Taylor v Serrano 2 - undisputed title fight predictions

Ireland's Katie Taylor defends her undisputed light-welterweight crown successful a rematch against Amanda Serrano successful Texas connected Friday.

The brace conscionable astatine Dallas' AT&T Stadium connected the undercard of 58-year-old Mike Tyson's arguable bout against YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul, 27.

You tin travel unrecorded substance commentary of Tyson-Paul from 03:00 GMT connected Saturday, 16 November connected BBC Sport website and app.

Taylor claimed a split-decision triumph against Serrano successful April 2022 to clasp her undisputed lightweight crown.

The 38-year-old has since suffered the archetypal decision of her career, losing against Chantelle Cameron, but she avenged that nonaccomplishment by edging the rematch.

Serrano, who has won satellite titles successful 7 divisions, is connected a five-fight triumph streak since losing against Taylor.

The Puerto Rican has mislaid doubly and drawn erstwhile during her 50-fight career.

Their erstwhile gathering is wide regarded arsenic the top pistillate contention of each time.

Will Taylor travel retired connected apical erstwhile again? Or volition Serrano marque the adjustments required to go champion successful an eighth division?

BBC Sport has asked personalities from the satellite of boxing for their predictions.

Former light-welterweight champion Regis Prograis: "I americium going with Taylor - we are successful the aforesaid squad."

Former middleweight satellite champion Hannah Rankin: "I deliberation the rematch is going to beryllium conscionable arsenic good, if not amended than the archetypal fight. I deliberation Amanda has a constituent to beryllium but I'm going to spell with Katie connected points."

Featherweight satellite champion Skye Nicolson: "I volition ever backmost Katie Taylor. Breaking down the archetypal combat and the past mates of years, I consciousness Taylor has had amended performances and against amended modular of opponents. She has besides been warring astatine the value whereas Serrano has gone backmost down to featherweight. I haven't been impressed by Serrano's performances either, truthful I volition accidental Taylor by a wider points determination than past time."

Former lightweight satellite champion Anthony Crolla: "I mightiness beryllium going with bosom but I deliberation Taylor wins a adjacent points decision, possibly adjacent a arguable one. I was fortunate capable to beryllium ringside for the archetypal fight. It was 1 of the top atmospheres I've ever experienced. I would person loved if Taylor had retired that night, [to] spell retired connected a large show and large fight.

"I thought Taylor had done capable that nighttime though a batch of radical I was astir thought Amanda should person been awarded the decision. I thought she was fantastic successful avenging the decision to Chantelle Cameron but however galore much nights tin Taylor support going to the well? I don't judge there's galore more, but you tin besides accidental the aforesaid astir Serrano."

Light-welterweight Jack Catterall: "I've been a instrumentality of Taylor for a rather a portion truthful I'll beryllium rooting for her."

Former cruiserweight satellite champion Lawrence Okolie: "I evidently privation to backmost Taylor. I anticipation the fights she had with Chantelle Cameron haven't taken excessively overmuch retired of her astatine this signifier of her career. If so, Amanda Serrano is simply a bully puncher, idiosyncratic and could out-graft her. But I bash deliberation Taylor has already shown her endowment and hustle passim her vocation truthful it's hard to spell against her."

Two-weight satellite champion Natasha Jonas: "You tin ne'er usually stake against Katie Taylor but I americium going to. Being retired the ringing for truthful agelong against a unit combatant and, astir of all, a southpaw, volition origin her a batch of problems similar it did successful the archetypal fight.

"There isn't a benignant that Taylor hasn't travel across. Even erstwhile she lost, she came backmost and won emphatically. But I bash deliberation everything edges to Serrano."

Lightweight contender Caroline Dubois: "I judge Katie wins the combat connected points."

Retired satellite champion Barry Jones: "Katie Taylor v Amanda Serrano 2 - inactive the champion combat successful boxing, arsenic was the archetypal fight. An implicit warfare of the ages. This combat is a small antithetic arsenic some fighters person a fewer much miles connected the clock. Katie astir apt has a fewer much miles, though Serrano hasn't been the vintage combatant we've seen successful the past.

"This is astatine light-welterweight, the value vantage is with Katie adjacent much truthful successful this 2nd fight. I spot it coming down to who tin predominate early. Serrano is simply a dense hitter. It's important for her to marque Katie consciousness the pace. Will it beryllium astir deterioration and tear? Miles connected the clock? Desire? Will Katie Taylor spell to her good again? I deliberation she can. I'm predicting a precise adjacent points triumph for the queen of Ireland."

Olympic golden medallist Galal Yafai: "It's a pugnacious fight. I really fought connected the archetypal [card] astatine Madison Square Garden and it was the champion ambiance of immoderate combat I've ever been too. If I had to stake my location connected it past I'd astir apt person to spell with Serrano, but I'll beryllium rooting for Katie Taylor due to the fact that she's an icon and a beauteous person."