Katie Taylor may be closer to retirement than further away from it at this point in her decorated career but that does not mean she has any plans of coasting.

The undisputed women’s lightweight champion is fully focused on Serrano, who has earned title in seven divisions, as they are scheduled to face each other in April at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The fight is being billed as the biggest women’s boxing fight in a generation and would be co-promoted by Eddie Hearn, Taylor’s promoter, and Jake Paul, Serrano’s business adviser.

Taylor (20-0, 6 KOs) says she won’t be satisfied with a win over Serrano (42-1-1, 30 KOs), and would welcome unification bouts at 140 and 147 as early as later this year.  

“Outside of Serrano, you have [undisputed welterweight champion] Jessica McCaskill or [WBC/IBF 140-pound titleholder] Chantelle Cameron, if she fights [WBA/WBO 140-pound titleholder] Kali Reis and becomes undisputed at junior welterweight,” Taylor told ESPN. “These are the types of names that could make for huge, huge fights. These are super fights, not just in women's boxing but boxing as a whole.

“The attention fights like those could possibly bring to the sport would be unreal, so I think this could be a very historic year for me.”

Taylor, Bray, Ireland, has been something of an icon for women’s boxing since she won Olympic gold in 2012 and turned professional in 2016. Now, at age 35, Taylor concedes that her window to compete at the sport’s most elite level is closing. But she takes issue with those who keep needling her with questions about retirement.

“I am 35, though, and I know that this is a short career,” Taylor said. “But I do want to make the most of it, and I genuinely feel like people have not seen the best of me. I feel that these next few years of my career will be the best yet.

“I definitely understand I can't do this forever, unfortunately, as much as I would love to. So many people have spoken about my retirement over the last few months. When I'm asked about it, I just answer politely, I guess, but on the inside my stomach's churning.”