Jonas: Should Taylor take Serrano rematch?

Undisputed lightweight world champion Katie Taylor should consider avoiding an immediate rematch with Amanda Serrano, according to Natasha Jonas.

Taylor, 35, edged Serrano via a split decision in a thriller at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night to extend her professional record to 21-0, as a women's fight headlined the iconic New York venue for the first time.

The thrilling nature of the fight led to instant talk of a repeat bout, potentially in Dublin, with Ireland's Taylor stating after the bout that "a rematch would be absolutely phenomenal."

Super-welterweight world champion Jonas, who lost a narrow points decision to Taylor in May 2021, believes Serrano deserves another shot but says her former opponent would be sensible to avoid the prospect of going straight into another potentially brutal encounter.

"It was brilliant," Jonas told Sky Sports News.

"They didn't disappoint, is the best way I can put it. I don't think anyone expected the drama that was there but we knew that it was going to be a good fight. On such a big stage, it needed to be.

"I just think it might not be an instant rematch, but I could be wrong. I think Katie might take a fight in between and then come back.

"You can't just have hard fight, after hard fight, all the time."

Taylor took heavy punishment at times from Serrano, a nine-time world champion across seven weight divisions, and the Irish fighter appeared to be on the brink of being stopped during the middle rounds.

However, Taylor eventually was awarded a split decision, with two judges scoring it 97-93 and 96-93 in her favour as the third gave it 96-94 to her Puerto Rican opponent.

"I don't think you could have argued either way," Jonas said if the decision.

"If Serrano had got the