Katie Taylor deserved to have her hand raised in victory against Delfine Persoon, according to her dad and former coach Pete Taylor.
Taylor edged the Belgian lightweight in New York on a majority decision to become the seventh fighter after Bernard Hopkins, Oleksandr Usyk, Jermain Taylor, Terrence Crawford, Claressa Shields and Cecilia Braekhus to unify an entire division.
“It wasn’t a robbery if either one of them got it,” said Pete. “I think if anyone runs Katie close everyone just looks at what the other person does. Katie won five out of the first six rounds and then obviously people remember the back end of the fight.”
The 14th win of her pro career saw unbeaten Taylor add Persoon’s WBC strap to her IBF, WBA and WBO crowns but some boxers and pundits believe that Persoon should be the undisputed champion.
Chief among these was Taylor’s former Irish team-mate Carl Frampton who called the scoring of the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut judges disgraceful.
Taylor and promoter Eddie Hearn indicated that a rematch is on the cards after the 14th win of the Bray woman’s career, although a fight with Amanda Serrano could be next.
Persoon is now considering lodging a complaint with boxing chiefs after the second defeat of her 45-bout career.
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