By Elliot Foster

Katie Taylor wants an immediate rematch with Delfine Persoon despite having just secured every belt in her division.

The Bray woman took on the now-former WBC female lightweight champion at Madison Square Garden last Saturday.

Taylor, who went into the fight with the WBA, WBO and IBF crowns, also picked up the vacant Ring Magazine title in New York, as part of the supporting cast to Anthony Joshua’s unsuccessful defence of his WBA Super, WBO, IBF and IBO world heavyweight titles against Andy Ruiz.

It was a tight affair, exclusively live on Sky Sports Box Office and DAZN, that Taylor came out on top of by majority decision with margins of 96-94, 96-94 and 95-95.

Many thought the Belgian got the better of Taylor, but the former Olympic champion who won five world amateur championships and six European amateur championships, got the decision.

And her promoter Eddie Hearn told Balls.IE that a return fight with the police officer, who took annual leave to prepare for her showdown with Taylor, is high on the agenda.

“She said to me 'If there’s any doubt that I didn’t win the fight we’ve got to do it again.',” he said. “She asked me, I told her that I had it a draw, and she turned around and said that we’ve got to do it again.”

Taylor missed the post-fight presser due to having a concussion check but stated that she thought the decision was the right one.

“I definitely feel like I done enough, especially early on,” she said. “I knew it was going to be that kind of fight, she’s a great, great champion.

“That's my nature, I stand there and fight too much. I probably should have been more disciplined.”

But Persoon, who left the ring in tears following the announcement of the decision, doesn’t believe the rematch will happen any time soon if it happens at all.

“I don’t think Taylor wants to take that risk,” she said when speaking to Belgian outlet Sporza. “Her team will argue that she has passed me by. She will not give me another chance.”

Persoon, 34, will explore the possibility of an appeal against the verdict with the WBC but she doesn’t feel that endeavour will bear much fruit.

“I fear that we are not strong enough,” she added. We will look at it, though. It’s too bad, I could have written history for Belgian sport, but I wasn’t allowed.”