| Coverage:<\/strong> Reaction and highlights on the BBC Sport website & app from 11:00 GMT on Sunday, 5 February<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n Amanda Serrano’s rematch with Katie Taylor was confirmed after she became undisputed featherweight world champion with a unanimous points win over Erika Cruz in New York on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n The three judges scored the fight 98-92 98-92 97-93 in Serrano’s favour.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Ireland’s Taylor, who beat Serrano on points last April, joined the Puerto Rican in the ring to say the rematch would take place on 20 May in Dublin.<\/span><\/p>\n “This is more than a dream come true,” said lightweight champion Taylor.<\/span><\/p>\n “My debut in Ireland against Amanda Serrano, ‘The Real Deal’ Amanda Serrano. This is incredible. The last fight was epic, and I expect nothing less for the next one.”<\/span><\/p>\n Taylor is undisputed champion in the lightweight division, while 34-year-old seven-weight champion Serrano became the first Puerto Rican fighter to unify all the belts in a division.<\/span><\/p>\n Also on the Madison Square Garden card, American Alycia Baumgardner became undisputed champion in the super-featherweight division.<\/span><\/p>\n The 28-year-old continued her meteoric rise with victory over France’s Elhem Mekhaled.<\/span><\/p>\n Baumgardner twice knocked down the challenger before being awarded the victory 99-89, 99-89, 98-90 on points.<\/span><\/p>\n It is the first time two new undisputed champions have been crowned in a single night in the four-belt era.<\/span><\/p>\n Serrano went into the contest as a strong favourite in her 47th professional fight, and 17th with a world title on the line.<\/span><\/p>\n But Cruz’s aggressive style made things difficult for her early on before she settled into what proved to be an intense encounter with the pair constantly throwing punches.<\/span><\/p>\n Cruz suffered a cut to her head in the third round after an accidental clash and despite the fear the fight could be stopped, she continued to fight hard. <\/span><\/p>\n Serrano came close to knocking down her opponent in the sixth round, but Cruz held on before suffering her first loss in almost seven years.<\/span><\/p>\n “Erika was a Mexican champion, she worked hard, that’s what we trained for,” said Serrano. “I didn’t expect anything less than what she gave me this night. <\/span><\/p>\n “They sent me back to basics and I was listening to my corner who asked me to go 1-2, which worked.”<\/span><\/p>\n Much of the talk before the fight had been about the rematch between Serrano and Taylor with the Irishwoman ringside on Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n The 2012 Olympic champion beat Serrano by a split points decision when they met in the first women’s bout to headline a boxing card at Madison Square Garden last April.<\/span><\/p>\n Their rematch is scheduled to take place at Dublin’s 3Arena after negotiations between the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) and promoters Matchroom to stage it at Croke Park <\/span>fell through<\/span><\/a> over “security costs”.<\/span><\/p>\n But on Friday, Irish mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor <\/span>offered to provide<\/span><\/a> \u00a3500,000 to pay for the security bill.<\/span><\/p>\n |
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