Rats, pigeons and prizefighters: New York in all its glory

New York is a fitting host for what should be an unmissable occasion at the iconic Madison Square Garden on Friday night where Katie Taylor will fight Amanda Serrano.

START SPREADING THE NEWS: A view of the giant inflatable of Katie Taylor. Pic: ©INPHO/Gary Carr.

The rats of the sky are out to delay our arrival in the extraordinary city.

On Tuesday morning, a New York bound plane was forced into an emergency U-turn due to a bird strike that rendered one engine inoperable. The start of Katie Taylor’s fight week promotion would have to wait.