Katie Taylor believes Madison Square Garden combat with Amanda Serrano shall be talked about in an analogous mild to Muhammad Ali vs Joe Frazier

Katie Taylor believes her combat with Amanda Serrano shall be talked about ‘for years and years to come’ like the primary combat between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.

Taylor and Serrano are set to fulfill on Saturday evening at Madison Square Garden to compete for the undisputed light-weight world titles in what’s being described as the most important combat in girls’s boxing historical past.

And she believes the pair are prepared to go away their mark on the historic venue.

“I’ve even talked about every time you say ‘Madison Square Garden’ you think of the likes of Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.” Taylor informed TMZ Sports. “These sorts of fighters, fights that we nonetheless speak about to at the present time.

“So I feel like the fight between myself and Amanda will be talked about for years and years to come as well.”

Ali vs Frazier was probably the most anticipated sporting occasions in historical past and it was watched by a reported 300 million viewers worldwide.

While Taylor vs Serrano received’t appeal to wherever close to the identical quantity of consideration, it should have its place in historical past given the transformative have an effect on it might have on girls’s boxing.

Taylor went on to be questioned concerning the pay disparity between women and men in boxing.

It is reported that each Taylor and Serrano will earn seven determine purses for Saturday evening’s combat, which might set a precedent for the way forward for girls’s boxing.

“Absolutely, I think there will be follow-through, carry on with regards to the payday as well.” Taylor stated.

Jake Paul, who’s co-promoting the occasion via his firm ‘Most Valuable Promotions’ has been an advocate for increased pay in girls’s boxing and even referred to as Top Rank CEO, Bob Arum, a ‘dinosaur’ for his disparaging feedback about girls’s boxing.

“It’s historic to say the least,” Paul informed talkSPORT, “and the truth that it was the second most pre-sales in Madison Square Garden historical past is subsequent degree, I used to be blown away by that.

“It was what was needed in women’s boxing, to really kick it off and send a big shock of momentum into it and to prove that these girls are worth seven figures, which is another massive, historic thing.”