There was a lot of controversy surrounding the decision, and some ringside media outlets felt that Persoon should have won.On 2 November 2019, Taylor became a two-weight world champion after defeating Taylor was scheduled to defend her lightweight titles against seven-division world champion and current Taylor also has a fondness for the Irish language and appeared on Bernard Dunne's TV program Taylor is now the new brand ambassador for the company "Its4women", an online women's insurance company.Taylor's "illustrated memoir", with which she was helped by This article is about the Irish professional boxer. The pain of the loss will be eased considerably by her losers' pay cheque of an estimated 100,000 dollars.This was a power packed performance from Taylor who consistently found the range with her body and head shots and then in the second half of the fight, she stepped into the pocket and fought her opponent close up and Volante had no response.She will be particularly pleased to have won via knockout. The thought of retirement is very scary, says Ken Doherty 'Many people thought Delfine won that fight' - Eddie Hearn says Katie Taylor has point to prove
As they say practice makes perfect.Nobody deserves to be the lineal champion of their division more than the Bray pugilist and if she beats Belgian's railway policewomen Delfine Persoon in their reunification clash provisionally pencilled in for Madison Square Garden on June 1, she will join other three other boxers – either male or female – who currently holds all four world belts.Ukraine's Oleksandr Usyk, Norway's Cecilia Braekhus – a probable opponent for Taylor before the end of the year in a catch-weight contest - are undisputed champions at the moment in the cruiserweight and welterweight divisions respectively - while the winner of the women's middleweight showdown between Clarissa Shields and Christina Hammer in Atlantic City on April 13 will join them.Katie Taylor is expected in the ring at 1.30am (Saturday) morning for her fight with Rose Volante.Katie Taylor goes to war tonight against Rose Volante knowing that victory could put her in line for a money-spinning summer bout. Verstappen handles pressure after tyre masterstroke to take Silverstone glory She secured the WBO lightweight crown in Philadelphia with a ninth round stoppage win over defending champion Rose Volante. With three judges involved in each fight, 271 rounds were scored and Taylor has won a remarkable 261 of them.Her five bouts since April 2018, when she secured the IBF World belt in Brooklyn, have all been world championship contests.
Katie Taylor on course to land biggest pay cheque in women's boxing She secured the WBO lightweight crown in Philadelphia with a ninth round stoppage win over defending champion Rose Volante.Volante hit the deck in the first minute of the first round and though she survived. On 28 October 2017, Taylor won her first professional world title, the vacant Persoon's management labelled Taylor's team "totally disrespectful" and claimed "psychological warfare" after a series of demands late in the fight week. Katie Taylor (Irish: Cáit Táilliúir; born 2 July 1986) is an Irish professional boxer and former footballer.She is a two-weight world champion and the current undisputed lightweight champion, having held the WBA title since 2017; the IBF title since 2018; and the WBC, WBO, and Ring magazine titles since 2019, as well as having held the WBO junior-welterweight title in 2019.
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Not alone was she chasing shadows for most of a one-sided contest, she was taking serious punishment as well and her face was badly marked long before the finish and she also had to contend with a cut on the bridge of her nose.But she will be very disappointed not to have lasted the distance and to lose her one hundred per cent pro record but will take some solace from lasting the nine rounds. KATIE Taylor has become a three-belt World champion. Katie Taylor celebrates after defeating Rose Volante KATIE Taylor has become a three-belt World champion. For the American figure skater, see Retained WBA, IBF, and WBO female lightweight titles; Taylor has three older siblings – Lee, Sarah and Peter, the latter a professor of maths at Between 1999 and 2005 Taylor attended St. Kilian's Community School in Taylor first began boxing in 1998, aged 11. She beat home favourite, Bulgaria's Denitsa Elisayeva, in the July tournament hosted in On 18 September 2010, Taylor went on to claim her third successive World title at the Taylor won the Gold Medal at the EU Women Boxing Championships in Katowice, Poland in 2011.On 19 May 2012, Taylor won her fourth successive World title at the Taylor's first appearance at the 2012 Summer Olympics came on 6 August, after a first round bye.
'This could be a monumental year for me' - Katie Taylor weighs in ahead of world championship showdown with Rose Volante This included a claim of forcing Persoon to switch hotels on the grounds that Taylor was staying in the same hotel, and demands for an additional blood test and to prove Persoon has exercise asthma.Taylor won a majority decision to become the undisputed lightweight champion.