Amanda Serrano appeared on CBS Mornings immediately in New York to speak about her rematch in opposition to Katie Taylor and it turning out to be such an enormous platform for ladies’s boxing. Serrano tries to maintain it gracious when requested about her ideas on the official final result, however says she nonetheless seems ahead to creating a trilogy combat with Taylor going ahead.
Serrano on understanding her rematch with Katie Taylor was the most-watched ladies’s sporting occasion in historical past
“It’s really an honor. You already know, I’ve been on this sport for thus lengthy. Being a part of a fantastic crew, MVP, Jake Paul and Nakisa Bidarian, to place me on this platform on Netflix. Who knew at some point we’d be combating on Netflix and to have that many individuals watching me, now individuals who by no means seen boxing or by no means knew ladies combat know ladies can combat.”
On if she thought the shut choice loss was honest
“Hear, I didn’t know — there was a number of headbutting occurring and a number of holding occurring. However hear, I’m simply joyful that we had been in a position to carry out on this platform and thousands and thousands of individuals noticed what they noticed and I consider I received the combat which suggests we’ve got to go for the third combat.
“I’m 100% (in a 3rd combat), she mentioned she is. The one approach I really feel like it will likely be honest is that if we go underneath the boys’s guidelines which is three minutes and 12 rounds, and he or she agreed to it so let’s see if she’ll take the combat.”
On how her massive ugly lower is therapeutic
“I need to apologize to all people for that grotesque lower, it wasn’t my fault. However no, it’s nice. The physician did a fantastic job on stitching it up. It’s nonetheless in ache, the swelling and every thing else goes down however I really feel nice, I really feel like I can go to the fitness center immediately — however I received’t.”
On if she thinks extra ought to have been accomplished within the combat to forestall Taylor’s illicit techniques
“Yeah as a result of it was extreme from headbutting and extreme holding. We had warned the referee beforehand after we was within the locker room that that’s what she does. We fought her earlier than and we knew that’s what she does. She likes to return in along with her head. I’m not saying it was accomplished deliberately however understanding the way in which Katie fights, that’s how she fights.
“So we simply warned the referee beforehand and he mentioned don’t fear, he’ll deal with it, and clearly he didn’t deal with it nearly as good as he was purported to.”
