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Katie Taylor says she’ll silence critics in rematch with Delfine Persoon

Katie Taylor said she will leave no doubt about her ability when she faces Delfine Persoon a second time on Saturday outside London.

Katie Taylor said she will leave no doubt about her ability when she faces Delfine Persoon a second time at Fight Camp on Saturday outside London.

Taylor (15-0, 6 KOs) added a belt to her lightweight collection when she defeated Persoon (44-2, 18 KOs) by a majority decision in June of last year in New York, which some – including Persoon – believe was a gift for the Irish star.

If Taylor wins, she could face newly crowned welterweight champ Jessica McCaskill, who Taylor outpointed in 2017. McCaskill took Cecilia Braekhus’ titles in an upset this past Saturday.

“I’m in this sport to create history and leave a great legacy,” Taylor said. “These are the kind of fights that are going to leave a great legacy in my career. The first fight was too close for my liking. It has been hanging over my head over the last year, so I was delighted when the rematch was nailed down.

“I’m looking forward to putting on a more dominant performance on August 22nd and shutting up everyone that has criticized me over the last year. I did watch the fight back and it was obviously a very close fight. That’s why there is a rematch.

“I definitely couldn’t have given her more than five rounds, so for people to say it was a disgraceful decision or it was a robbery, is a disgrace in itself. I felt like I deserved to win the fight even though it was very close. I wanted this rematch.

“At the end of the day, I want to be involved in the biggest fights and the fights that people are interested in. This is a huge fight for me and for Persoon. It’s a huge fight for the sport. I think I’m going to be a completely different fighter on August 22nd.

“I think people are going to see a completely different performance and a completely different fight from my perspective. I got drawn into a bit of a fight in the first one and sometimes that happens. I’m definitely going to be a bit more disciplined in this fight.

“I’m going to be ready for whatever Persoon throws at me. I’m completely prepared for this fight. I’ve been training for a big fight since January, so I’m more than ready to step in and put on a dominant performance.”

Taylor-Persoon shares a card with the Dillian Whyte-Alexander Povetkin fight for the “interim” WBC heavyweight title.

Katie Taylor says she’ll silence critics in rematch with Delfine Persoon

Katie Taylor said she will leave no doubt about her ability when she faces Delfine Persoon a second time on Saturday outside London.

Katie Taylor said she will leave no doubt about her ability when she faces Delfine Persoon a second time at Fight Camp on Saturday outside London.

Taylor (15-0, 6 KOs) added a belt to her lightweight collection when she defeated Persoon (44-2, 18 KOs) by a majority decision in June of last year in New York, which some – including Persoon – believe was a gift for the Irish star.

If Taylor wins, she could face newly crowned welterweight champ Jessica McCaskill, who Taylor outpointed in 2017. McCaskill took Cecilia Braekhus’ titles in an upset this past Saturday.

“I’m in this sport to create history and leave a great legacy,” Taylor said. “These are the kind of fights that are going to leave a great legacy in my career. The first fight was too close for my liking. It has been hanging over my head over the last year, so I was delighted when the rematch was nailed down.

“I’m looking forward to putting on a more dominant performance on August 22nd and shutting up everyone that has criticized me over the last year. I did watch the fight back and it was obviously a very close fight. That’s why there is a rematch.

“I definitely couldn’t have given her more than five rounds, so for people to say it was a disgraceful decision or it was a robbery, is a disgrace in itself. I felt like I deserved to win the fight even though it was very close. I wanted this rematch.

“At the end of the day, I want to be involved in the biggest fights and the fights that people are interested in. This is a huge fight for me and for Persoon. It’s a huge fight for the sport. I think I’m going to be a completely different fighter on August 22nd.

“I think people are going to see a completely different performance and a completely different fight from my perspective. I got drawn into a bit of a fight in the first one and sometimes that happens. I’m definitely going to be a bit more disciplined in this fight.

“I’m going to be ready for whatever Persoon throws at me. I’m completely prepared for this fight. I’ve been training for a big fight since January, so I’m more than ready to step in and put on a dominant performance.”

Taylor-Persoon shares a card with the Dillian Whyte-Alexander Povetkin fight for the “interim” WBC heavyweight title.

Cecilia Braekhus says Claressa Shields not GWOAT while she’s still around

Cecilia Braekhus says that Claressa Shields is not the greatest female boxer while she’s still active.

Editor’s note: This article originally appears on DAZN.com.

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For the first time in a long time, there are several women jockeying for position as the best female boxer in the world: Amanda Serrano, Katie Taylor, Cecilia Braekhus and the self-proclaimed GWOAT (Greatest Woman Of All Time) Claressa Shields.

Aug. 15 is the start of a mini-tournament that could determine who the greatest women’s boxer in the world is. That’s when Brækhus defends her undisputed welterweight title against unified super lightweight champion Jessica McCaskill. The victor is scheduled to face the winner of the following week’s rematch between Katie Taylor and Delfine Persoon.

At the very least, the conclusion of the tournament will help bring some clarity to an increasingly intriguing and crowded picture at the top of women’s boxing.

But one name missing is Shields, who has routinely proclaimed herself as the top pound-for-pound female fighter on the planet. Along the way, she’s also engaged in a war of words with Braekhus, and it’s possible the two could cross paths at some point should they continue their winning ways.

“Nothing is impossible in boxing,” Braekhus tells DAZN about facing Shields before she retires. “But right now my focus is on this mini-tournament.”

But it’s clear that the 38-year-old has paid attention to the rise of Shields over the years. If she didn’t before, she certainly had to when there was trash talk between the two after Braekhus was seen hanging out with Shields’ bitter rival Laila Ali. Despite the back and forth on social media, Braekhus thinks that she’s good for the sport.

“Oh, she’s great,” Braekhus said of Shields. “Her road here is a little bit different with the trash-talking but that’s working for her. This is what male fighters have done forever. I’m not taking any of this personally. But I will answer her when she comes after me on a professional level

“She’s a great boxer, and there are no hard feelings.”

As Braekhus prepares to break Joe Louis’ record of 25 consecutive title defenses, she kindly scoffs at Shields’ claims to be the greatest.

“Well, I don’t agree with her to be the greatest woman boxer, because I have been in this sport so long,” she said. “Especially with names like Lucia Riker, Laila Ali, Regina Halmich in the history books. And you still have myself, Katie Tayler and Amanda Serrano.

“Let’s just say that she has the possibility to be one of the greatest, but right now she is not.”

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Cecilia Braekhus says Claressa Shields not GWOAT while she’s still around

Cecilia Braekhus says that Claressa Shields is not the greatest female boxer while she’s still active.

Editor’s note: This article originally appears on DAZN.com.

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For the first time in a long time, there are several women jockeying for position as the best female boxer in the world: Amanda Serrano, Katie Taylor, Cecilia Braekhus and the self-proclaimed GWOAT (Greatest Woman Of All Time) Claressa Shields.

Aug. 15 is the start of a mini-tournament that could determine who the greatest women’s boxer in the world is. That’s when Brækhus defends her undisputed welterweight title against unified super lightweight champion Jessica McCaskill. The victor is scheduled to face the winner of the following week’s rematch between Katie Taylor and Delfine Persoon.

At the very least, the conclusion of the tournament will help bring some clarity to an increasingly intriguing and crowded picture at the top of women’s boxing.

But one name missing is Shields, who has routinely proclaimed herself as the top pound-for-pound female fighter on the planet. Along the way, she’s also engaged in a war of words with Braekhus, and it’s possible the two could cross paths at some point should they continue their winning ways.

“Nothing is impossible in boxing,” Braekhus tells DAZN about facing Shields before she retires. “But right now my focus is on this mini-tournament.”

But it’s clear that the 38-year-old has paid attention to the rise of Shields over the years. If she didn’t before, she certainly had to when there was trash talk between the two after Braekhus was seen hanging out with Shields’ bitter rival Laila Ali. Despite the back and forth on social media, Braekhus thinks that she’s good for the sport.

“Oh, she’s great,” Braekhus said of Shields. “Her road here is a little bit different with the trash-talking but that’s working for her. This is what male fighters have done forever. I’m not taking any of this personally. But I will answer her when she comes after me on a professional level

“She’s a great boxer, and there are no hard feelings.”

As Braekhus prepares to break Joe Louis’ record of 25 consecutive title defenses, she kindly scoffs at Shields’ claims to be the greatest.

“Well, I don’t agree with her to be the greatest woman boxer, because I have been in this sport so long,” she said. “Especially with names like Lucia Riker, Laila Ali, Regina Halmich in the history books. And you still have myself, Katie Tayler and Amanda Serrano.

“Let’s just say that she has the possibility to be one of the greatest, but right now she is not.”

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Video: Mannix: Can Katie Tayor-Amanda Serrano matchup be revived?

A much-anticipated showdown between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano seemed to be set on more than one occasion. However, in the end, the star fighters couldn’t get to the finish line in negotiations and the fight is off. Taylor, the former Olympic …

A much-anticipated showdown between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano seemed to be set on more than one occasion.

However, in the end, the star fighters couldn’t get to the finish line in negotiations and the fight is off.

Taylor, the former Olympic champion and two-division pro titleholder from Ireland, is set to face Delfine Persoon in a rematch on Aug. 22 at Matchroom Boxing’s Fight Camp outside London. Taylor won the first fight by decision.

Meanwhile, Serrano, a three-division beltholder, has no fight scheduled but appears to have moved on for now.

Can the the Taylor-Serrano fight be revived? If so, when?

DAZN commentator Chris Mannix asked Serrano’s promoter, Lou DiBella, those questions on this episode of Boxing with Chris Mannix. Here’s what DiBella had to say.

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Video: Ak & Barak: How will Katie Taylor-Delfine Persoon II go?

Katie Taylor, the Irish Olympic champion, was lucky to emerge with a majority decision and her lightweight titles against Delfine Persoon in June of last year. If any fight cried out for a rematch, it was that women’s classic at Madison Square …

Katie Taylor, the Irish Olympic champion, was lucky to emerge with a majority decision and her lightweight titles against Delfine Persoon in June of last year.

If any fight cried out for a rematch, it was that women’s classic at Madison Square Garden.

Well, Taylor-Persoon II is set for the Aug. 22 “Fight Camp” card on the Matchroom Boxing grounds outside London on DAZN.

In this episode of The Ak & Barak Show, courtesy of DAZN, hosts Akin Reyes and Barak Bess look back on the first Taylor-Persoon fight and give their thoughts on what they expect in the rematch.

The Ak & Barak Show is available on DAZN and Sirius XM Fight Nation, Channel 156.

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Katie Taylor, Delfine Persoon agree to rematch on Whyte-Povetkin card

Katie Taylor and Delfine Persoon have agreed to a rematch on the Dillian Whyte-Alexander Povetkin card Aug. 22.

Katie Taylor and Delfine Persoon reportedly will do it again.

Taylor, the undisputed lightweight titleholder, will face Persoon in a rematch on the Dillian Whyte-Alexander Povetkin card Aug. 22 at Matchroom Boxing’s Fight Camp outside London.

Taylor (15-0, 6 KOs) unified the lightweight titles by a close majority decision over Persoon in June of last year in New York, after which Persoon cried robbery. The scores were 96-94, 96-94 and 95-95.

The 2012 Olympic champion from Ireland added a junior welterweight title by outpointing Christina Linardatou in November, thus becoming a two-division champion, but she’s moving back down because the magnitude of the rematch.

She had hoped to fight Amanda Serrano but the parties couldn’t reach terms.

“With Amanda Serrano not taking the fight, I wanted the biggest fight possible in August, and I think a second Persoon fight is one that everyone wants to see,” Taylor said, according to Sky Sports.

“I’ve been looking forward to a rematch ever since the first fight, and I’m delighted it’s been made. It was definitely very close first time around, but I felt I deserved the win, and I intend to leave no doubts in the rematch.”

Persoon (44-2, 18 KOs) lost a sanctioning-body belt she had held for five years against Taylor. The Belgian veteran believes she has received an opportunity to right a wrong.

“I am ready to get the victory following the injustice last June in New York,” Persoon said. “Not by words, but in the ring. I am ready!”

Persoon is coming off a unanimous-decision victory over Helen Joseph in November.

Christy Martin believes Laila Ali would KO Claressa Shields

Christy Martin believes that Laila Ali not only would beat Shields if they were to fight, she would do it easily.

Conventional wisdom is that a young, prime Claressa Shields would be too much for a 42-year-old who hasn’t fought in 13 years. Laila Ali has at least one person in her corner, though: former opponent Christy Martin.

Martin believes that Ali not only would beat Shields if they were to fight, she would do it easily. Ali stopped Martin in four rounds in 2003.

“I think Laila smokes her,” Martin told RingTV.com. “It takes her now six or seven rounds whereas back when she fought me it would probably take her the same amount of time that she got rid of me. At least that fast, if not faster,”

Of course, we might never know how that fight would play out. Shields and Ali, now a television personality, have expressed interest in fighting one another but evidently it would take a fortune to lure Ali out of retirement.

And for the record: Shields and Martin have not been on the best of terms. They’ve exchanged unfriendly posts on social media, which apparently started when Martin questioned Shields’ contention that she’s the greatest woman boxer of all time.

In fact, Martin doesn’t believe that Shields is even the best woman boxer today. She thinks lightweight titleholder Katie Taylor is No. 1.

“Even though Katie Taylor’s been in a lot of close, controversial fights, maybe she’s the most solid skilled fighter,” Martin said. “She’s in a weight class where there are other very skilled competitive fighters, much like in the ’90s, when between 135 and 147 there was a s–tload of really good women’s fighters. That’s kind of where she is right now.

“She’s there where there’s more talent that will push her which in the long run will make her better. I know there’s still a lot of controversy about [the Delfine Persoon fight] in The Garden. It was very close but I think she’s solid. I like her.”

Martin was recently selected to be part of the first class of women boxers in the International Boxing Hall of Fame.