Katie Taylor has vowed to put everything on the line in Central Asia to edge a step closer to writing a chapter in the history of international women’s boxing that will probably never be surpassed.

The bid to rekindle Joe Ward’s Olympic flame is far from over after IABA officials spent yesterday in Trabzon winning support to get the Moate teenager to London 2012.

Heartbroken Joe Ward was thrown an Olympic lifeline last night after his controversial elimination from the qualifying tournament in Trabzon, Turkey.