Hand injury scuppers Taylor’s Cork match-up

Katie Taylor will be out of competitive action for up to a month after suffering a hand injury in sparring – but the injury is not expected to impact on her European Union title defence this summer.

The Olympic and World lightweight champion saw a specialist yesterday (April 15) and was advised to not punch anything with her injured left hand for three to four weeks.

Taylor was due to headline an Ireland v France Elite international meeting in Cork next, but the match, which would have also featured the entire Irish Olympic team and Joe Ward, has now been shelved.