Throughout right now’s press convention that formally introduced July 11 MVP card headlined by a 3rd struggle between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano, all of the fighters appeared on the occasion to speak concerning the present. Throughout one a part of session Taylor and Serrano started to alternate phrases over damaged guarantees and the official outcomes of their final struggle.
Serrano on Taylor not following by means of with their handshake deal to struggle 12 three-minute rounds
“We shook on it, you possibly can roll the tapes. We shook on it, she didn’t agree after we went to signal the contract. Pay attention, I used to be undisputed champion and I imagine I needed to struggle three-minutes, 12 rounds.
“I imagine ladies can do it, we’re able to it as you noticed, and the WBC mentioned no so I had to surrender considered one of my infants. I labored laborious for that belt, I labored laborious for all my belts. They determined they weren’t going to go together with it so I needed to give it up. I needed to go together with what I believed in and I believed within the 12 threes so if that’s her selection, that’s her selection however I imagine ladies ought to get the popularity and the equality that males get.”
Taylor’s response to going by means of with the three minute rounds
“I believe we shook on it relying on if you happen to received the struggle. However regardless I believe it’s a matter of precept that the challenger shouldn’t be dictating the phrases of the struggle. I’m 2-0 right here and I’m within the drivers seat right here, and that’s solely proper. On the finish of the day Amanda wants this struggle much more than I do. I’ve a protracted historical past of huge fights towards massive names and a line of individuals queuing as much as struggle me for the payday.
“I believe the purpose of a three-minute spherical was to show to folks that you simply get extra knockouts — what number of knockouts did you get in your 12 three-minute rounds? Zero. They find yourself being boring fights. And it wasn’t a superb commercial for 12 three-minute rounds for girls, it was boring. So I don’t assume Netflix are too disenchanted that this struggle is a ten two-minute spherical struggle.”
Taylor on Serrano believing the world noticed her win in her final struggle regardless of the official loss
“I’m tired of what Amanda says concerning the struggle, I’m solely thinking about what the judges say concerning the struggle. And I’m 2-0 right here and July eleventh I’m going to be 3-0.”
Serrano’s response to Taylor’s feedback
“The world has eyes. They noticed what they noticed. It sucks that it takes three judges, three individuals who noticed one thing utterly completely different however hundreds of thousands of individuals noticed it one other method.”
Taylor on the official resolution of their rematch
“Even with the ridiculous level deduction throughout that struggle the three judges nonetheless noticed it my method. I used to be the deserved winner and right here we’re once more having a foolish dialog since you’re attempting to create a story that you simply had been robbed in that struggle. That’s not okay, Amanda.”
