Taylor added to ‘Big Bang’ undercard

KATIE TAYLOR sparred with world champion Guillermo Rigondeaux when he visited Limerick a few weeks ago and now she has been added to the undercard at the CityWest Convention Centre on Saturday night when the double Olympic champion defends his WBA super bantamweight title against Willie “Big Bang” Casey.

Taylor added to ‘Big Bang’ undercard

This won’t be the first time Taylor has figured on a world title bill. Two years ago, almost to the day, she beat American opponent, Caroline Barry, on the undercard to Bernard Dunne’s defeat of Ricardo Cordoba for the very same crown that Casey and Rigondeaux will do battle for on Saturday night.

This time it appears as if Taylor’s opponent will be Helena Falk from Sweden. The Swede was pencilled in after Denitsa Eliseeva (Bulgaria), who was given an outrageous 5-1 hometown decision in the recent ranking tournament in Pazardjik, turned down the invitation. Taylor had beaten her twice, comfortably, on previous occasions.

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