![]() ![]() Later in 2005, at the World Amateur Championships in Podolsk, Russia, Taylor advanced to the quarter-finals in the 60 kg weight class. She won the gold medal, defeating Eva Wahlström of Finland in the final of the 60 kg lightweight class.Ģ005 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship Taylor's first noteworthy success was at the 2005 European Amateur Championships, in Tønsberg, Norway. List of title fights 2005 European Amateur Boxing Championship At 15, in 2001, she fought in the first officially sanctioned female boxing match in Ireland, at the National Stadium, and defeated Alanna Audley from Belfast. Her father coached her and her two older brothers, Lee and Peter, at St Fergal's Boxing Club, which operated out of a former boathouse in Bray. Taylor first began boxing in 1998, aged 12. As her sporting career began to take off, she chose not to complete her studies at UCD. However, she opted instead to attend University College Dublin, known for its sports scholarship programme, which she qualified for via her Leaving Cert results. She was a member of Bray Runners, a local athletics club, and several American colleges reportedly offered her sports scholarships while she was still studying at St Killian's. As well as boxing and playing association football at school, she also played ladies' Gaelic football and camogie with her local GAA clubs, Bray Emmets and Fergal Ógs. Her three older siblings all attended the same school. Bridget also developed an interest in boxing and became one of the earliest female referees and judges in Ireland.īetween 19, Taylor attended St. He also coached Adam Nolan who, like Taylor, represented Ireland at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Originally an electrician by trade, he eventually became Taylor's full-time boxing coach. In 1986, he became an Irish senior light heavyweight champion boxer. After meeting and marrying Bridget, he decided to settle in Bray. Her father, who was born near Leeds and grew up in Birmingham, first visited Bray to work with his father in the amusement arcades on the seafront. She has an older sister named Sarah and two older brothers named Lee and Peter, the latter of whom is a mathematics professor at Dublin City University. Taylor was born on 2 July 1986 in Bray, County Wicklow, the daughter of Irish mother Bridget ( née Cranley) and English-born father Pete Taylor. She is known for her fast-paced, aggressive boxing style. As of March 2023, Taylor is ranked as the world's best active female lightweight by BoxRec and the best active female boxer, pound-for-pound, by The Ring and BoxRec. Taylor turned professional in 2016 under Matchroom Boxing. Regarded as the outstanding Irish athlete of her generation, she was the flag bearer for Ireland at the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony before going on to win an Olympic gold medal in the lightweight division. Hugely popular in Ireland, she is credited with raising the profile of women's boxing at home and abroad. In her amateur boxing career, Taylor won five consecutive gold medals at the Women's World Championships, gold six times at the European Championships, and gold five times at the European Union Championships. Following her victory over Delfine Persoon in 2019, she became one of only eight boxers in history (female or male) to hold all four major world titles in boxing-WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO-simultaneously. She is a two-weight world champion and the current undisputed lightweight champion, having held the WBA title since 2017 the IBF title since 2018 and the WBC, WBO, and The Ring magazine titles since 2019, as well as having held the WBO junior-welterweight title in 2019. ![]() ![]() Katie Taylor (born 2 July 1986) is an Irish professional boxer and former footballer. ![]()
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