Boxing Thread

[DuffleKing]

First time I've listened to a Katie Taylor interview in a while and there were very clear signs of cognitive decline for me. "Punch drunk" in old timers' language.

Her speech is distinctly slurred - over a year since I heard her. Surely people around her see this?

[Wildweasel74]

Heard her this evening, thats a big worry, there's nearly a stutter there now to every sentence. Surely somebody  had to have picked up on this in her boxing team.

[rodney trotter]

I heard her and it didn't sound any different to how she always sounded. She has a harsh voice.

[From the Bunker]

She is getting older. 39 years old now. The soft spoken eccentricities leave us all.

Time to call it a day after this one.

[gallsman]

G'wan Katie!

There'll be a Cameron trilogy fight I expect and that'll be that.

[laoislad]

What a woman. Ireland's Greatest Sportsperson.

[Milltown Row2]

She's not even Irelands greatest woman sportperson

[weareros]

That was a technical masterclass by Taylor in MSG in a match that never lived up to the hype. She was the one landing hard punches while Serrano was throwing a lot of poorly executed punches at thin air. Thankfully two of the judges knew what they were doing because the whole thing seemed orchestrated in favour of Serrano. If Katie retires now, she'll go out on top.

[From the Bunker]

She's not even Irelands greatest woman sportperson

She's good at what she does and has done it at the top level for two decades. Being at the top of the pile. No need for any other measurement.

[Main Street]

I couldn't hack the studio judge giving the 5th round to Serrano as that was Katie's smartest round, she hit Amanda with a 4/5 punch combination to get ahead after one minute and stayed away out of trouble for the last 30 seconds.
How many times was the word "headbut" mentioned throughout the coverage?

[Don Cockburn]

What a woman. Ireland's Greatest Sportsperson.

Conor McGregor is greater

[Milltown Row2]

She's not even Irelands greatest woman sportperson

She's good at what she does and has done it at the top level for two decades. Being at the top of the pile. No need for any other measurement.

There are possibly 1500 professional women boxers, as a sport it's a very small pool to be in

That's not her problem she's consistently been top of her tree and fair play..

As a spectacle it's not my cup of tea, it's one sport that I'm not convinced that women should be competing at, we know the damage/dangers it holds for men, I fear it will be a lot worse when studies are done for the ladies

[nrico2006]

Womens boxing is a hard watch. The skillset isn't at the news level and the lack of power removes a significant portion of the entertainment value. Only watched Taylors fight today, thought she got it 6-4. Tight fight throughout though.

[bennydorano]

DAZN commentary is fawning shite. Usyk.must be an honorary Brit

[gallsman]

Unreal finish.