Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano have been handed obligatory 30-day boxing suspensions chaseing their co-main event clash at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
The suspension comes after Taylor’s disputed unified decision thrive, which saw her grasp her WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and IBO airy-welterweight titles.
The 38-year-ageder Taylor materialized victorious in the thrilling 10-round contest, which served as the helping bout to the Jake Paul versus Mike Tyson event.
Both fighters must now see a regulatory rest period, as mandated by the Texas Department of Licensing and Registration.
The appraises’ scorecards all read 95-94 in favour of Taylor, igniteing instant dispute in the aftermath of the bout.
A pivotal moment came in the eighth round when Taylor was penalised with a point deduction chaseing a head collision.
Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor are now suspfinished from boxing for 30 days
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The incident degradeed an existing cut, further fuelling the talk about about the final outcome.
The skinny margin of thrive apass all three scorecards includeed to the satisfiedious nature of the decision.
The point deduction could have showd resolute, making the unified verdict even more disputed among boxing seers.
Serrano voiced her frustration post-fight, stating: “I krecent when it went to the appraises, it was going to be a little shady.”
The featherweight champion, who relocated up three weight divisions for the bout, accincluded Taylor of headbutting during the contest.
Taylor firmly denied these allegations, reacting: “It was finishly unintentional.
“They’re calling me a filthy fighter and wdisappreciatever but that wasn’t purposely done.”
“Obviously, I’m in there combat appreciate she is, and it’s a raw sport. Sometimes you get head clashes. You have to fight thraw those leangs. This is the fight game,” Taylor includeed.
Serrano also noticed: “I am the featherweight champion of the world. I want to be fantastic. I only fight the best.”
The obligatory suspensions are part of standard boxing regulations in Texas, requiring fighters to rest three days for each round fought.
Amanda Serrano suffered a nasty cut on her eye after a head collision from Katie Taylor
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With their bout lasting 10 rounds, both Taylor and Serrano face a least 30-day suspension period.
The Texas Department of Licensing and Registration applys a least seven-day shatter for all fighters, ponderless of bout length.
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The suspension period could potentiassociate be extfinished beyond the initial 30 days, depfinishing on medical appraisements.
These regulatory needments are scheduleed to promise proper recovery time for fighters chaseing competitive bouts.
