Katie Taylor shares special moment with those closest to her after Amanda Serrano trilogy fight win

Katie Taylor brought an end to her rivalry with Amanda Serrano in stunning style at Madison Square Garden as she retained her super-lightweight world titles.

The Bray fighter took her record against the Puerto Rican to 3-0 with a dominant performance in New York.

Taylor won via majority decision after one judge scored the bout a 95-95 draw, which raised plenty of eyebrows in the arena, while the other two had it 97-93 in Taylor’s favour.

It adds to her unanimous win over Serrano in Texas last November and her split-decision victory against her at MSG in April 2022.

“First of all, I want to thank God and Jesus for an amazing victory," she said in the ring immediately after the fight.

“I want to thank Amanda Serrano as well, what an amazing fighter. We have made history three times. It is such a historic fight and a pleasure to share the ring with her. We are history makers forever.

“I thought I did enough. I boxed smart and well and she wasn’t catching much tonight but it is always a close contest. I have a huge amount of respect for Amanda. What a warrior.

“I can't tell you how much it means to me for people to spend their hard-earned money to come over and support me. I love you all and I love my country. Every time I step in here I represent my country and every single one of you guys. Thank you so much.”

Taylor will have to decide very soon if she is going to continue fighting or if she will hang up her gloves.

But she wouldn't be drawn on what her future holds immediately after the bout.

“I don’t know, I just don’t want to fight Amanda Serrano again. She punches too hard,” Taylor stated.

“I have a huge ton of respect for Amanda, she’s such a warrior. It’s a pleasure to share a ring with her.

“We have made history three times. We are history makers forever.

“I thought I was boxing very smart, she wasn’t able to catch me very much tonight. But it’s always close against Amanda.”

Following the interview, Taylor shared a special moment with her family and friends as she headed to where they were in the crowd.