Katie Taylor stays on course for Rio with first win at World Boxing Championships

Katie Taylor has eased herself back onto a winning track, after scoring an emphatic win at the Women's World Boxing Championships in Astana.

Katie Taylor stays on course for Rio with first win at World Boxing Championships

Katie Taylor has eased herself back onto a winning track, after scoring an emphatic win at the Women's World Boxing Championships in Astana.

It came at the price of a bloody nose, but the reigning European, Olympic and World Champion has regained her rhythm and remains on course to become the first woman in the history of the sport to claim six successive lightweight titles.

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