Katie Taylor: ‘I might have chocolate cake and a few Coca-Colas’

As the final bell sounded on Katie Taylor’s historic win over Victoria Bustos at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, former pound-for-pound king Roy Jones could not help but rise to his feet from his ringside position and applaud the new unified lightweight champion.

Jones, who won six world titles during his fightings days, was part of the commentary team for host broadcaster HBO. He, along with the network’s executives, will wonder why they decided against showing Taylor’s masterclass live.

The Bray star, who arrived in Brooklyn as the WBA lightweight champion, became the first Irish female ever to unify world titles and only the third Irish boxer altogether to do so as she relieved Victoria Bustos of her IBF belt.