EU champion Taylor targets world record

Olympic champion Katie Taylor won her 15th major title at the EU Women’s Championships in Keszthely, Hungary on Saturday and had an ominous warning for her rivals, warning them she was a also targeting gold at the 2014 world and European championships.

Taylor claimed Ireland’s fifth gold of the EU Championships — and her fifth successive EU lightweight title — on Saturday after hammering out a unanimous decision over France’s Estelle Mossely. Taylor also scooped the boxer of the tournament award.

Ireland secured 15 medals — the biggest haul in the 102-year history of the IABA. Kristina O’Hara, Amy Broadhurst, Jacqui Lynch, Grainne Gavin won Youth and Junior gold.