Spike O’Sullivan: Taylor-Cameron was a great occasion but a mismatch — we don’t need a rematch

Katie’s manager Brian Peters should probably have known better.
Spike O’Sullivan: Taylor-Cameron was a great occasion but a mismatch — we don’t need a rematch

20 May 2023; Chantelle Cameron, left, and Katie Taylor during their undisputed super lightweight championship fight at the 3Arena in Dublin. Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

My partying days aren’t totally behind me but I was a sensible boy on Saturday night and skedaddled back home to Cork in the small hours.

The drive south gave me plenty of thinking time. The mind was still racing with the buzz and joy, really, of having a big, big boxing night back in Ireland. But the buzz and the dust has to settle and on a night of mixed results for the home fighters — Thomas Carty delivered the fireworks, Gary Cully imploded — it was the woman who made it all happen who took up most of our thoughts.

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