Katie Taylor bitterly disappointed to miss out on Thomond date

Katie Taylor has been left bitterly disappointed, according to her father and trainer Peter, after it was confirmed the Olympic champion will not feature on the undercard of Andy Lee’s world-title defence at Thomond Park next month.

The Bray woman was in line to fight on the September 19 ‘Showdown’ card in a support bout to Lee’s clash against European champion Billy Joe Saunders for the WBO world middleweight title, but Lee’s manager and promoter Adam Booth confirmed negotiations to book a bout for Taylor had failed.

“We believe we did everything we could to make this event happen but unfortunately on this occasion, the outcome was not to be,” said Booth.