Katie Taylor fears amateur boxing in danger of knockout blow

Katie Taylor has warned that the amateur boxing game is in danger of losing its identity and effectively becoming obsolete due to recent moves to minimise the differences between it and the professional fight game.

The decision to remove headgear and singlets in the men’s game, changes to the scoring system and the adoption of avenues such as World Series of Boxing and APB Boxing have muddied the waters between the two worlds and maybe not for the better.

Irish amateur boxing has already lost a number of top fighters to the professional game, Jason Quigley and John Joe Nevin among them, while Michael Conlan is another still contemplating a potential switch.