KATIE TAYLOR WILL head to London this summer as world champion.
The Bray woman sealed her fourth world title in a row with a solid 11-7 win over Russian southpaw Sofya Ochigava in the tournament final in China this morning.
“It was always going to be such a tricky fight, she’s absolutely brilliant that girl is,” Taylor told RTÉ television afterwards. ”It was so tricky and it was a game of patience and a game of nerves really in the end.
“But I just have to thank God again there for the victory. I’m delighted really to get the win.”
The two fighters — who met in last year’s European decider — could not be separated over the first two rounds but Taylor then opened up a two-point lead in the third which she was able to defend through the last.
“In the those kind of fights you don’t know what’s going to happen really, it’s far too tight,” she told Darragh Maloney.
“And in the third round I caught her with a couple of clean shots and it gave me a good lead going into the last round.In those kind of fights you just have to put in so much concentration and discipline. People always think I’m a given for a gold medal but these fights prove the way boxing is and those fights are just so tight.”
Taylor is expected to arrive into Dublin airport at 5.30pm tomorrow.
Great to get through but it’s not the one we wanted, Roll on the Huns on Sunday
@Alan Brazil: Jesus Alan. We have something in common. Big game for the hoops
@Alan Brazil: same craic every year , start to improve after getting knocked out of champions league..still though would have got some spanking in the group they would been in , Barca ,Dortmund, inter . Gone are the glory days when they could get a champions league result . .
I don’t know what has gone on with Lennon and Sinclair. Sinclair good for 20 goals a season and he’s been frozen out in favour of Lewis Morgan.. Lennon seems to make stupid decisions, Celtic clearly through with 20 mins to go and he leaves all his star players on with an important game on Sunday. Edwaurd then goes off injured..
@David Garland: Stop your whinging, they won 4-1 what more do you want? Get behind Lennon and the team rather than complain
An away win in Europe is rare. A score line of 4-1 is unheard of. Good to see the holy goalie back in Glasgow.
A nice double on Sunday would be nice. Starting with the Celts and finishing with 5 in a row.
Hail Hail.
Up the Dubs.
It’s not whining wanting to know why one of our better players is not even making the bench. As I said Sinclair contributes around 20 goals a season and by the looks of Rangers this season Celtic could do with his goals, he’s a far better option that Morgan who shouldn’t be near a Celtic jersey..
Very poor performance but still put 4 goals on the board. Great going forward but my good God the backline is woeful. Whoever scouted Boli needs sacking, that lad is a bomb scare. Hopefully Lennon can get it right before the transfer window closes and get in a few decent signings for a change.
Played well, can they meet rangers in group?
@Dougal67: not until the knock out stages, teams from the same country are kept apart