Kevin Kilbane speaks for Katie Taylor fans with complaint about ‘terribly biased' Netflix coverage of Serrano trilogy
Taylor, 39, put her undisputed super lightweight titles on the line against Serrano, 36, at a sold-out Madison Square Garden.
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Katie Taylor fought Amanda Serrano for a third time at MSG
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Kevin Kilbane complained about Netflix's coverage
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It was the third bout between the two rivals, with KT having won both of their previous contests.
Their first, also at MSG, saw the Bray woman retain her lightweight crown with a split decision victory in April 2022.
The sequel, at AT&T Stadium last November, saw the 2012 Olympic gold medalist win via unanimous decision.
It was a result that remains contested by Serrano, who lamented Taylor's perceived intentional use of her head which saw her deducted a point in the bout.
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The controversy was alluded to on several occasions during Netflix's coverage, with video packages even featuring lead commentator Mauro Ranallo's claim that the Puerto Rican was "robbed".
Former Republic of Ireland international footballer Kevin Kilbane took to Twitter to criticise this element of the build-up.
He said: "Terribly biased narrative again around the pre fight build up on @netflix. Anti Katie Taylor as per the first 2 fight. Let's go Katie! #TaylorSerrano3"
He followed this up with another post which read: "No respect for greatness! Let's go @KatieTaylor"
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It was a sentiment shared by many fans of the Irish boxing legend.
One said: "The commentary are a disgrace the stuff their saying about Katie"
A second posted: "Disappointing but not surprising, I imagine the commentary will be bias again aswell"
A third said: "Yes, they want Serrano to win so bad it's sad lol"
A fourth said: "Taylor is going to need a KO to get a draw here. So rigged and their not hiding it"
A fifth said: "Oh it's the worst. But like last fight Katie doesn't give a f***"
Katie Taylor
as she hit back against
's claim that she should have had her hand raised last time out.
She said: 'I have my own opinion about the stuff that Amanda has been saying on our team, but the fact is I am 2-0 against her.
"Opinions are opinions, but facts are facts and you can't get away from those facts. And yeah, I guess I'm just tired of the complaining and the whining from Amanda's team.
"I'm going into this fight already beating Amanda and I plan to stay beating her. I plan to stay 3-0 come this Friday night.
'I feel like people haven't seen the best me yet and I can't wait to showcase that on Friday night.
"I can definitely make the fight a lot easier for myself and I just can't wait to step in there now and actually perform.
"I know that I can perform and produce the best performance of my career.'
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