Katie Taylor floors Paddy Barnes with a Commonwealth Games zinger

(We’re not doubting Mrs Taylor’s boxing credentials by the way.)

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KATIE TAYLOR HAS once again proved that she’s more than a match for Paddy Barnes.

Ireland’s Olympic medallists are good friends and sparring partners, and footage of one of their fierce sessions went viral in the run up to London 2012.

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Barnes couldn’t resist a cheeky dig when Taylor won her fifth straight world title in South Korea this week and tweeted:

Here @KatieTaylor ya may have 5 World titles but have ya got 2 Commonwealth Games titles??? #fightme

Taylor’s response was a knockout blow:

Haha! The commonwealths?! Sure my Ma would win a gold medal in that!!

@paddyb_ireland haha! The commonwealths?! Sure my Ma would win a gold medal in that!!
— Katie Taylor (@KatieTaylor) November 26, 2014

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