There is exciting news for Irish boxing fans this morning, with confirmation that Olympic gold medalist Katie Taylor has been added to the card for Andy Lee’s showdown with Billy Joe Saunders at Thomond Park on September 19th.
Limerick man Lee will be getting in the ring to defend his WBO World middleweight title.
Taylor’s opponent for the event has yet to be named.
Katie and Andy are set to hold a press conference next Tuesday, August 4th, at the Shelbourne Hotel.
Andy Lee and Billy Joe Saunders pictured ahead of a Press Conference at the Grosvenor House Hotel on July 22
The news comes just one week after Saunders launched an incredibly sexist attack on women in general and women boxers in particular, saying: “I think women are there for sex every night, hard sex. Women are there for cleaning, cooking, washing and sex. They’re not there to put headgear on and get punched in the face.”
He added: “Listen, all jokes aside. That’s just my opinion on women. I’m just a sex maniac.
“I don’t really like to see women getting punched in the nose and face, it’s not very nice is it.
Champion Taylor responded to the remarks on Twitter, saying she felt sorry for Saunders’ wife and daughter.
I feel sorry for his wife and daughter if that’s his only view of women. https://t.co/YXSKHTVX22
— Katie Taylor (@KatieTaylor) July 23, 2015
