(NOV 17)
World lightweight champion Katie
Taylor has been named as the Irish Times/Vhi Sportswoman of the
month recipient for October.
Taylor, from the St
Fergal's club in Bray, claimed her third European title on the
trot last month just under a year after she won her 60Kg World
title in New Delhi, India.
The 21 year old
Irish Amateur Boxing Association High Performance
athlete-Irelands most successful sportsperson in any sport in
2006/07-will now be in contention for the Irish Times/Vhi
Sportswoman of the year award for 2007 along with eleven other
sportswomen.
The Irish Times/Vhi
award (see today's Irish Times) is the second time this month
that an Irish boxer has won an
award from a leading
Irish newspaper.
On November 2nd
last, Paddy Barnes won the Irish Independent/Jury Doyle Hotels Sportstar
of the Week award.
Light flyweight
Barnes, from the Holy Family club in Belfast, received his award
after qualifying for the 2008 Olympics
Games from the 2007
AIBA World Championships in Chicago.
The 20 year olds
achievement in Chicago has seen him rise to number 13 in the
World and number 8 in Europe
in the rankings just
published for October on the ABA Amateur Boxing website.
Taylor, meanwhile,
is ranked number one in the World and Europe for the ten month
running. She is also ranked number one in the World and Europe
in the pound-for-pound section.
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