Katie Taylor’s focus is 100 percent on Cindy Serrano for their fight at TD Garden in Boston on Oct. 20. But after that bout, the undefeated Irish boxer wants to make it clear that she’s willing to take on any challenger, whether that is Heather Hardy or Serrano’s sister, Amanda.
After this Serrano-Taylor fight was scheduled, Amanda made it clear that not only would she love to fight Taylor, but wholeheartedly believes that she can beat her.
To that, Taylor has a strong response — bring it on. Of course, after she attempts to handle her business against Amanda’s older sister first. Taylor thinks that Amanda might have made her comments to distract her from facing Cindy.
“Maybe she’s trying to distract me in some way, but my focus is fully on this fight,” Taylor said. “I never really pay too much [attention] to what’s being said behind the scenes. I’m just really focused on the job at hand, really. I’m looking forward to it in the near future, boxing her sister as well, but for the time being my focus is purely on Cindy Serrano.”
That said, after this bout with Cindy, Taylor admittedly said that a fight with Amanda would be huge for women’s boxing and something that she’d happily take on.
“I can’t wait for that fight. If it does happen, I’ll be well prepared for that,” Taylor (10-0, 5 KOs) said. “I think I can beat anybody out there around my weight division. I think the fight between Amanda is probably the biggest fight in boxing at the moment. But as I said before, my focus is purely on Cindy Serrano.”
Cindy can’t help but agree that her sister facing Taylor would be a must-see bout.
“I know Amanda and Taylor would definitely be a great fight,” Serrano said. “My sister is a tremendous fighter. So, is Katie, so I know that’s the fight people are looking for. But they threw me in the mix. Maybe it won’t turn out to be a great fight or maybe it would. We’re both great at what we do.”
Amanda is far from the only boxer who wants a piece of Taylor. In the midst of preparing for her highly-anticipated rematch against Shelly Vincent on Oct. 27, Hardy recently said that Taylor could be her final opponent. Taylor would be game for that opportunity, too.
“I’d love to fight Heather Hardy sometime as well,” Taylor said. “I’d fight whoever steps in the ring. I’m willing and open to fight whoever it is out there. And if the opportunity comes about to fight Heather, I’d definitely be open to that as well.” Taylor added: “I love the big challenges. Throughout my whole career, I’ve always wanted big fights. Throughout my amateur career as well.”
Talks about Taylor facing her sister or Hardy could seemingly spell that Cindy is being slighted a bit. But that isn’t anything that the seasoned vet isn’t used to.
“I’ve always been the underdog in every fight that I’m in,” Serrano said. “I really don’t feed into that. I’ve been doing this for over 16 years and I’m confident in myself.”
The Serrano-Taylor bout can be seen on DAZN on Oct. 20.
