The brass at Madison Square Garden came out of the epic first Katie Taylor-Amanda Serrano championship clash with the hope that it would pave the way for even more historic nights.<\/p>\n
The first day of general ticket sales for their trilogy clash have already exceeded those expectations.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Event handlers have confirmed that the live gate for the third act between two of the sport\u2019s absolute best has already eclipsed the final take from the 2022 Fight of the Year at MSG. The famed venue will play host to their highly anticipated undisputed junior welterweight championship on July 11 atop an all-women\u2019s card to stream live on Netflix.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOur first day of ticket on-sale for Taylor Serrano 3 and we have just surpassed total ticket revenue of the first iconic match between Amanda & Katie at MSG,\u201d Nakisa Bidarian, co-founder of Most Valuable Promotions, declared on Wednesday. \u201cAmazing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ireland\u2019s Taylor, 24-1 (6 KOs) will once again risk her fully unified junior welterweight championship against Serrano, 47-3-1 (31 KOs), a Brooklyn-bred Boricua who fights on MSG grounds for the fifth time in her storied career.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Their April 2022 meeting saw a then-unbeaten Taylor defend her undisputed lightweight championship via split decision. Their unforgettable clash\u2014the first women\u2019s bout to ever headline at MSG\u2014came before an announced, sold-out and rabid crowd of 19,187 which generated a live gate of $1,450,180.60 in final sales.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n Taylor-Serrano 3 will easily push past the $2,000,000 mark in due time and will likely once again produce a full sellout. Presale began Tuesday at 12:00 p.m. ET, with tickets released to the general public exactly 24 hours later.<\/p>\n The response was swift\u2014and pleasing to the hosting site.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cMadison Square Garden has been home to the biggest boxing matches in history\u2014including the \u2018Fight of the Century\u2019 (Joe Frazier-Muhammad Ali I) and the 2022 bout between Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano,\u201d Joel Fisher, MSG executive vice president of operations told BoxingScene in a provided statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe are proud to welcome these extraordinary athletes back to The World\u2019s Most Famous Arena for another historic moment with our first-ever all female professional boxing card.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Taylor is currently 2-0 in their series, though many have argued that Serrano could just as easily have won both fights.\u00a0<\/p>\n On both occasions, Serrano was one fight removed from featherweight\u2014where she remains the lineal, Ring, WBA, IBF and WBO champion. She came up just short in a first fight that could\u2019ve gone either way.\u00a0<\/p>\n Their sensational rematch last November 15 generated record numbers but also sparked greater outrage. Taylor won by scores of 95-94 on all three scorecards to defend the same undisputed 140lbs crown that will be at stake in July. However, most viewers felt that Serrano was done a disservice by the judges that night at AT&T Stadium, home to the NFL\u2019s Dallas Cowboys in Arlington, Texas. <\/p>\n Scoring debate aside, the ten-round affair delivered and then some on both sides of the ropes. Their instant classic served as the chief support to the Jake Paul-Mike Tyson novelty heavyweight fight. The co-feature produced an estimated 74,000,000 viewers in the first ever live boxing event on Netflix and the most watched women\u2019s combat sports fight in U.S. history.<\/p>\n Jake Donovan is an award-winning journalist who served as a senior writer for BoxingScene from 2007-2024, and news editor for the final nine years of his first tour. He was also the lead writer for The Ring before his decision to return home. Follow Jake on X<\/a> and Instagram<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n