PETER TAYLOR, father and coach to Katie, is hoping the Republic of Ireland’s qualification for next summer’s European Championships will help lighten the weight of expectation resting on his daughter’s shoulders in the run-up to the Olympic Games.

KATIE TAYLOR sparred with world champion Guillermo Rigondeaux when he visited Limerick a few weeks ago and now she has been added to the undercard at the CityWest Convention Centre on Saturday night when the double Olympic champion defends his WBA super bantamweight title against Willie “Big Bang” Casey.

Ireland’s Katie Taylor was today named the best woman boxer of the year for the second time.

KATIE TAYLOR earned her place among the legends of world boxing when she outpointed Cheng Dong of China 18-5 to win her third consecutive lightweight title at the AIBA women’s world boxing championships in Barbados on Saturday night.

Tributes are being paid this morning to Irish boxer Katie Taylor who won her third successive World Boxing Championship title last night.

Ireland’s Katie Taylor will bid for her third world title after a thrilling 18-16 win over American Queen Underwood.

Katie Taylor was crowned European Union champion for the second year running following an 8-1 win over Bulgarian lightweight Denitza Eliseevan in Pazardjik, Bulgaria this afternoon.

Bray boxer Katie Taylor has won the Irish Sports Council's Sportswoman of the Month award for November.

Newly crowned world lightweight champion Katie Taylor jetted in to a heroine's reception at Dublin Airport this morning following her exploits at the 5th AIBA Women's World Championships in Ningbo City, China.

Newly crowned World lightweight champion, Katie Taylor, picked up the boxer of the tournament award following yesterday's 13-2 victory over Cheng Dong of China in the 60Kg final at the 5th AIBA Women's World Championships in Ningbo City, China.

Katie Taylor produced a magnificent performance in the lightweight final at the AIBA Women's World Championships in Ningbo City to win the Women’s World Championship title.

Katie Taylor produced a master-class of boxing this morning to march into the lightweight final at the 5th AIBA Women's World Championships in Ningbo City, China.

IRELAND’S Katie Taylor kept her title defence on track and guaranteed a bronze medal when she breezed through her lightweight quarter-final at the 5th AIBA Women’s World Boxing Championships in Ningbo City, China, yesterday.