Parental concern to limit boxing’s rise

Confined to barracks, the 11-month-old girl kept me company in front of the television for Katie Taylor’s first fight this week with Natasha Jonas.

Since courage, daring and a belief in the journey you were about to take already filled the room, it was hardly a coincidence that the little one soon strung together, for the very first time, the 15 or so steps from one side of the parlour to the other.

She could do much worse than continue to take her cues from our new Olympic champion.