Irish Examiner View: Katie Taylor on top of the world

The Dublin boxer has made an indelible mark on sport and is generally regarded as the outstanding Irish athlete of her generation.

Ireland's Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano of Puerto Rico face off at a press conference prior to their fight at The Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. Picture: Sarah Stier/Getty Images

When Katie Taylor steps into the ring at Madison Square Garden in midtown Manhattan a little after 3am on Sunday, it may mark a defining moment in sporting history.

Taylor, 35, will face Puerto Rico’s Amanda Serrano, two years her junior, in a unification bout between a lightweight and a featherweight. It will, says the promoter Eddie Hearn, “blow the doors off women’s boxing and boxing in general”.