Elizabeth MacBey

For all the highlight-reel catches and quarterback debates that dominate headlines, one fact about football hasn’t changed in 100 years: games are won in the trenches.

There’s no job in sports quite like it. Every play starts and ends with you. You are the conductor, the target, the leader, the scapegoat, and the hero - all in one play. You throw an interception? Suck it up, smile through the visor, and trot back out. That’s leadership, baby. Because 52 men are counting on you to believe in yourself - no matter how loudly Twitter doesn’t.

On July 11, Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano stepped into the ring at Madison Square Garden for the third time. Not just to settle a score, but to make a statement. In front of a sold-out crowd and a global Netflix audience, they closed out the most important trilogy in women’s boxing history.