.
“It gets rough in there. It was an absolute slugfest, a war. This is an amazing moment in women’s boxing.
“Thank god for another amazing fight.”
The encounter was a brutal back-and-forth affair through 10 rounds which, in a lot of ways, mirrored their previous classic at Madison Square Garden in 2022.
Taylor and Serrano embraced each other after the bell, but the heavily pro-Serrano crowd voiced their displeasure as the result was announced.
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