Katie Taylor plans to break the record and retain her status as the undisputed world lightweight champion against Amanda Serrano on Friday night.

Taylor won a narrow action contest with Serrano by split decision on a historic night at Madison Square Garden in 2022.

The first women’s boxing match to headline New York’s famous venue, the duo will add further weight to their legacy with this fight at AT&T Stadium, which will be broadcast by Netflix, which has more than 260 million paid members worldwide.

“I believe I won the last fight cleanly and I need to go out there and beat him again on Friday night,” Taylor said at a press conference in Texas with YouTuber-turned-boxer Mike Tyson. Jake Paul is in the co-main event.

“I’ve been putting my body through the paces over the last few months and it’s an absolute privilege to be on the same card as a legend of the sport.

“This is definitely a great opportunity that we both have and I can’t wait to step in there, show what I can do again and get another win.”

This will be Taylor’s first fight in almost a year after she put on a spectacular display to claim a majority decision victory over Chantelle Cameron in Dublin last November.

This avenged the first defeat of Taylor’s professional career against Cameron in early 2023.

Serrano thought she had done enough to defeat Taylor at Madison Square Garden and launched a punishing fifth round, but the Irishwoman had the courage to fight back.

Taylor added: “I think as every fighter we’re always prepared for moments like that. That’s why we train so hard. “When you’re in shape, when you’re in shape, you recover from those moments very well.

“I get a lot of reassurance and confidence from that because I took his biggest shots and I didn’t stumble, I wasn’t affected and I won the second half of the fight. That’s why I’m taking a lot of reassurance going into the rematch.”

During a frantic press conference at the Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory, Taylor was forced to field questions to Paul about whether promoter Eddie Hearn would be in his corner Friday night.

Taylor was also happy to risk his neck and said Tyson would beat Paul in the co-main event before calling for him to bet his purse that the young heavyweight would win.

However, while there is much debate about the value of Tyson facing an opponent 31 years his junior, there is no doubt that this second bout between Taylor and Serrano has whetted the appetite of sports fans.

“The biggest part of this journey for me is being able to inspire and influence the next generation of female warriors,” Taylor admitted.

“When I started boxing at the age of nine or 10, there were no female fighters I knew of in the boxing gyms in Ireland, but every boxing gym I went into at home was full of female fighters. This is the real meaning of legacy.”

Unified world featherweight champion Serrano said: “I pursue perfection and that means moving up three divisions to face Katie Taylor once again and I will prevail.”