Katie’s fists in God’s hands

A number of things strike you when you meet Katie Taylor.

The first is how surprisingly petite she is. The other is how genuinely shy and mannerly she is, yet intertwined with that humility is a robust self-confidence. She knows how good she is at boxing, because she knows how hard she works at it.

She speaks softly but openly about what she believes in and what she doesn’t. For instance, sport psychology; it’s not for her. Nearly everyone else in the high performance unit may swear by it and its 2008 Olympians give praise to the teachings of Gerry Hussey, but she declined the use of such a resource.