Boxing Thread

[JimStynes]

Ireland greatest Irish woman boxer. If Katie wasn't boxing how many people will watch it from here?

Btw I think she's amazing but I'm not convinced on the sport being recognised as top class. I watched more of the Irish ladies rugby last night than I did of Katie's fight

It's a defining moment in woman's sport though. She's done a special thing and will go down in history. Great ever Irish sports person? I'm not so sure but she's definitely up there as the most influential ever.

I agree, and would be great if she was making good money to show for her efforts

7 figure payday apparently

[bennydorano]

Watched the Stevenson v Valdez fight there. Hard to believe them boys are in the same weight division. Stevenson vastly superior as well as a nightmare southpaw, bit of a gobshite tho.

[laoislad]

Ah they have to bring her home to Croke Park.
You'd be looking at over 80,000 and a massive payday for her.

That would be fantastic. Would love to see it.
What a woman. Irelands greatest sportsperson by a mile.

[laoislad]

If it wasn't already blatantly obvious, she is confirmed as the greatest athlete Ireland has ever produced. What a win! Amazing. Such heart she showed.

Rory tho??!!

She'd box the head off him I'd reckon 😜

[quit yo jibbajabba]

Im no hater of Rory but fcuk id love to see that 😃

[Milltown Row2]

Ireland greatest Irish woman boxer. If Katie wasn't boxing how many people will watch it from here?

Btw I think she's amazing but I'm not convinced on the sport being recognised as top class. I watched more of the Irish ladies rugby last night than I did of Katie's fight

It's a defining moment in woman's sport though. She's done a special thing and will go down in history. Great ever Irish sports person? I'm not so sure but she's definitely up there as the most influential ever.

I agree, and would be great if she was making good money to show for her efforts

7 figure payday apparently

Take out flights accommodation fees trainers managers nutritionists head coach and whatever else they use comes out of that 7 figures you think she got...

Outside of Katie Taylor I couldn't name another famous boxer other Ali's daughter and I couldn't even remember her first name.

And just because some clampits say she's Irelands greatest sports person doesn't mean she is.

It's a very small sport of which Katie is the best at her weight division nothing else

[quit yo jibbajabba]

Id a fb friend said it was official that she was Irelands best ever, so theres no arguing with that 😃😉

[nrico2006]

Watched the Stevenson v Valdez fight there. Hard to believe them boys are in the same weight division. Stevenson vastly superior as well as a nightmare southpaw, bit of a gobshite tho.

What you mean about the weights?

Stevenson is hard to like. Had to run out mid post-fight press conference as his ma and family started a whole handling.

[Hound]

Great fight. A fight that lived up to the hype, probably the best women's fight I've seen.

Katie has no power and while Amanda is the smaller woman she did have more power and wasn't too far away from stopping Katie in round 5 and also dominated 6. But Katie showed unbelievable heart to come back and win the last 4 rounds.

The first 4 rounds were very tight and could have been scored 3-1 to either, or 2-2.

In the past Katie got the benefit of at least one poor decision, but a tight win was the right decision this time.

[Saffrongael]

Id a fb friend said it was official that she was Irelands best ever, so theres no arguing with that 😃😉

Case closed

[Mikhail Prokhorov]

great fight, well deserved for Katie, worked her out after tough middle rounds   

as a role model Katie Taylor transcends sport in Ireland

[bennydorano]

Watched the Stevenson v Valdez fight there. Hard to believe them boys are in the same weight division. Stevenson vastly superior as well as a nightmare southpaw, bit of a gobshite tho.

What you mean about the weights?

Stevenson is hard to like. Had to run out mid post-fight press conference as his ma and family started a whole handling.

Stevenson just much bigger looking

[Blowitupref]

World championship gold medals for Lisa O'Rourke from Roscommon and Amy Broadhurst from Louth

[Substandard]

I wouldn't be an avid or very knowledgeable boxing fan, but recently started following The Loneliest Sport page on Facebook, if you haven't seen it, it's definitely worth a look.  It just gives a short quote from different fighters, and I usually end up on Wikipedia afterwards reading a bit more about their lives and careers.  Some really fascinating and interesting stories and characters.

[nrico2006]

There are some boxers out there with very colourful lives, with a lot of them ending up dead in tragic (or not so tragic ways too).  Just think of Gatti's death which is shrouded in controversy.  Add in Corrie Sanders, Edwin Valero (possibly greatest boxer you never heard of), Carlos Monzon, Antonio Cermeno, Hector Camacho, Vernon Forrest, Trevor Berbick, Alexis Arguello, Alejandro Gonzalez Jr (who knocked Frampton down twice), Freddie Mills, Sonny Liston and Pernell Whitaker.  Freddie Mills life story is crazy, even the rumours about how or why he met his end.