Preview: Scales tipped slightly in Katie Taylor's favour for rematch with fellow great Amanda Serrano

It would be a stretch to say Katie Taylor stands on the brink of greatness. As a two-weight undisputed champion, she already has two feet on that podium.

But beating Amanda Serrano for a second time, in Texas tonight, would strengthen the argument for the Irish woman to be considered to the best female boxer of all time.

Taylor's first fight against the Puerto Rican, in April 2022, would already have been memorable for its historic status as the inaugural women’s bout to headline (and sell out) Madison Square Garden.

But the epic nature of the contest, the Bray native surviving a fifth round when she looked out on her feet to recover and outbox her opponent for the remainder, more than justified the hype.

Serrano should have finished it then but she didn’t and Taylor took a deserved split-decision victory after they closed out the tenth and final round with a furious 30-second brawl.

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The reason we can’t say Taylor (23-1-0) is the greatest if she wins tonight is also one of the main reasons she is the deserved (slight) favourite again: weight.

Claressa Shields was also one of the first group of women to win Olympic gold at London 2012. She reclaimed the middleweight title in Rio and has since claimed professional world championship belts at five different marks: most recently light heavyweight and heavyweight in the same win over Vanessa Lepage-Joanisse in July.

That was at 175lbs or 79 kilogrammes, 37lbs/16.7kg heavier than the limit of 138 that Taylor and Serrano had to weigh