Boxing Thread

[From the Bunker]

Taylor is 35 this year. Hard to believe! It's nine years since the Olympic Gold.

Nearly time to wrap thing up - at the top!

[laoislad]

Taylor is 35 this year. Hard to believe! It's nine years since the Olympic Gold.

Nearly time to wrap thing up - at the top!

Ireland's  Greatest sportsperson without a doubt.

[Milltown Row2]

Taylor is 35 this year. Hard to believe! It's nine years since the Olympic Gold.

Nearly time to wrap thing up - at the top!

Ireland's  Greatest sportsperson without a doubt.

Greatest? Christ you know nothing on sports

[nrico2006]

You have to have her in the discussion but the obvious questions on talent pool and global competition have to be taken into consideration.

[GiveItToTheShooters]

Taylor is 35 this year. Hard to believe! It's nine years since the Olympic Gold.

Nearly time to wrap thing up - at the top!

Ireland's  Greatest sportsperson without a doubt.

Agreed. It's not even close.
Her sporting achievements by far exceed anyone else's.

[Milltown Row2]

Taylor is 35 this year. Hard to believe! It's nine years since the Olympic Gold.

Nearly time to wrap thing up - at the top!

Ireland's  Greatest sportsperson without a doubt.

Agreed. It's not even close.
Her sporting achievements by far exceed anyone else's.

Women's boxing, minority sport at best and she's Ireland's greatest sports person? Christ the night!

[From the Bunker]

She a top class competitor in a minority sport. She can only deal with the competition in front of her.   
Boxing in competition with boys in her youth, having a father who was a former boxer and a coach meant she had a head start on her female piers. But she still had to have the talent and the hunger to succeed.

She may not be at the top when one talks of GOAT in Irish sport, but she is in the conversation and part of the chasing bunch.

[GiveItToTheShooters]

Taylor is 35 this year. Hard to believe! It's nine years since the Olympic Gold.

Nearly time to wrap thing up - at the top!

Ireland's  Greatest sportsperson without a doubt.

Agreed. It's not even close.
Her sporting achievements by far exceed anyone else's.

Women's boxing, minority sport at best and she's Ireland's greatest sports person? Christ the night!

Whether or not it's a "minority sport" or not is irrelevant, her sporting achievements are unrivalled. That comment also discriminates against her because she's a female.
Yes, by far.
You're one of the clowns who think it's someone like Roy Keane or Mcilroy

[nrico2006]

Taylor is 35 this year. Hard to believe! It's nine years since the Olympic Gold.

Nearly time to wrap thing up - at the top!

Ireland's  Greatest sportsperson without a doubt.

Agreed. It's not even close.
Her sporting achievements by far exceed anyone else's.

Women's boxing, minority sport at best and she's Ireland's greatest sports person? Christ the night!

Whether or not it's a "minority sport" or not is irrelevant, her sporting achievements are unrivalled. That comment also discriminates against her because she's a female.
Yes, by far.
You're one of the clowns who think it's someone like Roy Keane or Mcilroy

Of course it being a minority sport is a factor in the debate. What's next, that 20 time world road bowls champion Finbar O'Grady is in the running for the greatest Irish sportsperson of all time debate?

[laoislad]

She a top class competitor in a minority sport. She can only deal with the competition in front of her.   
Boxing in competition with boys in her youth, having a father who was a former boxer and a coach meant she had a head start on her female piers. But she still had to have the talent and the hunger to succeed.

She may not be at the top when one talks of GOAT in Irish sport, but she is in the conversation and part of the chasing bunch.

She is at the top as far as I'm concerned. Harrington probably close also but Taylor for me is everything a role model should be and is the best ever to compete at her chosen sport. Not many other Irish sportspeople can say that.
Maybe if she was from the 6 counties some would think differently...

[GiveItToTheShooters]

Taylor is 35 this year. Hard to believe! It's nine years since the Olympic Gold.

Nearly time to wrap thing up - at the top!

Ireland's  Greatest sportsperson without a doubt.

Agreed. It's not even close.
Her sporting achievements by far exceed anyone else's.

Women's boxing, minority sport at best and she's Ireland's greatest sports person? Christ the night!

Whether or not it's a "minority sport" or not is irrelevant, her sporting achievements are unrivalled. That comment also discriminates against her because she's a female.
Yes, by far.
You're one of the clowns who think it's someone like Roy Keane or Mcilroy

Of course it being a minority sport is a factor in the debate. What's next, that 20 time world road bowls champion Finbar O'Grady is in the running for the greatest Irish sportsperson of all time debate?

Surely, 20 world titles.
Boxing isn't a "minority" sport. And if it was, the sport is irrelevant. You don't get to judge who is to be discarded from the debate because you reckon more people do one sport than another. That's an ambiguous metric. The facts are, her achievements are the best.

[JimStynes]

Taylor is 35 this year. Hard to believe! It's nine years since the Olympic Gold.

Nearly time to wrap thing up - at the top!

Ireland's  Greatest sportsperson without a doubt.

Agreed. It's not even close.
Her sporting achievements by far exceed anyone else's.

Women's boxing, minority sport at best and she's Ireland's greatest sports person? Christ the night!

Whether or not it's a "minority sport" or not is irrelevant, her sporting achievements are unrivalled. That comment also discriminates against her because she's a female.
Yes, by far.
You're one of the clowns who think it's someone like Roy Keane or Mcilroy

Of course it being a minority sport is a factor in the debate. What's next, that 20 time world road bowls champion Finbar O'Grady is in the running for the greatest Irish sportsperson of all time debate?

Minority sport or not. She's more well known than a lot of our top sportsmen. She's doing wonders for women's boxing just like Rhonda Rousey did for UFC at the start. I still think McIlroy is the best Irish sportsperson ever but I would definitely have Katie Taylor in the chasing pack.

[nrico2006]

Don't see how Harrington is ahead of McIlroy as majors are pretty much the universal currency in the golf world and McIlroy has more.

Taylor is definitely in the discussion but womens boxing is a minority sport, its literally a different sport than the mens one.  Never thought about who was the best before, but you are going to find it hard to better George Best at his peak.

Its good to see people being positive role models etc. too, but that shouldn't be key criteria when coming up with the winner.

[GiveItToTheShooters]

Don't see how Harrington is ahead of McIlroy as majors are pretty much the universal currency in the golf world and McIlroy has more.

Taylor is definitely in the discussion but womens boxing is a minority sport, its literally a different sport than the mens one.  Never thought about who was the best before, but you are going to find it hard to better George Best at his peak.

Its good to see people being positive role models etc. too, but that shouldn't be key criteria when coming up with the winner.

No it isn't a minority sport. As I pointed out before, that's an ambiguous metric, because where do you draw the line. You don't get to decide what sports are above a certain number of participant threshold before it can be included in the debate.
By your logic of pointing out that she's a female, would suggest that no female can ever be included in any of these debates, as by your logic it's not worth as much or as have enough competitors compared to men's sport and therefore should be brushed off, which is ludicrous.
The facts are she has the best sporting achievements in the history of this country.

[laoislad]

Don't see how Harrington is ahead of McIlroy as majors are pretty much the universal currency in the golf world and McIlroy has more.

Taylor is definitely in the discussion but womens boxing is a minority sport, its literally a different sport than the mens one.  Never thought about who was the best before, but you are going to find it hard to better George Best at his peak.

Its good to see people being positive role models etc. too, but that shouldn't be key criteria when coming up with the winner.

Yeah, I mean if only she also had won say World/European and Olympic titles to back up being a good role model....
would love to know what you're key criteria is because obviously what she has won isn't enough