If there was one individual outdoors of Group Amanda Serrano that may 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 predominant ‘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 needs to be seen as the most effective girl ever to lace them up.
With that in thoughts, it will have been simple 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.
Nonetheless, the at all times upfront American claimed the 38-year-old Bray native was a deserved winner.
I assumed Amanda had the larger pictures within the center and the start of the combat,” Shields mentioned.
“However who landed the higher pictures? Who did the countering? Who had higher defence? It was Katie Taylor.
“I knew the combat was going to be actually shut however as soon as the headbutt occurred, Katie bought actual good and saved aiming for the lower with massive hooks.
“Amanda’s defence up prime was not collectively and he or she simply walked to Taylor and stalked her down.
“She walked her down and he or she was making an attempt however Katie fought her off the back-foot, she countered and he or she circled her and Amanda didn’t lower off the ring.
“I feel Katie gained the combat by a hair. It’s what it’s and look, I wished Amanda to win!
“Ladies’s boxing gained tonight however for those who ask me my private opinion I assumed Katie edged it by just a bit bit as a result of she may be very strategic, caught to the gameplan and gained rounds despite the fact that she was drained as hell.
“She would simply explode with these 5 punches and land everybody as a result of Amanda doesn’t have 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 recommended the groundbreaking star was greater than liberal with the usage of her head.
Shields didn’t assume that was the case, and talking to Boxing Fanatic argued in any other case.
‘I feel the headbutts occurred the identical approach within the first combat and I don’t assume that Katie did them on goal,” she mentioned.
“She was making an attempt to keep away from massive pictures. She nearly bought dropped the primary spherical however nonetheless, now we have to regulate our heads and be higher.”
