Taylor batters Finn on way to EU final

Katie Taylor hammered out her 53rd straight championship win to move to within one victory of claiming her fifth successive EU title with a comfortable semi-final victory over Mira Potkonen in Hungary yesterday.

The Olympic champion earned a unanimous decision over the Finn, who took a standing count in the fourth, over four two-minute rounds in Keszthely.

Taylor, who has now won 137 of her 144 outings, will meet France’s Estelle Mossely — who shaded England’s Natasha Jonas on a split decision in the other semi-final — in today’s decider.