Saturday 19 September 2020
The former Irish Elite amateur champion has seen his career take a temporary detour during the pandemic.
Delfine Persoon said she believed Taylor deserved her unanimous decision following another close encounter between the two rivals.
Scrutinous eyes not only from Ireland but from all corners of the globe will be on her performance tonight, the weight of the world on her shoulders.
Delfine Persoon sets out to break Irish hearts and become arguably the greatest ever female professional boxer tonight.
The Belgian weighed in almost 2.5lbs heavier than she did for their original scrap, but was comfortably under the 135-pound limit.
Ahead of her eagerly anticipated rematch with Delfine Persoon on Saturday, Katie Taylor says she is ‘looking forward to shutting up everyone that has criticised me’.
‘What an individual’, said the Matchroom chief of Donovan, who gained a huge amount in defeat – and indeed all week – at Fight Camp.
Billy Walsh recalls his time working with Zaur Antia, Irish boxing’s media-shy head coach who has played a key role in almost 140 major international medals.
The 29-year-old is one of less than a handful of names being considered for a proposed fight with the Mexican superstar.
A sequel to their June 2019 classic at Madison Square Garden, during which Taylor emerged as a controversial winner, is in the works.
So many boxing figures performatively take the moral high ground when it comes to the sanctity of human life – until doing so might inconvenience them personally.
A tweet from Taylor sparked an online war of words between Serrano, Eddie Hearn and Lou DiBella, and female boxing’s biggest fight now looks unlikely.
Sandra Vaughan, who purchased the company in 2017, has stepped away during what she described as ‘transitional phase in the business’.
Bob Yalen has alleged that the backlash against Kinahan stems from ‘the hearsay testimony of biased parties’.
Ireland’s James Tennyson will also fight on one of Matchroom’s ‘Fight Camp’ shows, while there may be room yet for Jason Quigley to feature.
The Brisbane-based Kilcullen native will train from McCullough’s American quarters ahead of significant potential fights on US soil.
Three ‘ordinary human beings’ from Monaghan have added a boxing legend to their arsenal as they try to do something extraordinary halfway across the world.
‘Whatever she brings, I’ll be able to bring it harder,’ said the seven-time world champion from Puerto Rico.
Ireland’s only boxer at the 2000 Olympics, Cork’s Michael Roche, reveals why his 16-year dream turned into a nightmare, and how it followed him home from Sydney.
Brendan Irvine sheds light on his fightback, Kevin McManamon’s quick thinking in London, and John Conlan being a dark horse on Call of Duty.
Claressa Shields predicts Amanda Serrano v Katie Taylor will work out 60:40 in the Puerto Rican’s favour.
‘I said to my family: ‘You realise you’ve already been in isolation so much when you have to go into quarantine and nothing about your personal life changes.”
Confirmation will be made this week, with promoter Eddie Hearn set to hit pause on all boxing events until the summer at least.
Sky Sports’ head of boxing recalls Steve Collins’ 1995 upset win over Chris Eubank, and the local businessman who became ‘the star of the show’.
The ‘Wee Rooster’ is off to Tokyo after dominating a barnburner versus his teak-tough Hungarian opponent.
The decision comes less than 24 hours after the IOC’s Boxing Task Force moved the competition behind closed doors.
Three Irish fighters progressed to the next round of qualifiers in London, although there was no joy for Christina Desmond who bowed out to the Italian third seed.
The 31-year-old has signed his first promotional deal after a thrilling British-title victory over Sam Bowen in November.
The traditional sea of green will be absent this time around when the former Irish Olympic star fights at MSG on St Patrick’s Day.
The 35-year-old, who gave Katie Taylor hell in the professional ring last June, could wind up facing Kellie Harrington in London.
Katie Taylor versus Amanda Serrano for the undisputed lightweight title: a fight with plenty of needle and a fight to move the needle.
The 18-year-old Cork man joins Jason Quigley and the McKenna brothers on Sheer Sports’ books.
The Bray man cited financial reasons, and his not being selected for March’s Tokyo 2020 qualifiers, as cause to hang up his gloves.
The 33-year-old Portlaoise man will look to dust off some cobwebs before making another world-title tilt later in the year.
The Hall-of-Fame trainer will take the Smithborough siblings under his wing at his Wild Card gym in Hollywood.
Katelynn Phelan, 19, took her inspiration not from Bray, but from Brooklyn, and wants to blaze a trail down a road less travelled.
‘There’s nothing really to her,’ said the Puerto Rican puncher, who is set to meet her Irish adversary this spring.
The unbeaten Irish featherweight will face Belmar Preciado in front of a sea of green at MSG on Tuesday, 17 March.
Taylor and longtime rival, seven-weight world champion Amanda Serrano, could clash in London for the Irishwoman’s undisputed title.
Hometown hero Sean McComb also picked up a career-best victory.
