Anybody catch that Katie Taylor chick on Showtime this past weekend?

Apparently Taylor was slated to fight on the GGG/Jacobs undercard (though surely not on the televised portion), but the fight was cancelled. So she ended up on the Linares/Crolla undercard. She was obviously good enough for Showtime to spend about a half hour talking about her while they watched parts of her fight this past weekend. That's pretty damn impressive in its own right. I think she fights next on...the undercard of the Wlad/Joshua card at Wembley? I never thought I'd be a fan of any woman boxer, but after seeing her put her skills on display -- I gotta say, I'm a fan. I'm actually looking forward to seeing her fight again. She has legitimate, advanced boxing skills.

She is very much loved in Ireland, and sky and their promotional outfit are trying to carry her. Even if they are successful it would take a lot of more effort to push her through. In boxing charisma helps a lot and she kind of lack it, but she is a great lady boxer and I hope that would count in the end.

what weight she fight at? 135 pounds lightweight I think? She is already 30 going on 31 though old for turning pro but she is in her prime she had a good 5 years before she will start slowing down physically. If she started sooner at 26 it would have been better but the Olympics didnt allow pros to box, so she stayed on for another olympics, if they allowed boxers to go pro she would have went pro years ago.

random youtube fight I just watched of her's :lol1: that hand speed tho chick's hands are legit she stays attacking the body too They played this fight during Linares-Crolla? That's a replay. That fight already happened... EDIT: Nvm I just noticed you said random.

Dude Katie Taylor is the real deal, very good technique, she has more skill than a lot of male boxers, she delivers her punches well and has good movement and timing. A very technical offensive fighter, she is similar to Lomachenko in she uses a lot of offensive arm punching combos and gets out of the way. Clarissa Shields on the other hand lacks fundamentals and relies on her power and aggressive explosive spurts she kinda reminds me of Deontay wilder she loves throwing all her weight into a wide overhand right up the top and her defense mainly consists of throwing a power shot hopping straight back. But she was getting hit way too much, luckily she is a big girl because those heavier weight women fighters are garbage most of them don't have the technical skill of the lower weights like lucia rijker and Katie taylor, and braekus etc.

Shes impressive. I wonder how much money is on women's boxing these days. She might need to learn some BJJ and take down defense and go into MMA. Holly Holm is starting to struggle, but she learned enough to win a title and her boxing is not on the level of Taylor's.

I really enjoy her fights. Will definitely be good when she steps up to world title level. That said I know nothing about women's boxing will there be a noticeable step up? I found it a bit disheartening her last opponent fought for a world title in her fight previous. That fight was fun but it looked a bit like if Lomachenko found himself in the ring with an English Southern Area champion or something. The Bulgarian woman had enough skill and the durability to last 16 minutes but no more than that and even then Katie could have stopped her if she really wanted to.

what weight she fight at?

She's well known alright and would probably be able to draw a decent crowd in Dublin. There isn't much of a platform for women's boxing but it's possible that she could have a 'big' world title fight with a decent gate. Hard to maintain interest given that even hardcore fans would struggle to name five active female boxers. But it has to start somewhere and when you look at the UFC you'd have to say it's achievable.

Looked better this fight compared to the previous!

Yea i saw a little and she has some nice skills.

It's a shame that she'll never make it, because she's good to watch, which is the main acid test for women's sport in my book. Unfortunately she's not at all charismatic and she's also pretty much incomprehensible; I'm from England and find her hard to understand, so that'll completely nix her impact in the US. Hell, even the Irish people I've talked to have said she's got the ugliest ass voice. I'm not opposed to women's boxing unlike many on this forum, so it's really frustrating that one of the few women's fighters actually good to watch will be held back by non-boxing stuff. As long as she keeps winning and putting on fan-friendly fights, I'm pretty the rest of it will sort itself out. She's definitely attractive and she's already beloved in Ireland. Base her in Ireland (which seems to be the plan), feature her on Sky Sports, and lock in a matinee deal with Showtime (Showtime International is a regular piece of the boxing programming for Showtime/CBS). Not sure how big a star you've projected her out to possibly be. Think "Far and Away", with the female lead as the fighter, chasing her dream

She had some quick hands. Nice double left hook also

It's a shame that she'll never make it, because she's good to watch, which is the main acid test for women's sport in my book. Unfortunately she's not at all charismatic and she's also pretty much incomprehensible; I'm from England and find her hard to understand, so that'll completely nix her impact in the US. Hell, even the Irish people I've talked to have said she's got the ugliest ass voice. I'm not opposed to women's boxing unlike many on this forum, so it's really frustrating that one of the few women's fighters actually good to watch will be held back by non-boxing stuff.

She is very skilled especially for a female she'd box my f**king ears off, carry me for a few rounds and then knock me the f**k out

random youtube fight I just watched of her's :lol1: that hand speed tho chick's hands are legit she stays attacking the body too

Probably the best Female amateur in history. Olympic Games 1 World Championships 5 European Championships 6 EU Championships 5 European Games 1 ^^ Amateur competition wins, pretty much won everything. looks like they're trying to make women's boxing more popular.