Katie aiming to make big impression in Big Apple

For someone who won five world amateur championships in four different continents it should come as little surprise that Katie Taylor thrives away from the home comforts that await her back in Bray.

Taylor, 31, is still yet to box as a professional on Irish soil and tonight she will fight at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York for the second time in nine months.

Her preparation has been done 100 miles up the east coast in Connecticut in a set-up she insists will produce a career-best performance against the IBF champion Victoria Bustos in their intriguing lightweight unification.