If there was one individual outdoors of Crew Amanda Serrano that may profit from Katie Taylor’s rematch win being deemed ‘controversial’ it might be Claressa Shields.
Not solely is the two-time Olympic medal winner an in depth buddy to the Puerto Rican nice, she is Taylor’s major ‘best of all time’ rival.
Certainly, the multi-weight world champion has by no means had a problem with telling anybody she is the GWOAT and why she needs to be seen as the very best lady ever to lace them up.
With that in thoughts, it might 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 all the time 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 struggle,” Shields stated.
“However who landed the higher pictures? Who did the countering? Who had higher defence? It was Katie Taylor.
“I knew the struggle was going to be actually shut however as soon as the headbutt occurred, Katie acquired actual sensible and stored aiming for the minimize 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 making an attempt however Katie fought her off the back-foot, she countered and he or she circled her and Amanda didn’t minimize off the ring.
“I believe Katie received the struggle by a hair. It’s what it’s and look, I wished Amanda to win!
“Girls’s boxing received 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 could be very strategic, caught to the gameplan and received 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 workforce threw since retracted ‘soiled fighter’ jibes the best way of Taylor within the speedy aftermath of the action-packed rematch.
They steered 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 believe the headbutts occurred the identical manner within the first struggle and I don’t assume that Katie did them on objective,” she stated.
“She was making an attempt to keep away from large pictures. She virtually acquired dropped the primary spherical however nonetheless, we’ve to manage our heads and be higher.”
