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Taylor vs Serrano: Katie Taylor aiming to become best fighter on the planet

Katie Taylor is anticipating a ‘dangerous’ fight against Amanda Serrano in a showdown which will determine the best fighter on the planet.

The Irish superstar will put her undisputed lightweight titles on the line on July 4 at the Manchester Arena, after the original date got pushed back because of the coronavirus pandemic. 

Taylor - undefeated from 15 bouts - has her toughest challenge thus far with Serrano women’s only seven-division world champion. 

The Puerto Rican is just behind Manny Pacquiao for most world titles in different weight classes - ‘Pacman’ has eight! 

"This is the best fighting the best, a fight that everybody wants to see," Taylor said. "This is a very exciting fight not just for women's boxing but for boxing as a whole. This is a fight that people want to see.
"It is a dangerous fight for both of us, and career-changing for both of us. Whoever wins this fight is cemented at No 1 in women's boxing.
"I go into every fight with the same mindset, nothing has changed. She obviously does an awful lot of talking and it will be the same for this fight. But I don't get involved in anything like that."

Women's Pound for Pound battle

The four standout women fighters are Taylor, Serrano, Claressa Shields and Norway's Cecilia Braekhus.
The latter is the undisputed welterweight champion and will take on Jessica McCaskill next, who previously came up short against Taylor.

Taylor believes Braekhus will have enough in the tank to come through despite being at the age of 38 and if she does, the Bray fighter has welcomed a possible super-fight at catchweight.

"It's a very interesting fight," Taylor said. "I would imagine Cecilia will out-box Jessica. But Jessica has a big punch so anything can happen there.
"I want to be involved in the biggest fights and I can't look past Serrano but, if I do come through, the fight with Braekhus is history-making. Undisputed champion vs undisputed champion - has that ever happened before?"
"We could do a catchweight at 142lbs but I can't go above 140lbs too much," Taylor said. "I walk around at maybe 142lbs or 143lbs at most. We could do a catchweight and that would be a super fight."

Shields is the other undisputed queen. The American has dominated the higher divisions, unifying the middleweight and super middleweight divisions and is already a three-division champion from 10 fights.
She is the quickest to become a two-weight, a three-weight champion and first American woman to have won gold at the Olympics. Her only defeat from 88 fights as a professional and amateur combined came against Savannah Marshall, who is to challenge Geovana Peres for the WBO light heavyweight title this summer.

Elsewhere, Terri Harper became the first world champion from England after capturing the WBC super featherweight title in 2020 against Eva Wahlstrom. According to Taylor, the Doncaster fighter will only get ‘better and better’. 

"She's brilliant, so young at 23, and will only get better and better," Taylor said. "What an ambassador for the sport. She's willing to fight anyone.
"Her against Natasha Jonas is a huge domestic fight. We haven't seen the best of Natasha in the professional ranks. I know how good she can be because I fought her numerous times in the amateurs. She hasn't impressed yet as a pro but maybe this is the fight where she can produce a performance.

"Women's boxing couldn't get any bigger right now."

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