Katie on top of the world

The realisation she had qualified for the London Olympics resulted in a flood of emotion that exposed the human side of Katie Taylor at the women’s world boxing championships in the Chinese city of Qinhuangdao during the week but then it was back to business as usual for the Bray superstar.

What happened after that provided an exploding Irish fan club with an opportunity to see just what all the hype was about courtesy of RTÉ who rose to the occasion on the tide of emotion by showing both the semi-final and final bouts.

Those two contests could not have done more to highlight the immense talent of this woman who adorned her room with pictures of Ali, Leonard, Duran and Hagler at a time when other teenagers pasted posters of pop stars.