The spring schedule traditionally brings the very best boxing has to offer with Saturday’s showdown between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano one of the most important fights the sport has ever seen.
’s heavyweight title victory over Dillian Whyte and a week before the return of pound-for-pound star Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez, it is quite simply one of the biggest match-ups that can be made today.
It is a true 50-50 contest, bringing together the two fighters widely considered to be the no1 and no2 pound-for-pound best in women’s boxing. Anyone with even a passing interest in the sport will be aware of how exasperatingly rare that is – you have to go back to the 2008 classic between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez for the last time that happened.‘It is a legendary fight, it’s pretty simple,’ says Chantelle Cameron, the reigning IBF and WBC super-lightweight champion said.
Closer to home, there are now four world champions from Great Britain, each with unification hopes of their own. Among those is Taylor’s former opponent Natasha Jonas, who has played her own role in the rise and rise of women’s boxing with this weekend’s clash encapsulating how the game has changed.‘The boxing fans appreciate how good women’s boxing is at its highest level,’ Jonas said. ‘We always knew that, we just needed the platform. Now we have that.
‘The Bray Bomber’ ended lingering doubts with a comprehensive victory in their rematch a year later and has rattled off four more victories since. But against such formidable opposition in Serrano, a woman who has lost just once in 44 fights with that one blemish coming over a decade ago, some of the Irish icon’s rivals believe she is on the decline and primed for a first defeat.‘I just don’t think she has been the same Katie recently,’ Cameron continued.
‘I just think that is all wrong for Katie. She can be dragged in, Serrano is a southpaw which will cause problems and she can punch. She is tough. I don’t think Katie will have speed over Serrano. She isn’t a massive puncher either.’ While there has been plenty of talk about Serrano’s power and ability to brawl, Scotney believes her boxing abilities are being overlooked, suggesting a technical fight will ultimately serve Taylor better.‘There is mutual respect there, no doubt,’ Scotney said. ‘Everyone has said this [Serrano’s aggressive approach causing problems] but I think the more technical the fighter is, which Serrano is, the easier night’s work it is for Katie.
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