Undisputed lightweight world champion Katie Taylor has described her dad and former coach Pete Taylor as her hero and has revealed that she wants another shot at Belgium’s Delfine Persoon.

Unified lightweight champion Katie Taylor has described her dad and former coach Pete Taylor as her hero and told CNN she wants another shot at Belgium's Delfine Persoon.

Katie Taylor is far from done making history.

There were jubilant scenes as boxer Katie Taylor arrived at her home town of Bray, Co Wicklow, last night, where she received a well-deserved hero’s welcome.

Not lost in the folly of the Shane Ross airport pageantry was that Katie Taylor’s lust for the limelight could scarcely compare less.

Katie Taylor and her team say a rematch with Delfine Persoon is very much in their plans, though a deal is preliminarily in place for a fight with Amanda Serrano later this year.

Belt-laden Katie Taylor believes that a rematch with Belgium’s Delfine Persoon is inevitable

Ireland’s undisputed lightweight world champion Katie Taylor says a rematch with her beaten opponent is “inevitable” given the close nature of her victory last weekend.

Pete Taylor believes his daughter deserved to have her hand raised in victory against Delfine Persoon in New York last Saturday night, but he admitted it was a close call.

As Katie Taylor sat on her stool before the start of the 10th and final round of this historic encounter with fellow champion Delfine Persoon, her eyes appeared to stare straight through Ross Enamait.

Katie Taylor became undisputed lightweight champion after receiving a razor-thin majority decision against Delfine Persoon in a contest which will go down as a genuine watershed moment for women's boxing.

Katie Taylor has never been one for braggadocio but things have felt a little bit different during this, her fourth straight fight week on America’s east coast.

She may be about to compete in one of the most significant women’s boxing matches in history, but Delfine Persoon had to take annual leave just to be here.

"This is going to be without a doubt the biggest challenge of my career and the biggest fight of my career... both amateur and professional."

On a weekend awash with cultural appropriation and faux role modelling, Katie Taylor was St Patrick’s saving grace.