Katie Taylor has hailed her world-title date as the “biggest night” of her career ahead of Saturday’s showdown with WBA lightweight champion Anahi Esther Sanchez.

The boxing world continues to rally around Russian heavyweight Magomed Abdusalamov who has been in a medically-induced coma since Saturday’s defeat to Cork based Cuban fighter Mike ‘The Rebel’ Perez.

Cork boxer Mike ‘The Rebel’ Perez’s opponent from Saturday night’s bout at Madison Square Garden in New York has been placed in a coma.