Price of the pound doesn’t upset Katie Taylor

At the same time that champion Anahi Esther Sanchez was exerting herself in an effort to lose the excess pound she just could not shift, Katie Taylor yesterday sat down at an Italian restaurant to enjoy a post-weigh-in meal ahead of her world-title tilt in Cardiff tonight.

The contrast was stark and the difference between the challenger’s comfort and ex-champion’s woes may in a sense resemble a preview of what is to come tonight in their WBA world lightweight title fight at the Principality Stadium, live on Sky Box Office (6pm).

Argentina’s Sanchez surrendered her title on the scales.