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‘She carried it on her back to the grandest stages’: How Katie Taylor transformed women’s boxing
In March 2009, 9,000 boxing fans filled Dublin’s O2 arena to see Bernard Dunne (The Dublin Dynamo) fight for a world title against Panama’s Ricardo Cordoba.

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Women's boxing trailblazer Katie Taylor wins farewell fight in front of 80,000 at Croke Park
Katie Taylor changed women’s boxing forever
From the Late Late Show to ringside at Katie Taylor fight, the Kerry man who continues to break boundaries
Killarney man Michael O’Brien first came to fame back when he was just 11-years-old as he appeared on the Late Late Toy Show to talk about his love of sport.

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Boxer Katie Taylor, Baroness Margaret Hodge, The impact of having an absent father.
For one last night, Ireland belonged to Katie Taylor — a farewell fit for the greatest of all time
Colm Keys: Katie Taylor unified a divided world one last time by being true to her ‘extraordinary ordinary’ self
At the prompt of an increasingly emotional promoter Eddie Hearn, Katie Taylor was invited to conduct one final lap of the ring and then place her gloves in the middle of it to signal a most traditiona...

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From influencers to queens of women's boxing - five years of MVP

On Saturday, Most Valuable Promotions celebrates its fifth anniversary. One of the feistiest upstarts in modern boxing has given a new platform to the world's best female fighters.
Daily Mail on MSN

'That's the legacy I want': KATIE TAYLOR reflects on career as she prepares to bid farewell

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW BY CHARLOTTE DALY: Thirty years ago, a little girl from Bray had to hide her hair under headgear and pretend to be a boy simply to pursue the sport she loved.
Al Jazeera on MSN

Ireland’s Katie Taylor eyes fairytale finish to trailblazing boxing career

Unbeaten French challenger Flora Pili stands in the way of Taylor becoming undisputed world champion for a third time.
Sports Illustrated

Jake Paul’s MVPW Inks Multi-Year Deal to Bring Women’s Boxing to ESPN

Jake Paul is making good on his promise to take women’s boxing to another level. Paul’s Most Valuable Promotions and ESPN announced a multi-year deal on Friday at a press conference at Madison Square Garden. The deal brings boxing back to ESPN, which ...
Reuters

Taiwan's Lin eligible to compete in female category at World Boxing events

March 20 (Reuters) - Olympic gold medallist Lin Yu-ting has been cleared to compete in the female category at World Boxing events following an appeal ‌from Taiwan's federation, the sport's governing body said on Friday. Lin, 30, was at the centre of a ...
ESPN

Women's boxing pound-for-pound rankings: Baumgardner closes in on top 5 with win

Alycia Baumgardner retained her IBF, WBA and WBO junior lightweight titles with a unanimous decision win over Bo Mi Re Shin on Friday at the Infosys Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. While the fight was more competitive than the scorecards of ...