Minutes after they traded punches during a slugfest of a final round, Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano embraced each other and the moment.
With most of the sold-out crowd that watched the first women's boxing match to headline at Madison Square Garden still standing, Serrano delivered a message.
"Women can sell, women can fight and we put on a hell of a show," Serrano said. All three were true on a historic night for women's boxing.
Taylor remained the undisputed lightweight champion in a thrilling fight, edging Serrano in a split decision. Taylor did just a little more to stay undefeated in front of an announced sold-out crowd of 19,187 that seemed spilt between Taylor's Irish and Serrano's Puerto Rican fans.
When it was over, Taylor emerged with scores of 96-93 and 97-93 on two of the judges' cards, while Serrano won 96-94 on the other.