Delfine Persoon: record, next fight and profile →
NEW YORK – Katie Taylor is completely appreciative of the enormous moment that awaits her Saturday night. If the unbeaten lightweight defeats Delfine Persoon, she’ll become just the third woman in boxing’s four-belt era to own all titles in a division at the same time. A win would ascend Taylor into a group only occupied by Cecilia Braekhus and Claressa Shields.
Weights Taylor Persson MSG Photos Gallery - Andy Ruiz Jr. has landed a dream World title shot at Heavyweight king Anthony Joshua OBE on Saturday June 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York, live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK. (photos by Ed Mulholland, Mark Robinson)
Katie Taylor, Delfine Persson Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - Andy Ruiz Jr. has landed a dream World title shot at Heavyweight king Anthony Joshua OBE on Saturday June 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York, live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK. (photos by Ed Mulholland, Mark Robinson).
Katie Taylor is days away from her undisputed lightweight championship showdown with Belgium’s Delfine Persoon, yet is already viewed by at least one rabid supporter at the top of her respective field. The 2012 Olympic Gold medalist from Dublin, Ireland and reigning unbeaten three-belt titlist is on the short list of consideration for the best female boxer, pound-for-pound in the world today. She can further her cause with a win on Saturday, as she puts her three lightweight belts on the line versus Persoon who holds the division’s last big chip as they collide at New York City’s famed Madison Square Garden.
Katie Taylor, Delfine Persoon New York City Workout - Andy Ruiz Jr. has landed a dream World title shot at Heavyweight king Anthony Joshua OBE on Saturday June 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York, live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK. (photos by Ed Mulholland, Mark Robinson)
Katie Taylor, Delfine Persson in New York Photos Gallery - Andy Ruiz Jr. has landed a dream World title shot at Heavyweight king Anthony Joshua OBE on Saturday June 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York, live on DAZN in the US and on Sky Sports Box Office in the UK. (photos by Mark Robinson)
Chantelle Cameron has given up her IBO title as she prepares for her next fight. The Northampton lightweight, who has conjured up two inside the distance wins within the past month, is back in the ring next month. Cameron most recently stopped the spirited but vastly overmatched Vaida Masiokaite inside two rounds at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, as part of the supporting cast to the World Boxing Super Series semi-finals doubleheader.
Katie Taylor says her undisputed Lightweight World title clash with Delfine Persoon at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday June 1, shown live on DAZN in the US and Sky Sports Box Office in the UK, will be the “toughest fight” of her career.