Comments Thread For: Three for the show: Katie Taylor edges Amanda Serrano again

[Deleted]

I stopped watching maybe halfway through the fight. (Monica Mcnutt, Rosie Perez, Amanda Serrano.. my kryptonite). Watching the entire fight knowing the inevitable outcome was to painful.

Serrano's corner?! They let her down big time. Amanda needed to close the distance way more rapidly in the middle of the ring and connect. Instead, she waited and followed therefore negating her reach by only throwing when Taylor ran out of real estate. That's Katie territory since she has a shorter reach and prefers quick hard counter punching with a quick exit.

Anyways, hats off to all the fighters on the card.

[ShoulderRoll]

Serrano has pretty much viewed this whole trilogy as a cash grab to make up for the years of low purses. She was barely bothered about being robbed in the first fight (hey, the check cleared) and didn’t act like she was driven to win in the last two. From the beginning, this whole third fight was unnecessary and a waste of time.

I get that feeling too, once Serrano knew she was making life changing money for the first fight it’s like she already won and was no longer that emotionally invested in the actual result of the fight itself.

She hasn’t appeared too upset about losing ever since.

[Toffee]

Why, because the unofficial scorer said so? I don't think so.

Serrano was more active and while she missed quite a bit, Taylor was inactive. Serrano landed just as many clean punches as did Taylor.

So you're awarding rounds on the basis of nearly landing more punches?

[CubanGuyNYC]

It didn’t look like that to me. I was scoring it live and I scored the first round even and by the end had it 6-3 Taylor (with one even): 97-94 KT.

If someone wanted to bend over backwards and find a couple to give Amanda, she could MAAAAAAAAYBE edge it, but I just don’t see it. The reality is it was a terrible fight and I felt KT won the skirmishes even if Amanda was the one pressing (though not anywhere near like in the first two).

I feel a draw is the best you could do for Amanda in this rubber match. Most would say Katie won and I wouldn’t fault them. I also can’t bring myself to watch it again right now as it was……….A TERRIBLE FIGHT TO WATCH, both as a boxing fan…and especially as a Puerto Rican.

I scored the first round even as well. Nothing at all happened. When the TV judge scored it for Taylor, I raised both eyebrows…but ok. By the later rounds he had it for Serrano, and I was like, “What fight is this guy watching?” And when Amanda’s trainer told her she was winning, I was really confused. But the bout was uneventful enough for me to think that both women needed the final round to lock it. I thought they would both leave it in the ring, like they always had. The pace picked up a little, but I didn’t feel a real sense of urgency — especially from Amanda. Katie was busier and landed more punches.

If anything of value was said in that broadcast, it was something that might explain the lack of action last night. Both fighters have been through hell together. The damage they received in those first two encounters is not apparent to the fans. Could be that they just didn’t have another war in them. Might be as simple as that. As many have noted, Serrano appears content with finally getting paid after all those years of paltry paychecks. Can’t blame her.

[TintaBoricua]

You, sir, are a contrarian. Most people think that if Katie won any of the first two bouts, it was the first. Everyone seems to think Amanda won the second. And there’s no way you can make a case for Serrano winning the third. For the first time, Taylor was the clear victor.

Same thought right here.

I saw all fights live. I don’t have a problem with the first fight’s result as it was close. I felt Amanda won the second one (landed more punches and KT got a point deduction). This right here, Katie came to play. Amanda…just…put waaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy too much faith in what her corner was telling her. Interestingly enough, Katie’s corner was telling her to “pick it up” down the stretch.

Katie won this. It was a TERRIBLE fight to watch, but KT won.

[TintaBoricua]

Why, because the unofficial scorer said so? I don't think so.

Serrano was more active and while she missed quite a bit, Taylor was inactive. Serrano landed just as many clean punches as did Taylor.

It didn’t look like that to me. I was scoring it live and I scored the first round even and by the end had it 6-3 Taylor (with one even): 97-94 KT.

If someone wanted to bend over backwards and find a couple to give Amanda, she could MAAAAAAAAYBE edge it, but I just don’t see it. The reality is it was a terrible fight and I felt KT won the skirmishes even if Amanda was the one pressing (though not anywhere near like in the first two).

I feel a draw is the best you could do for Amanda in this rubber match. Most would say Katie won and I wouldn’t fault them. I also can’t bring myself to watch it again right now as it was……….A TERRIBLE FIGHT TO WATCH, both as a boxing fan…and especially as a Puerto Rican.

[CubanGuyNYC]

I agree with your take 100% in that I have no clue with who came up with Serrano's game plan. She's not a better boxer than Taylor. She should have come ready to brawl for 10 rounds. However, I guess the consensus in her camp was that her power wasn't translating against Taylor, and perhaps they didn't want their fighter in another war.

I had Serrano winning fight 1, Taylor winning fight 2.

I had Serrano winning in a surprisingly dull fight 3 against Taylor. I get that some feel that in order to beat a champion, that you must truly take the belt from them. But I believe in scoring a fight; the fighter with the most points wins - regardless of how poor both fighters look or how boring a fight is.

While Serrano didn't do much, Taylor did even less.

The only thing that I don't get from the fans, however, is how much they are dumping on Serrano and Taylor for not having another war. These wars take a lot out of the fighter. Sometimes in a trilogy, the third fight can't compare to the first two. While it was a disappointing fight number 3, I understand why. I can't fault the fighters. They gave us two classics.

You, sir, are a contrarian. Most people think that if Katie won any of the first two bouts, it was the first. Everyone seems to think Amanda won the second. And there’s no way you can make a case for Serrano winning the third. For the first time, Taylor was the clear victor.

[Roj]

Serrano has pretty much viewed this whole trilogy as a cash grab to make up for the years of low purses. She was barely bothered about being robbed in the first fight (hey, the check cleared) and didn’t act like she was driven to win in the last two. From the beginning, this whole third fight was unnecessary and a waste of time.

[Lefty0616]

I just wonder. Did Amanda Serrano actually believe that she could win a scientific boxing match against Katie Taylor?

Who was the more complete, tactical and fundamentally sound of the two fighters? The answer is no. She needed another fire fight.

She needed one In order to have been so much as even remotely close to being competitive against Katie Taylor; Due to the latter’s amateur pedigree.

There was no way she was defeating Taylor fighting like that. She should have been busier by throwing more punches and letting her hands go.

She had the edge in firepower but refused to use it.
Which was something that I found very mind boggling. What a very dull fight?

I agree with your take 100% in that I have no clue with who came up with Serrano's game plan. She's not a better boxer than Taylor. She should have come ready to brawl for 10 rounds. However, I guess the consensus in her camp was that her power wasn't translating against Taylor, and perhaps they didn't want their fighter in another war.

I had Serrano winning fight 1, Taylor winning fight 2.

I had Serrano winning in a surprisingly dull fight 3 against Taylor. I get that some feel that in order to beat a champion, that you must truly take the belt from them. But I believe in scoring a fight; the fighter with the most points wins - regardless of how poor both fighters look or how boring a fight is.

While Serrano didn't do much, Taylor did even less.

The only thing that I don't get from the fans, however, is how much they are dumping on Serrano and Taylor for not having another war. These wars take a lot out of the fighter. Sometimes in a trilogy, the third fight can't compare to the first two. While it was a disappointing fight number 3, I understand why. I can't fault the fighters. They gave us two classics.

[champion4ever]

This looked like a fight with aging fighters who weren't interested in each other anymore and why the hell was Serrano throwing combinations like she was shadowboxing at the air, WTF?

That’s right. It was very similar to the Canelo/Golovkin III fight. Where it appeared that both men had a previously secret gentleman’s agreement to not to hurt one another.