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25th March 2017
09:41pm GMT

The 30-year-old won a gold medal at the 2012 Olympics in London and turned pro late last year. It took Katie eight rounds to overcome her 28-year-old rival, who hails from Bulgaria. The fight took place at the Manchester Arena on the undercard of the Anthony Crolla and Jorge Linares fight bill..@katietaylor warming up on the pads with her fight with Milena Koleva up next live on @skysports from the @ManchesterArena pic.twitter.com/t0tYuRap5c
— Brian Peters (@BPPboxing) March 25, 2017
Katie has previously dispatched Karina Kopinska, Viviane Obenauf and Monica Gentili. Taylor and Koleva were scheduled to fight in London last month, but the latter was forced to drop out with illness and was replaced by Gentili. Katie Taylor now has five world championship golds, an olympic gold, six European championship golds, and now four professional wins.Katie Taylor is in the ring as she prepares to take on Milena Koleva in Manchester in her fourth professional fight pic.twitter.com/DSNYZcxpzW
— RTÉ Sport (@RTEsport) March 25, 2017
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