On this day in 2018: Katie Taylor outpoints Cindy Serrano in Boston
The Irish fighter beat a former WBO featherweight champion over 10 rounds at TD Garden to keep her WBA title and her unbeaten record.
Katie Taylor retained her WBA title 8 years ago today, beating Cindy Serrano by unanimous decision over 10 rounds at TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts, on 20 October 2018.
Serrano, a former WBO female featherweight champion, was the second of three opponents Taylor beat in title defences in the second half of 2018. The run began with a third-round stoppage of Kimberly Connor in July.
Taylor closed the year in December at Madison Square Garden, on the undercard of Canelo Álvarez vs Rocky Fielding. She beat Eva Wahlström, the unbeaten WBC female super-featherweight champion, 100-90 on all three scorecards to finish 2018 with a 12-0 record. Asked afterwards who she wanted next, she named Delfine Persoon, Rose Volante and Amanda Serrano.
The Boston win formed part of the climb that made Taylor the undisputed and lineal world lightweight champion from 2019 to 2024. She later became undisputed super lightweight champion on two separate occasions, and her three fights with Amanda Serrano included the first women's bout to headline Madison Square Garden in April 2022.
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