She’s been named ‘Champion in Recess’ Katie Taylor has left fans shocked by announcing she will be taking a step back from her boxing career. The light-welterweight champion won her trilogy fight with Amanda Serrano in New York on 11 July. The WBC then announced Katie would have to face mandatory challenger Chantelle Cameron to […]
2 months ago
‘Having a drink is what cost me my entire family’ The first episode of Tommy Fury’s documentary is set to broadcast on BBC Three tomorrow at 9 pm, where he’ll explain exactly what happened regarding his very public break-up with Molly-Mae Hague. The boxer first got a taste of fame when he appeared on Love […]
4 months ago
“To be honest with you, I think it takes the absolute pi*s” That was Eddie Hearn’s take on dealing with Croke Park officials when trying to sort a Katie Taylor fight. With rugby’s Challenge and Champions Cups coming top Dublin’s Aviva Stadium on the same weekend as a typically loaded GAA and Airtricity weekend, trying to […]
2 years ago
“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