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Eddie Hearn: Katie Taylor can retire undefeated

Alexander Netherton
Eddie Hearn: Katie Taylor can retire undefeatedMatchroom Boxing
The Matchroom head is looking for two more fights for the undisputed lightweight champion.

Eddie Hearn is aiming to set up a Madison Square Garden fight with Katie Taylor with Amanda Serrano, but wants to make sure the Irish fighter retires undefeated.

Taylor fought at the weekend when she beat Jennifer Han to defend her four lightweight belts.

One potential future opponent could be Jessica McCaskill, who is the undisputed welterweight champion. Taylor wants to meet the American in an attempt to become a multiple-weight undisputed champion.

“It is my dream, and is very, very doable,” she said of her aim after her fight with Han.

Meanwhile Hearn wants to make sure that she builds on the win by moving onto another fight in short order.

“I thought Katie took her time to get going, but I thought she finished the fight quite well. It wasn’t a stand-out performance. (Jennifer) Han was actually better and more competent than I thought she would be,” he said, reported the Irish Independent.

“We just don’t want to have too many of those type of fights, because she (Katie) is someone who wants the big challenges. There is a risk that if you have too many fights like that, you are not challenging yourself, and that would be the danger.

“But I know she is going to put pressure on me to fight in December. She does it all the time.”

Of the Serrano fight, he continued: “It is a Madison Square Garden fight. We just have got to do a deal with Serrano, who, to be fair to her, has raised her profile recently and deserves a big day as well."

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