Such is her belief that women should match their male counterparts, Serrano adopted 12 three-minute rounds against Danila Ramos in 2023, despite being stripped of her WBC belt after the governing body refused to endorse the fight.
“You know that if you have an extra minute that it won’t go your way,” she told Taylor.
But two-weight undisputed champion Taylor described Serrano’s points win over Ramos as “boring” and “not a good advertisement” for the rule change.
“I think the point of the three-minute rounds was to prove to people that you get more knockouts. How many knockouts did you get in your 12 three-minute rounds? Zero,” Taylor said.
The conversation turned to the outcome of their second fight as Serrano repeated her belief that she should have been awarded the decision.
“If you look at those fights, you can clearly see that I won those two fights. It’s insane,” Taylor replied. “It’s ridiculous, really. It’s really, really insane that she thinks she won those fights.”
The pair have always insisted that while there is no friendship, they share a mutual respect.
But there was plenty of needle when a wide-eyed Serrano removed the headguard and stared into a smirking Taylor’s eyes, before they both departed the stage without a handshake or even a nod of acknowledgement.
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