“It’s amazing to bring big-time boxing back here.” Katie Taylor was not even legally sanctioned to engage in a women’s bout when she first started on her path to becoming a boxing world champion. Women’s boxing was banned in Ireland until 1998 and, three years later, a 15-year-old Taylor fought in the first officially sanctioned […]
2 years ago
The Bray boxer will bid to become a two-weight world champion. The drama surrounding Katie Taylor’s homecoming bout has ended, with it being confirmed that the lightweight champion will face off against Chantelle Cameron, at Dublin’s 3 Arena, on the 20th of May. Media speculation had been rife over the possibility of Taylor’s first ever […]
2 years ago
“I just want it to happen.” Eddie Hearn gives an update on the ongoing saga regarding Katie Taylor and her potential fight in Croke Park against Amanda Serrano. If the fight can’t go ahead at Croke Park, Taylor’s promoter said she may fight another opponent – Chantelle Camero – later in the year at the […]
3 years ago
Taylor is set to fight at the 3Arena in May. Katie Taylor’s rematch with Amanda Serrano will not take place at Croke Park due to the high cost of staging the fight at the GAA stadium. The pair fought in an epic contest at Madison Square Garden last May, when Taylor emerged victorious on a points decision to […]
3 years ago