KATIE TAYLOR stepped up her trash-talking game after beating Amanda Serrano for the third time – with Chantelle Cameron the victim.
Taylor, 39, was in fine form after completing the hat-trick against Serrano to retain her undisputed super lightweight titles.
Earlier on the night, Chantelle Cameron retained her interim WBC super lightweight title against Jessica Camara on the prelims.
Cameron famously beat Taylor in her homecoming bout at the 3Arena before the Bray woman avenged that defeat in November 2023 to become two-weight undisputed champ.
However, a trilogy does not appear to be on KT’s mind, as she illustrated with her most direct instance of trash-talking to date.
In the post-fight press conference, she remarked: “I think Chantelle has to see if she can sell-out a 1,000-seater arena first.
“I don’t think she can sell out any stadium at all.
“I think I made her more money than she deserves, to be quite honest.”
Cameron has long since been lobbying for a threequel against the Irishwoman.
Back in March, she accused Taylor of “running away scared” after hopes of a trilogy fight between the two fell through.
The 34-year-old told TNT Sport: “It’s very frustrating.
“A trilogy is meant to be 1-1 and there is only one person who is 1-1 with Katie Taylor and that is me.
“It is what it is but, at the end of the day, I have a win over Katie and Katie has a win over me and now she is running scared.”
It is not a case of who KT will fight next, but if she will fight at all, as the Bray Bomber admitted herself.
As she has been after every fight in recent times, Taylor was asked if she was going to keep going or retire.
And the Bray woman responded: “I don’t know”.
However, she did rule out a fourth clash against her biggest rival, adding: “I just don’t want to fight Amanda Serrano again.
While their first two bouts were white-knuckle brawls, Taylor largely dictated the threequel at her own pace, with Serrano rarely able to close distance on her fleet-footed foe.
That was borne out in the punch stats, with the challenger landing 70 punches from 382 thrown.
Taylor landed the same number but from 231 thrown.
The official scorecards showed the Wicklow icon’s dominance of the second-half of the contest.
Both judges who scored it 97-93 in her favour gave her four of the last five rounds.
While even the judge that scored it a draw gave her three of the last five rounds as her stamina, intelligence and skill paid dividends.
After tasting defeat for the third time, the Brooklyn-resident was diplomatic.
She said: “I tried something different. It was all about working smarter, not harder.
“I tried to keep my distance, try not go in there and fight with her because, apparently, it didn’t work the first two fights so tried to stick with the low punches, the 1-2s and I guess it wasn’t enough.
“One judge saw it even. I got a couple of rounds. I don’t know. I have to go back and see it. My team said I won.
“Obviously I am going to go with what my team tells me. They were telling me what to do and I was trying to apply it in the ring.”
