Taylor v Serrano 3 LIVE stream of press conference as foes go face-to-face
The pair will be in the same room this evening for the final press conference ahead of Friday night's massive fight.
Proceedings are expected to get underway at around 11pm this evening Irish time, with the entire press conference being streamed live on Netflix's YouTube channel, which you can see at the top of this article.
Taylor has won the previous two fights between the pair, memorably edging a decision win at the AT&T Stadium in Texas last November, and comes into this bout on a two-fight win streak.
There had been rumours last month that Taylor was planning to hang up her gloves following Friday's fight, but so far, the Bray Bomber has said little to fuel or quell speculation on her fighting future.
Serrano comes into Friday's bout as slight favourite, but despite this, Matchroom boss Eddie Hearn believes Taylor has what it takes to win a third successive contest against Serrano.
"I expect her to win and win well," Hearn said, "I think every fight with Serrano is going to be tough.
"They're both tremendous fighters, but I expect another war at Madison Square Garden and another victory for Katie Taylor."
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