KATIE TAYLOR’S unbeaten run stretching back 42 bouts was sensationally ended when she lost to former World champion Sofya Ochigava of Russia in her lightweight (60Kg) semi-final at the Usti na Labem Grand Prix in the Czech Republic yesterday.

Katie Taylor, Paddy Barnes and Carl Frampton all won their semi-final bouts at the men's and women's Ahmet Comert Cup in Istanbul, Turkey today.

IRISH captain Ken Egan believes this week’s European Union Boxing Championships in Poland will provide Ireland with the perfect preparation for the Olympic Games.

Katie Taylor, the reigning World and European lightweight champion, progressed to the quarter finals of the Ahmet Comert Cup following a convincing win over reigning European light welterweight champion Lucie Bertaud in Turkey this afternoon.