If there was one individual outdoors of Workforce Amanda Serrano that might profit from Katie Taylor’s rematch win being deemed ‘controversial’ it will be Claressa Shields.
Not solely is the two-time Olympic medal winner an in depth good friend to the Puerto Rican nice, she is Taylor’s primary ‘biggest of all time’ rival.
Certainly, the multi-weight world champion has by no means had a difficulty with telling anybody she is the GWOAT and why she must be seen as the most effective lady ever to lace them up.
With that in thoughts, it will have been straightforward for Shields to row in with these questioning Taylor’s shut win over ‘The Actual Deal’ on the Netflix broadcast card in Dallas on Friday.
Nevertheless, the all the time upfront American claimed the 38-year-old Bray native was a deserved winner.
I assumed Amanda had the larger photographs within the center and the start of the battle,” Shields stated.
“However who landed the higher photographs? Who did the countering? Who had higher defence? It was Katie Taylor.
“I knew the battle was going to be actually shut however as soon as the headbutt occurred, Katie bought actual sensible and saved aiming for the reduce with large hooks.
“Amanda’s defence up high was not collectively and he or she simply walked to Taylor and stalked her down.
“She walked her down and he or she was attempting however Katie fought her off the back-foot, she countered and he or she circled her and Amanda didn’t reduce off the ring.
“I believe Katie gained the battle by a hair. It’s what it’s and look, I wished Amanda to win!
“Ladies’s boxing gained tonight however if you happen to ask me my private opinion I assumed Katie edged it by just a bit bit as a result of she could be very strategic, caught to the gameplan and gained rounds although she was drained as hell.
“She would simply explode with these 5 punches and land everybody as a result of Amanda doesn’t have a superb defence. What would you like me to say?”
Serrano and her staff threw since retracted ‘soiled fighter’ jibes the best way of Taylor within the quick aftermath of the action-packed rematch.
They steered the groundbreaking star was greater than liberal with using her head.
Shields didn’t assume that was the case, and chatting with Boxing Fanatic argued in any other case.
‘I believe the headbutts occurred the identical manner within the first battle and I don’t assume that Katie did them on goal,” she stated.
“She was attempting to keep away from large photographs. She virtually bought dropped the primary spherical however nonetheless, we’ve to manage our heads and be higher.”
