Comments on: Not on the box

By: KatieP

KatieP — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:42:34 +0000

Great news about women’s boxing in the 2012 Olympics. Australia should be represented by some strong talent

By: click here

click here — Fri, 29 May 2009 08:01:31 +0000

Welcome to Gaelick, KTSC! Excellent to hear that there’s a Supporter’s Club out there – I hadn’t realised there was one! When did you guys set up?

By: Katie Taylor Supporters Club

Katie Taylor Supporters Club — Wed, 27 May 2009 02:51:02 +0000

Hopefully the press will cop on when the decision is made in august by the IOC to allow women boxers in the olympic games.

By: Katie Winning Hearts | gaelick

Katie Winning Hearts | gaelick — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 16:18:56 +0000

[...] few months ago, I moaned about the fact the World Champion boxer Katie Taylor (with her Sportswoman of the Year trophy, left) [...]

By: HAL

HAL — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 09:10:44 +0000

Manchuriancandidate that would be fantastic! If you can do it thanks from Katie’s fans who never get to see her in ation. If not, thanks for trying

I agree with the comment re Roy Keane, Katie does, however, seem to have a better relationship with the reporters who bother to interview her. I wonder will she have a musical written about her?

By: manchuriancandidate

manchuriancandidate — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:19:54 +0000

will try a try and upload the final from Ningbo on YouTube over the next few days. She is a class act and is easily Ireland’s most determined and skilled athlete since Roy Keane. Glad I had the opportunity to see her perfom

By: Shelly

Shelly — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:32:59 +0000

Excellent win, and look, she made the front page of the sports section in the times. http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/. No pic though, she’s only a world champion. Again. There was some other sport that needed our attention. 13-2, she wiped the floor with her! I look forward to hopefully some day seeing this woman in action..

Her gold medal in Ningbo City over the weekend followed on from European and World gold at the last two events, making the Bray boxer easily the most successful athlete Ireland has at world level.

I can’t believe it looks likey it will be included in the 2012 Olympics!

By: HAL

HAL — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 13:02:38 +0000

She won!!!

Fair play to our Champ!

By: Carol

Carol — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:05:20 +0000

Terrible to think that sportswomen are left out. It’s also true of people who excel in sports which are less popular.
We go wild if the football team win won match and yet someone as talented as this goes unnoticed

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:26:13 +0000

I entirely agree with HAL and the other comments. Coverage of womens boxing, indeed womens sport in general in both Britain and in Ireland is apalling.Onl;y about 4 per cent coverage. ,for approx 51 percent of the population. I have written about KT’s exploits in China on the BBC 606 website blogs with coverage of all of her bouts in China and also on the EuropeanIrish.com website daily.

For those who have NOT seen Katie in action (I watched her win the European EU Gold in Liverpool in August) you can see her in action on Setanta Sports Ireland on 3rd December at 20.00hrs in the Athena Media documentary “Winning Women”. Apart from her boxing skills enjoy her European Championship soccer “brilliant goal” which would be a contender for any “Goal of the Season” on ‘Match of the Day”. Well done,Hal for highlighting the lack of coverage of these Championships. Good news is that womens boxing is almost certain to be included in the London Olympics of 2012……For those who wish to “see” the LIVE coverage albeit scores only in tomorrow’s Final in Ningbo City just look at the Front page of the AIBA website http://www.aiba.org As it is the 7th Final tomorrow it is unlikely to start much before 7a.m Irish time perhaps a little later. Here is what the AIBA website had to say about Katie’s performance today:

“Four other world champs did advance including the very impressive Katie Taylor of Ireland. Her final scoreline of 20:2 against Ayzznat Gadzhieva was the exact reflection of her dominance. Too quick, too agile and too strong, she toyed with Gadzhievam, who, much to her credit, didn’t give up. Taylor, 22, will now take on Chinese two-times national champion Dong Cheng in the 60kg final.”"

Mike/ Sports Journalist/London

By: Annie Aura

Annie Aura — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:30:14 +0000

I see her around a lot as she lives around the corner from me. Her brother also won Young Scientist of the Year for some complex mathematical formula. Talented family.

By: Shelly

Shelly — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:51:28 +0000

Good report here on rte.ie, http://www.rte.ie/sport/boxing/2008/1128/taylork.html, and great to see her getting some support.

The woman is such a role model for all females, but espeically those interested in boxing.

Its ridiculous the lack of coverage that it gets, and female boxing overall. When will it be taken seriously? When its an olympic sport?

Fat chance..

G’wan Katie!