Katie Taylor ready to banish Rio regrets but admits it 'will always hurt'

The slight figure of Katie Taylor, running up and down the snow-covered streets, has become a fixture in the obscure Connecticut town of Vernon. But while the endless hours of groundwork allows the unified lightweight champion to consider her next opponent, future plans, hopes, and dreams, Taylor’s mind can sometimes wander to the subject which still “eats away” at her.

Nearly three years have passed since she returned from the Rio Olympics empty-handed, her plan to retain the gold medal clinched in London left in tatters by Finland’s Mira Potkonen, who had failed to even qualify in the previous cycle, in her first bout of the tournament.