Taylor weighs up magnitude of her road from Rio to Broadway

"I definitely would not be here right now if I'd won gold in Rio,” says Irish champion as the buzz and the tension build in New York

Ready to rumble: Katie Taylor, left, and Amanda Serrano face-off during a media conference, held at the Hulu Theatre at Madison Square Garden ahead of their undisputed lightweight championship fight, on Saturday night in New York. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

It felt like a national tragedy at the time.

But were it not for Katie Taylor’s shock departure from Rio almost six years ago after the defending Olympic champion was defeated by Finland’s Mira Potkonen in the quarter-final of the women’s lightweight bracket, a night like Saturday would never have happened.