Boos rang out throughout AT&T Stadium when it was announced that all three judges had scored the fight 95-94 in favor of the Irish icon.
Taylor was deducted a point in the eighth round for what the referee deemed to be repeated headbutts.

With the win and her Puerto Rican opponent throwing and knocking her down for much of the fight, it was surprising that the native Bray was chosen.
Netflix commentator Mauro Ranallo clearly thought so, as emotions got the better of him.
Upon hearing the verdict, he called it “a robbery” as the boos from the crowd died down.
In her post-fight interview, Taylor insisted that any headbutts were completely accidental, although Serrano and her coach later claimed that most of Taylor’s opponents had fallen victim to her tendency to do so.

Defending the 2012 Olympic champion, boxing legend Roy Jones Jr. joined the commentary and disagreed with Taylor’s point deduction.

He claimed that the final incident that angered the referee was when both fighters stepped forward and unintentionally collided.

Serrano threw 324 punches to her opponent’s 217.

With an average of 33 points per round, CompuBox said this was the highest score by a female boxer since records began.

The 36-year-old then fumed: “I knew the judges would cheat, I moved up to third and gave it my all.

“I want to be great and fight the best. I’m a featherweight.

“Every cut hurts and your eyes bleed but we know that’s what she does, no matter how many times she gets cut, she keeps going.

“She headbutts in every fight, she does it in every fight.

“I’m the champion, I’m so happy and so grateful to be here.”

Host Ranallo said the controversy surrounding the decision would “be a mark on Katie Taylor’s legacy”.

Taylor replied: “I know it was a really tough fight.

“We agreed to go 12 rounds in the next fight, so that’s a third fight.