Katie Taylor to face WBO champion Rose Volante in Philadelphia

Katie Taylor bids to take another major step in becoming the undisputed lightweight champion of the world when she faces WBO champion Rose Volante in Philadelphia on Friday night.

Already the holder of the WBA and IBF belts, Taylor looks to overcome the undefeated 36-year-old, thereby setting up a final unification bout with WBC champion Delfine Persoon on the June 1st Anthony Joshua v Jarrell Miller card at Madison Square Garden.