Twitter erupts after Katie Taylor gets the better end of a controversial split decision in her fight against Amanda Serrano


Twitter erupts after Katie Taylor gets the better end of a controversial split decision in her fight against Amanda Serrano

Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano

The world just experienced a history-making boxing bout which delivered what it promised. Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano was the first time in the 150 years of history of Madison Square Garden when two female fighters headlined an event.

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The fight between Taylor and Serrano had a massive hype around it and the fighters proved why they are the best. After giving a terrific performance, Taylor won the fight via split decision over Serrano. The Irish retained her undisputed lightweight title and showed great heart inside the ring.

It was an absolute war for 10 rounds and both the fighters gave their best to get an edge. For fight fans, it was a treat to watch. Although the decision was criticized by some fans, many believed that it was right.

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Amanda Serrano vs Katie Taylor fight: Twitter Reaction

Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano
Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano

After witnessing this historic fight the Twitter world exploded with everybody commenting on the fighters performances. Due to the controversial results, most of the reactions were mixed and biased. These reactions included fighters from the combat sports community, fans and followers and sports pundits. Here are some of the most notable ones.

Ryan Garcia didn’t hold back in sharing his extremely positive opinions on the fight. The WBC interim lightweight titleholder explained in a tweet that he just saw one of the best fights of his life. The fighter also revealed that according to him, Taylor won the fight.
“I just witnessed one of the best fights ever and in my humble opinion Katie pulled it off 👊🏼🥊 #TaylorSerrano” wrote Garcia.

The unified women’s super featherweight World Champion, Mikaela Mayer took to Twitter to show her disappointment towards the fight. The American wrote, ” Serrano won that.”

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Famous sports reporter and the social media handler of BT Sport, Chamatakar Sandhu was extremely hyped after the fight and showed his excitement through a tweet. He wrote

Sports reporter Ariel Helwani took to Twitter to share the official scores of the Serrano vs Taylor fight.

Michael Benson also did the same but instead of writing, he shared the picture of the actual scorecard of the fight on his official Twitter account.
https://twitter.com/MichaelBensonn/status/1520604058259980288?t=8LpwUJCCaPrNwlQliPfZ0A&s=19

Other than the fighters and journalists, the fight fans were greatly divided by the split decision win of Taylor over Serrano.

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One user wrote there is no way Taylor won the fight against Serrano.

Another user wrote it could have been a draw or Taylor’s victory but Serrano had no chance of winning.

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