WATCH: Katie Taylor’s manager steps in to resolve post-fight altercation involving Eddie Hearn

Katie Taylor secured a thrilling victory against Amanda Serrano in the richest fight in women’s boxing history, but tensions around the fight threatened to blow up in the post fight press conference. Taylor defended her status as undisputed world light-welterweight champion with a unanimous decision victory over Serrano at the AT&T Stadium on Friday, with the judges scoring the bout 95-94 in her favour. However, controversy erupted after the decision was handed down when the Puerto Rican used her post-fight interview on Netflix to accuse Taylor of intentional headbutting.

Serrano received a brutal cut above her eye in the fourth round, which was attributed to an accidental headbutt. Taylor was deducted a point in the eighth round after repeatedly being warned against leading with the head. Following the fight, Serrano said: “I knew it if went to the judges it was going to be a little shady.



“I chose to be great. I went up three divisions. It is what it is.

I’m a featherweight, man. She kept headbutting me. It’s what she does.

“It’s not just my fight, it’s all her fights. It’s what she does.” Read more Taylor defended her actions, saying: “I certainly wasn’t fighting dirty.

It gets rough in there. It was an absolute slugfest, a war. “This is an amazing moment in women’s boxing.

Thank god for another amazing fight.” The post fight press conference also had a feisty start, with event organisers initially blocking Taylor’s promoter Eddie Hearn from joining her as she spoke to the media. Hearn is involved in a legal battle with Jake Paul MVP's promotional company, who staged the event that was led co-headlined by Paul’s bizarre fight against 58-year-old Mike Tyson.

We need your consent to load this Social Media content. We use a number of different Social Media outlets to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Taylor’s manager Brian Peters then threatened to pull the plug on the press conference as he said: “Are you joking, are you out of your mind? Don’t be acting the s***.

Three people go up or not at all." That stance ensured Hearn took part in the press conference and he gave his reaction to the incident in a typically colourful fashion as he spoke to Fight Hub TV. "They said only Katie Taylor is allowed up at the press conference table,” said Hearn.

“Everyone else’s team is allowed up, but I’m not allowed up at the press conference table. So the team said, we are not doing it. Then we just went up.

Hearn celebrated extravagantly in the ring as Taylor was given the victory and he admitted the tension between the two camps in the build-up to the fight contributed to that. “If we are being honest, Katie is not as fresh as she once was and she is having to grind out these victories with the biggest heart you can ever see in the ring,” he added. “It was another tremendous fight and when she got the decision I was overwhelmed with emotion.

I was so happy to see her get it. "A lot has gone on this week and when we win, don’t expect me to just say thank you. When we win away, we will celebrate.

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