Ireland's "Warrior Princess" arrives on global stage

Having spent her career dominating a discipline inexplicably isolated by the Olympics, Katie Taylor has guaranteed herself a prize from the pantheon of sport.

The colour of her medal will not be known until she finishes out her competition. But already the Bray boxer has alerted the world to the intensity of her talent and the quality of her sport.

The woman Bray is already calling their "warrior princess" is idolised by her peers. Without her battle to win over doubters, women’s boxing would not have featured in London 2012.