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Lightweight Katie Taylor from Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland began boxing in 1998. She comes from a family with a boxing background - her coach at the St. Fergal's Boxing Club in Bray is her father Peter who was 1986 Irish senior light heavyweight champion.

Katie first made Irish boxing history - at age 15  - on October 31 2001 in the first officially sanctioned women's bout ever held in Ireland.  She fought 16-year-old Alanna Audley (now Alanna Murphy) of Belfast at the National Stadium in Dublin in the first of three female contests on a sixteen-bout amateur card. Taylor won over three 90-second rounds by 23-12.  Irish Amateur Boxing Association President Dominic O'Rourke called the event "a momentous day for Irish boxing." 

Katie returned to National Stadium on 1 March 2002 to fight Candy Berry of England at 57 kg as part of a show that featured an Ireland vs. Canada senior men's tournament. Katie won this match by RSC-2.

Katie competed in the 60-kg division of the international Norway Box Cup in Oslo, Norway from 9-11 January 2004, defeating Ingrid Egner of Norway by 36-20 in the semi-final and Josefina Tengroth of Sweden by RSCO-2 in the final. Katie's strong performance in this tournament also earned her the Best Boxer of the Tournament award.

On February 27 2004 Katie topped the bill in an event sponsored by the Fermoy Boys/Girls Amateur Boxing Club. The full house of boxing fans at the Fermoy Rowing Club didn't see the rising Irish star for long, however, as she dispatched unbeaten Welsh opponent Lorna Cooper in just 30 seconds. "It was enough to let fans see just how good she is," insisted tournament organizer Pat Flynn, adding "she is an exceptional boxer and will take a lot of beating in the European championships later in the year."

On June 8-13 2004 she competed in the Third International "Italia" Women's Tournament in Rome, Italy.  Katie defeated Emanuela Pantani of Italy by a 22-6 margin in the quarter-final, Eva Wahlström of Finland by 39-25 in the semi-final and 2002 world 60-kg champion Jennifer Ogg of Canada by 31-28 in the final to win both her 60-kg division and the Best Boxer of Tournament award.

At the Third Women's European Boxing Championships in Riccione, Italy, Katie suffered a setback when she lost to reigning 63-kg world champion Yuliya Nemtsova of Russia by a 27-12 score. Taylor, who was Ireland's only representative in the tournament, had boxed well against a strong opponent and was surprised by the margin of victory awarded to the Russian. "It was most definitely a much closer fight that the score would suggest. I actually thought that I did enough to win." she said.  (Katie's future rival Gülsüm Tatar of Turkey won the 60-kg division of this tournament by a 25-12 margin over Eva Wahlström of Finland).

At the 20th Ahmet Comert Cup tournament on 19-25 April 2005 in Istanbul, Turkey, Katie defeated Cindy Orain of France by a RSCO-2 but lost her next fight to home-standing Gülsüm Tatar of Turkey by a 27-21 decision.

Katie made Irish boxing history again at age 18 in May 2005 when she became the first Irish woman to win a Gold Medal at the Senior European Championships.  Competing in Tønsberg, Norway, she stopped Eva Wahlström of Finland in the third round of their 60-kg lightweight final. Taylor held a 19-17 points lead when the contest was stopped after Wahlström suffered an eye injury. Taylor had opened her campaign with an impressive second round RSCO-2 stoppage over Lucie Bertaud of France, followed by a stirring semi-final clash with defending European champion Gülsüm Tatar of Turkey. At the end of this rematch with the Turkish boxer, the computer scoring was a 12-12 draw but Taylor won by a razor-thin 29-28 edge in countback (punches thrown).

It the 2005 World Championships in Podolsk, Russia, Katie won her September 26 preliminary bout over Pranamika Borah of India by a 34-22 score but she was ousted in the quarter-finals on September 28 by Kum Hui Hang of North Korea with a 28-13 loss. (The Korean herself lost by RSCO-2 in the semi-finals to eventual world champion Tatiana Chalaya of Chechnya, who clinched the title with a strong 49-24 win over Taylor's own arch rival - Gülsüm Tatar of Turkey.)

Two weeks later, on October 14, 2005 Katie was at the Convention Center in London, Ontario, Canada for a Canada vs. Ireland tournament. Katie defeated Sandra Bizier of Montreal by a 3-2 margin. Two days later in St. Catherine's, Ontario, fought an exhibition bout with Canada's Marianne Miller.

On January 27-29, 2006 at the 27th Norway Box Cup in Oslo, Norway, Katie won her 60-kg semi-final by walkover over Lucie Bertaud of France, then defeated 2005 54-kg world silver medalist Dina Burger of Switzerland by 27-25 in the final.

On March 11, 2006 at the National Stadium in Dublin Katie again faced Dina Burger of Switzerland. Katie made an excellent start building a comfortable lead and impressing ringsiders with her hand speed and footwork. Her Swiss opponent fought back strongly in the second and third rounds but Taylor came away with a 22-11 verdict (which some local observers thought may have been a little harsh on the visitor).

On March 18, 2006 in Cork, Ireland Katie won a close decision over Canadian National Junior Welterweight Champion Katie Dunn, who is trained at the Border City Boxing Club in Windsor, Ontario by former amateur and professional world champion Margaret Sidoroff Canty.

On 5-12 June 2006 in the First European Union Women's Championships in Porto Torres, Sardinia, Katie lost her quarter-final bout to Gülsüm Tatar of Turkey by a 24-13 margin. (Tatar went on to win the division with a 31-15 victory over Sandra Brugger of Switzerland in the semi-final and a 19-8 win over Anna Kasprzak of Poland in the final.) 

Katie began her run at the world title in 2006 with an excelent showing at the Witch Cup Tournament in Pecs, Hungary from 9-13 August 2006. She defeated Edina Pezdany of Hungary by RSC-1 in her quarter-final bount, Marlene K. Nielsen of Denmark by RSCO-2 in her semi-final and then won the Gold Medal with an RSCO-2 over Eva Wahlström of Finland.

At the 2006 European championships in September 2006 in Warsaw, Poland, Katie won her second European Gold medal in a row with a second round stoppage of reigning world champion Tatiana Chalaya of Chechnya. This time Taylor made short work of Chalaya, winning on the 15 point mercy rule with the scoring at 18-3. Katie also won the Best Boxer award in this tournament.

The win capped a big week for Katie who came through the tougher half of the draw to reach the final. She had qualified for the final with an 18-15 points win over her arch rival and reigning world silver medalist Gülsüm Tatar of Turkey.

At the 2006 Venus Box Cup in Vejle, Denmark on 19–22 October 2006, Katie won her preliminary over Elena Gorshkova of Russia by a 36-20 score, then stopped Marlene K. Nielsen of Denmark RSCO-2 in her quarter-final and Romanian Florina Popa on the 15-point rule (17-2) in her semi-final to set up a 60-kg final with Lucie Beataud of France. She then had to pull out of the competition because of an injury to her nose, looking ahead to competing in the Fourth AIBA Women's Senior World Championships in New Delhi, India a little under a month later.

Her return to the AIBA World Championships at the Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi, India saw Katie win five bouts in a row to take the 60-kg Gold Medal. On November 18, 2006 she stopped US champion Caroline Barry by a 16-1 score on the 15 point mercy rule in the first round. On November 19 she again beat Eva Wahlström of Finland, this bout being stopped at 19-4 on the 15 point mercy rule in the second round. On November 21 in the quarter-final Katie beat Florina Popa of Romania 20-5, also on the 15 point mercy rule in the second round. On November 22 in the semi-final Katie defeated the defending world champion Tatiana Chalaya of Chechnya for the second straight time, by an impressive 23-6 margin (the mercy rule was not invoked and the bout went the distance). Tatiana appeared wary of Katie after losing to her in the European Championship final and did not commit herself much, allowing a patient and methodical Taylor to pile up points.

On November 23, 2006 Katie faced Annabella Farias of Argentina in the 60-kg final.  Farias, who had defeated 2005 Asian champion Mitchel Martinez of the Philippines by an 18-13 margin in the other semi-final, was an unknown quantity to Taylor, but Farias had also defeated 2006 Venus Cup winner Lucie Bertaud of France on her way to their showdown in the world final. In a boxing clinic, Katie worked behind her trade-mark jab, put textbook combinations together and caught her opponent with occasional big shots to defeat Annabella by a 31-14 margin over the full three rounds.

On May 12, 2007 in Istanbul, Turkey, in the 60-kg semifinal of the Ahmet Comert tournament, Katie won by RSCO-2 over Cindy Orain of France, setting up another showdown with Gulsum Tatar of Turkey who defeated Marlene Nielsen of Denmark also by RSCO-2. 

On May 13, 2007 in Istanbul, Turkey, Gulsum Tatar of Turkey defeated Katie by a 16-13 score to win the 60-kg division of the 2007 Ahmet Comert tournament.

On August 9, 2007 in Pecs, Hungary Katie advanced to the semi-finals of the Witch Cup with a victory over Cindy Orain of France. Taylor stopped the Frenchwoman, ranked 11th in the world, on the 15 point rule in round one (15-0). Peter Taylor, who was in his daughter's corner in Pecs, said she was in top form:  'Katie forced Orain into a standing count in the first and I think the margin of victory speaks for itself. She was in top form last night and she has got off to a great start.'

On August 10, 2007 in Pecs, Hungary Katie defeated her arch-rival Gulsum Tatar of Turkey by an 11-5 margin to advanced to the 60-kg final of the Witch Cup.

On August 11, 2007 n Pecs, Hungary Katie won the 60-kg division of the Witch Cup with an RSCO-2 win over Eva Wahlstrom of Fnland.

On October 15, 2007 at the Sixth European Women's Championships in Vejle, Denmark, Katie got her European lightweight title defence off to a good start with a second-round stoppage of Hrtistina Athanasopoulou of Greece on the 15-point mercy rule. 

On October 17, 2007 Katie advanced to the semi-finals of the tournament with a stunning first-round knock-out of Spain's Mc de la Guia Guerra. Taylor dropped the tall Spaniard with a left hook after just 30 seconds and her opponent was counted out.
 
On October 18, 2007  she defeated Ukraininan southpaw Yana Zavyalova by an 11-4 margin in the tournament semi-final. Taylor was ahead 10-1 at the end of the second before the Ukrainian rallied to take the only round anyone had won from Taylor in the tournament. Zavyalova had defeated Natalia Kalinowski of Germany by a 20-6 margin in her quarter-final.

On October 20, 2007 Katie was crowned 60-kg champion for the third year in a row after an RSC-2 victory over Sandra Brugger of Switzerland. Taylor, who had been ahead 8-0 at the end of the first round won by the 15-point mercy rule in round two.  Brugger had edged Russia's Ayzanat Gadzhieva 8-6 in the other semi-final. Taylor had previously defeated Brugger in a challenge bout in Bray last summer.

On November 3, 2007 at the University of Illinois in Chicago, Katie  claimed yet another victory by stopping three-time Pan-American  champion Katie Dunn of Canada on the mercy rule (15-0) in the first round. Taylor, who normally boxes at 60 kg, was fighting Dunn at
at light welterweight (63 kg).  The bout, which took place before the Men's World Championships finals, was being used to help promote women's boxing as a future Olympic sport.

Katie Taylor was awarded the Irish Times/VHI Healthcare Sportswoman of the Year Award for 2007 at the Western Hotel in Dublin on January 18, 2008.

In March 2008 in the 60-kg division at the Women's International Tournament held in Stupino, Russia, Katie defeated Gulsum Tatar of Turkey 16-5 in her preliminary bout on March 18th, Tatiana Bondareva of Russia 12-6 in her March 19th quarterfinal, Alexandra Siderenko of Ukraine 17-5 in her semifinal on March 20th and finally Dariy Abramova of Russia 21-6 on March 21st to win the division and the "Best Boxer in Tournament" award. 

At the Fifth AIBA Women's World Championships in Ningbo, China in November, 2008, Katie successfully defended her 60-kg world title with a convincing 13-2 win over home-country star Cheng Dong of China in the final, and was also named as the Best Boxer of the Tournament.   Irish team manager Anna Moore said of Katie's final performance: “Katie was 6-0 up at the end of the first round and there was no stopping her after that.”  

Her closest fight in the 2008 World Championship tournament came in her second preliminary bout in which she was held to just a 4-3 victory by 2008 Witch Cup 60-kg champion Danuse Dilhofova of the Czech Republic. Taylor had jumped to a 3-0 lead in the second round against Dilhofova but was then penalized two points for holding (a controversial call that was later officially protested by the Irish team).  Dilhofova raised the anxiety level in the third round by evening the score at 3-3 with the only punch that she landed, before Taylor landed again with a crucial winning score.  Taylor had previously defeated Australia's Emma Carruthers by an emphatic 20-3 margin.  She went on to stop Peralta Celeste of Argentina in the first round of her quarterfinal, after forcing Celeste into two standing counts before the fight was stopped with Katie up 10-1.  She outscored Ayzznat Gadzhieva of Russia 20-2 in her semifinal, leading the Russian by 5-1 after one round and 11-2 after two.

Katie was awarded the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Female Boxer of the Year for 2008 in Moscow on December 12, 2008.  Her spectacular success in 2008 also led to her being named as the Irish Times/Irish Sports Council Sportswoman of the Year for 2008, repeating the honor she received in 2007.

On March 21, 2009 at the O2 in Dublin, Ireland, Katie won a 27-3 win over thee time Pan American champion Caroline Barry of the United States on the undercard of a pro WBA super bantamweight world title fight between Bernard Dunne of Ireland and Ricardo Cordoba of Panama. Speaking after the fight, Taylor, who had stopped Barry in the final of the 2006 World Championships in New Delhi, said she was stunned by the welcome she received from Irish boxing fans. She said: "I couldn't believe the reception I got - it was an amazing experience for me. I knew it was going to be a tough fight and well done to her for never backing off."

On April 19, 2009 in the 60-kg division of the women's Ahmet Comert Cup in Istanbul, Turkey, Katie defeated Ozlem Dinc of Turkey by a 5-1 margin to win yet another gold medal. She was also voted best female boxer and best boxer (male or female) of this prestigious tournament.  On the way to the final, Katie had defeated Alexandra Siderenko (Ukraine) by a 12-2 score on April 16th, Danus Dilhofova (Czech Republic) by a 11-2 on April 17, and Daria Abhramova (Russia) by 21-7 on April 18.

On July 11, 2009 at the Sports Palace in St Petersburg, Russia, Katie won the 60-kg gold medal at the Multi Nations tournament beating Russian lightweight Natalie Bondareva 6-3 after Bondareva took two standing eight counts in the first round. Katie had previously defeated China's Dong Cheng by 10-2 in a preliminary, Russian Ayzanet Gazhieva by a 17-4 margin in her quarter-final, and Ukrainian Alexandra Siderenko 26-11 in the semi-final. Taylor said: “The competition here was great, it was like a mini World Championships because the best were here in order to put on a show for the IOC and we certainly did that. It was a great competition.”

Updates as of January 12, 2022 -
Some highlights of her 20 professional fights, not all listed...

On November 2, 2019, at the Manchester Arena, Manchester,  Taylor, 139.5, won a ten-round unanimous decision over Christina Linardatou. The two were fighting for the WBO Super lightweight title. Final judges scores were 97-93, 96-94, and 97-93.

On June 1, 2019, at the Madison Square Gardens, New York, Taylor won a close majority decision over Delfine Persoon. The two were fighting for the IBF, WBA, WBC and WBO lightweight titles.

On November 14, 2020, at the SSE Arena, in Wembley, United Kingdom, a  great night for women's boxing on a Matchroom Boxing card, in what was reported as the "first female triple-header in the United Kingdom in boxing history" and streamed on Sky Sports, DAZN, at the SSE Arena, in Wembley for boxing fans to be treated to  three fantastic matchups of women's boxing.  In the mainliner, Katie Taylor, now 18-0 (6KO),  faced Miriam Gutierrezl  The fight is a unification defense of Taylor's WBA, IBF, WBC, WBO Lightweight titles.  Taylor won all ten rounds with an impressive 100-99, 100-90 and 99-91, and easily outclassed Gutierrez in last night's world title unification bout.  Gutierrez suffered her first loss as a professional boxer, and is now 13-1-0.

On August 22, 2020, at the Matchroom Fight Camp - Brentwood, Essex, UK, tThe rematch between Lightweight champion Katie Taylor vs. Delfine Persoon took place without an audience due to the pandemic. Taylor won by a 10-round unanimous decision, where the fight took place at the Matchroom Fight Camp, in Brentwood.  The two were fighting for Taylor's Lightweight world title belts that included the WBC, WBA,  IBF, and WBO. Final judges scores were 96-94, 98-93, and 96-94. ..Full Story

On December 11, 2021, at the Echo Arena, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom, Taylor, 134 3/4, of Ireland, won a ten-round unanimous decision (as predicted by WBAN) over Firuza Sharipova.  Taylor was defending her multiple world titles.  WBAN had noted that Sharipova's boxing record, had her as fighting SEVEN pro debuters in her 14 win record.   Final judges scores were 96-93, 97-92, 98-92.

On September 4, 2021, at the Headingley Rugby League Stadium, in Leeds, Yorkshire, United Kingdom,  Taylor, 134¾,  of Ireland,  successfully defended her WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO world lightweight titles against Jennifer Han, 134¼, of El Paso, Texas, USA..Full  Story 

On May 1, 2021, at the Manchester Arena, Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom, Lightweight Katie Taylor, 134.5, won a ten-round unanimous decision over Natasha Jonas, 134.5.  Taylor was defending her WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO lightweight world titles.  Judges Final scores 96-95, 96-94, and 96-95.

April 30, 2022 - Biggest fight in History - Madison Square Garden, New York: 

In a history-first a female multi-world champion bout was featured in the main event, with a sold out crowd of well over 19,000 boxing fans.  The top champions, Katie Taylor vs. Amanda Serrano did not disappoint!  Taylor, 134½, of Bray, Ireland,  ultimately won a controversial split decision over Serrano, 133½, of Brooklyn, New York,  with final scoring of 96-94 (Serrano); 97-93 (Taylor), and 96-94 (Taylor), with Taylor retaining her WBC, WBO, IBF, and WBA Lightweight titles.   Full Story

On October 29, 2022 - Wembley Arena, Wembley, Taylor won a ten-rounder in defending her IBF, WBA, WBC, and WBO Lightweight titles over Karen Elizabeth Carabajal.

On May 20, 2023, at the 3Arena, Dublin, Ireland, In a ten-round unification world title bout with many belts on the line, Chantelle Cameron defeated Katie Taylor with a majority decision, and delivering Taylor her first loss as a professional. Full Story with highlights of video of the fight.

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