Katie Taylor

Katie Taylor
Katie Taylor
	Katie Taylor in 2012
Born	2 July 1986 (age 38); Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
Other names	KT; The Bray Bomber;
	Statistics
Weight(s)	Lightweight; Super-lightweight;
Height	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Reach	66 in (168 cm)
Stance	Orthodox
	Boxing record
Total fights	24
Wins	23
Wins by KO	6
Losses	1
Women's amateur boxing
Representing Ireland
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Games
European Championships
EU Championships

Katie Taylor (born 2 July 1986) is an Irish professional boxer and former footballer. She is the undisputed and lineal world lightweight champion since 2019, and the undisputed and lineal world super lightweight champion since 2023.^[2]

After winning the WBA lightweight title in 2017 and the IBF title the following year, her unification victory over Delfine Persoon in Madison Square Garden made her the eighth boxer in history (female or male) to hold all four major world titles in boxing—IBF, WBA, WBC, and WBO—simultaneously. In November 2023 she repeated the feat, beating Chantelle Cameron in Dublin for the IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC, and WBO titles, regaining the latter she initially won from Christina Linardatou in 2019.

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. Hugely popular in Ireland, she is credited with raising the profile of women's boxing at home and abroad. Regarded as the outstanding Irish athlete of her generation,^[3] 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.^[4]

Taylor turned professional in 2016 under Matchroom Boxing. As of March 2023, Taylor is ranked as the world's best active female lightweight by BoxRec^[5] and the best active female boxer, pound-for-pound, by The Ring^[6] and BoxRec.^[7] She is known for her fast-paced, aggressive boxing style.^[8]

^ ^a ^b DAZN Boxing tale of the tape prior to the Amanda Serrano fight.
^ "Women Lineal World Champions". Lineal Boxing Champion. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
^ "Katie carries flag and all our hopes". Irish Independent. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
^ "Ireland's Katie Taylor claims women's boxing gold". The Times of India. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
^ "BoxRec: Female lightweight ratings". BoxRec. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
^ "The Ring Women's Ratings". The Ring. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
^ "BoxRec: Female P4P ratings". BoxRec. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
^ "Tide is rising but we are only at the beginning of a whole new ball game". Sunday Independent. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020. And of course you're not missing anything when watching Katie Taylor either: you forget about the power deficit when she is in the ring because, as has often been said about the champ, she hits like a man.

[stats2022-1] DAZN Boxing tale of the tape prior to the Amanda Serrano fight.

[2] "Women Lineal World Champions". Lineal Boxing Champion. Retrieved 26 November 2023.

[3] "Katie carries flag and all our hopes". Irish Independent. 25 July 2012. Retrieved 25 July 2012.

[4] "Ireland's Katie Taylor claims women's boxing gold". The Times of India. 9 August 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.

[5] "BoxRec: Female lightweight ratings". BoxRec. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

[6] "The Ring Women's Ratings". The Ring. 8 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

[7] "BoxRec: Female P4P ratings". BoxRec. Retrieved 23 September 2020.

[sundayindependent080320-8] "Tide is rising but we are only at the beginning of a whole new ball game". Sunday Independent. 8 March 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2020. And of course you're not missing anything when watching Katie Taylor either: you forget about the power deficit when she is in the ring because, as has often been said about the champ, she hits like a man.

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