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Katie Taylor retains the WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO lightweight belts with a unanimous decision victory over Miriam Gutierrez at The SSE Arena, Wembley.
By Richard Damerell
Last update: 11/15/20 12:25 am
Katie Taylor sealed a wide points victory over Spain’s Miriam Gutiérrez
Katie Taylor produced a masterful points victory over Miriam Gutiérrez to remain the undisputed lightweight world champion.
The Irish star showed his superiority from the opening bell, knocking Gutierrez down in the fourth round, and Taylor threatened to stop her at every turn when he finally settled for a unanimous decision with scores of 100-89, 100-90 and 99-91. at The SSE Arena. , Wembley.
Taylor retained her WBC, WBA, IBF, and WBO belts after easily surpassing her mandatory WBA challenger and can anticipate more legacy-building fights against players like Amanda Serrano or Jessica McCaskill.
The Irish star disturbed Gutiérrez with blurred speed from the first ring
In a dizzying start, Taylor caught Gutierrez in the corner with a blurry combination as he took command from the opening bell.
Gutierrez fell back unsteadily in the second round, struggling to cope with the speed of Taylor’s hand, who nearly beat his outspoken opponent in the third.
Gutierrez was knocked down in the closing seconds of the fourth round.
A combination of fire left Gutierrez on unsteady legs, reeling from a flurry of punches, and her defiant smile fooled no one in the room when Taylor threw her to the canvas in the final seconds.
Gutierrez tried to hold his ground in the fifth, but his raw punches failed to upset Taylor, who expertly deflected before launching heavy counterattacks in the sixth.
Taylor tried to make a stoppage in the final rounds
Intensifying his assault, Taylor smashed right hands in the seventh, while Gutierrez grimaced after another set of spiteful shots in the eighth.
Taylor was trying to make the stoppage, ripping head-to-body shots in the ninth, but Gutierrez sadly held on to hear the final bell.
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