Sep 8, 2026
Author Spotlight: Katie Taylor — The Bray Bomber Who Made Women's Boxing Impossible to Ignore
A deep dive on Katie Taylor — the Bray-born daughter of a boxing coach who fought in Ireland's first officially sanctioned women's bout at fifteen, won five straight World Championships and an Olympic gold before turning pro, became a three-time undisputed world champion, and retired on 5 September 2026 as undisputed super-lightweight champion before a crowd of 84,000 at Croke Park, the largest ever assembled for a single women's sporting event; her defining reflections on faith, ambition, discipline, and the girls watching; and the legacy of the woman widely regarded as the greatest female boxer of all time.