Katie Taylor Named The Most Marketable Boxer In The World

[KiwiRider]

It’s hard to be marketable when you’re not even marketed.

She got a massive push from the beginning. That was under Sky Matchroom.
Now DAZN Matchroom is outside the casual world.

[Ruthless-RKO]

It’s hard to be marketable when you’re not even marketed.

She got a massive push from the beginning. That was under Sky Matchroom.
Now DAZN Matchroom is outside the casual world.

We’ve never seen her or heard from here unless she has a fight scheduled. That too, work outs, pressers and weigh ins.

[gp.]

It’s hard to be marketable when you’re not even marketed.

Well no, it actually isn't.

"Marketable" just means you have the potential to be marketed.

You can be very marketable and very badly marketed. As I said above, if Taylor is very marketable, this must be the case, as she isn't making much money by boxing standards.

[Ruthless-RKO]

It’s hard to be marketable when you’re not even marketed.

Well no, it actually isn't.

"Marketable" just means you have the potential to be marketed.

You can be very marketable and very badly marketed. As I said above, if Taylor is very marketable, this must be the case, as she isn't making much money by boxing standards.

What are they basing it on then..

[gp.]

It’s hard to be marketable when you’re not even marketed.

Well no, it actually isn't.

"Marketable" just means you have the potential to be marketed.

You can be very marketable and very badly marketed. As I said above, if Taylor is very marketable, this must be the case, as she isn't making much money by boxing standards.

What are they basing it on then..

You'd have to ask them. For what it is worth I don't agree with their statement, but I am just pointing out that saying someone or something is marketable does not necessarily imply that its potential of being marketed has actually been reached. As Taylor has been around a long time now though, you would think it really ought to have been if the potential is there.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Well no, it actually isn't.

"Marketable" just means you have the potential to be marketed.

You can be very marketable and very badly marketed. As I said above, if Taylor is very marketable, this must be the case, as she isn't making much money by boxing standards.

What are they basing it on then..

You'd have to ask them. For what it is worth I don't agree with their statement, but I am just pointing out that saying someone or something is marketable does not necessarily imply that its potential of being marketed has actually been reached. As Taylor has been around a long time now though, you would think it really ought to have been if the potential is there.

I understand..

i just don't understand..

What made them assume that she is marketable.

Strange times..

[mickey1975]

As someone else said, Nicola Adams is easily the most marketed female boxer in this country. Probably top 3 overall.

[Wee Tommy]

I’m sure the marketing experts will revise their views based on the idle thoughts of Boxrec posters.

[maverick23]

What are they basing it on then..

You'd have to ask them. For what it is worth I don't agree with their statement, but I am just pointing out that saying someone or something is marketable does not necessarily imply that its potential of being marketed has actually been reached. As Taylor has been around a long time now though, you would think it really ought to have been if the potential is there.

I understand..

i just don't understand..

What made them assume that she is marketable.

Strange times..

She is marketable as she’s arguably the number 1 in womens boxing, massively helped the amateur game for women and professional boxing in the U.K. for women (after winning pretty much everything), doesn’t talk trash and comes across well and likeable. In a world that’s wanting to push that women can do anything relating to sport, she has attributes that companies would be keen to be associated with.

She just chooses not to do much commercial stuff because it’s not high priority for her.

[CaptainSpacerod]

Have Alex Steedman and the boxing news podcast been paid a visit by the woke police ?

He’s still banging on about how great last week’s all female card was. The Shields fight was a good fight, but it was nowhere near great, certainly not one of the year’s best fights as the previously excellent but now utterly brainwashed Barry Jones told us. The Mayer v Baum fight wasn’t very good at all.

My point in choosing this thread to post in was to highlight Alex’s absurd comment “You know you’ve made it when you’re called by just one name - Katie, Ali, Loma”. To mention Katie in the same breath as Ali is insane. Even with Loma, he may not have crossed over into mainstream celebrity, few boxers do, but amongst boxing fans worldwide his name carries much more weight than the fairly anonymous Katie.

Is there nowhere we can go to escape this nonsense anymore

[GreenLightning]

Katie did other stuff, that viral ad years ago where she's beating the shit out the heavybag, think it was a Lucozade advert. International advert nd people were googling it just to see who the girl with the hands was .But you've seen Katie before you even knew it was Katie

[GreenLightning]

Have Alex Steedman and the boxing news podcast been paid a visit by the woke police ?

He’s still banging on about how great last week’s all female card was. The Shields fight was a good fight, but it was nowhere near great, certainly not one of the year’s best fights as the previously excellent but now utterly brainwashed Barry Jones told us. The Mayer v Baum fight wasn’t very good at all.

My point in choosing this thread to post in was to highlight Alex’s absurd comment “You know you’ve made it when you’re called by just one name - Katie, Ali, Loma”. To mention Katie in the same breath as Ali is insane. Even with Loma, he may not have crossed over into mainstream celebrity, few boxers do, but amongst boxing fans worldwide his name carries much more weight than the fairly anonymous Katie.

Is there nowhere we can go to escape this nonsense anymore

Katie earned everything through her fists and talent, she was already past her prime before most of you got to see her, she was the best female boxer in the world for years, forever, and the competition was good in women's amateur boxing

She is not "fairly anonymous" among boxing fans

[GreenLightning]

And guys, there's no such thing as a "woke" business, just a capitalist one

[high tower 1]

And guys, there's no such thing as a "woke" business, just a capitalist one

Not true. Corporations all jump on every band wagon they can.

Most corporations now have departments solely focused on woke shite. They think it makes them look good to investors and maybe wash away whatever crap they’ve been up to.

Go on LinkedIn and almost every company logo is draped in rainbow flags almost 6 months out of the year.

I’m boxing the only person not playing ball is allegedly. He sees through the tripe that it is.

[GreenLightning]

And guys, there's no such thing as a "woke" business, just a capitalist one

Not true. Corporations all jump on every band wagon they can.

Most corporations now have departments solely focused on woke shite. They think it makes them look good to investors and maybe wash away whatever crap they’ve been up to.

You just said it mate, "good to investors" or sportswashing etc ,it's not about social justice for the oppressed, it's about marketing to a wide demographic to get their money

Money

Money

[GreenLightning]

And guys, there's no such thing as a "woke" business, just a capitalist one

Not true. Corporations all jump on every band wagon they can.

Most corporations now have departments solely focused on woke shite. They think it makes them look good to investors and maybe wash away whatever crap they’ve been up to.

Go on LinkedIn and almost every company logo is draped in rainbow flags almost 6 months out of the year.

I’m boxing the only person not playing ball is allegedly. He sees through the tripe that it is.

"Most corporations now have departments solely focused on woke shite. "

They would frame it as increasing profits amongst the masses by having their finger on the pulse, basic PR and sales really, don't worry, the corporation's aren't going gay or trans

[GreenLightning]

Not to get too political but this is just Neoliberalism, pandering to get money, it's not bolshekiv cultural Marxism or whatever Jordan Peterson likes to pull from his ass

[Coco]

Her old man had another freak accident in Spain this week

Poor bloke just keeps having his legs broke..........

[high tower 1]

Her old man had another freak accident in Spain this week

Poor bloke just keeps having his legs broke..........

How did Katie end up so normal???

Seems like a v dodgy bloke.

[Ruthless-RKO]

Katie Taylor Named 2022 RTE Sportsperson of the Year, First Boxer To Win Award Three Times

Katie Taylor has joined an exclusive list of stellar athletes in her native Ireland.

The 2012 Olympic Gold medalist and undisputed lightweight champion was named the 2022 RTE (Raidio Teilifís Eireann) Sportsperson of the Year during a live airing Saturday evening on RTE Sport in Dublin. Taylor beat out a competitive field to claim the coveted award for a third time.

Taylor joined the ceremony via live satellite feed, while her older brother, Dr. Peter Taylor Jr., accepted the award on her behalf.

“I really wish I could’ve been there,” noted Taylor, who joined the ceremony via live satellite feed. “I’m so grateful. This year especially has been an exceptional year for Irish sport.”

Taylor (22-0, 6KOs) was honored for her two wins on the year, including a ten-round, split decision over Amanda Serrano (43-2-1, 30KOs) in their historic April 30 superfight. The pound-for-pound showdown took place in front of a sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden in New York City, with Taylor claiming a narrow win to defend her lineal/WBA/WBC/IBF/WBO lightweight championship.

The 36-year-old fighting pride of Bray, Ireland added a ten-round shutout over Argentina’s Karen Elizabeth Carabajal on October 29 at OVO Arena Wembley in London. The win marked her fourteenth successful defense of at least one lightweight title dating back to her October 2017 WBA title win over Anahi Esther Sanchez.

Among the list of nominees included horse racing’s Rachael Blackmore, the 2021 award recipient and the first ever female jockey to claim such honors. Amy Broadhurst, the 2022 World Amateur Light Welterweight champion, was the lone other boxer nominated in this year’s field.

The rest of the nominees were: previous two-time winner Rory McIlroy (golf); David Clifford (football), Josh van der Flier (rugby); Ronan Grimes (para-cycling); Katie McCabe (football), Rhys McClenaghan (gymnastics) and Ciara Mageean (Athletics).

“You have the likes of Amy Broadhurst, who pretty much had a perfect year,” acknowledged Taylor. “You have Rhys winning the gold medal in gymnastics. You have the girls qualifying for the World Cup for the first time. It’s absolutely phenomenal and exceptional year, so I’m so honored to have won this award again. I just want to continue to make everyone proud at home.”

Saturday’s announcement leaves Taylor tied as the second-winningest recipient in the 37-year-history of the award. Taylor joins pro golfer Padraig Harrington as a three-time winner, second only to former track and field superstar Sonia O’Sullivan who has won the award five times.

Taylor claimed her first RTE Sportsperson of the Year award in 2012, honoring her Olympic Gold medal haul. The honor was fitting, as Taylor was instrumental in women’s boxing making its long overdue debut during the 2012 London Olympics. She also nabbed the award in 2020 following a repeat win over Delfine Persoon—whom she first edged in their June 2019 four-belt unification bout—and a landslide victory over then-unbeaten Miriam Gutierrez.

A boxer has claimed the RTE Sportsperson of the Year award six times, including Hall of Fame former featherweight champion Barry McGuigan who was the inaugural winner in 1985. Taylor is responsible for half of that title, with McGuigan, Michael Carruth (1992 Olympic Gold medalist) and current contender Michael Conlan (2015, World Amateur bantamweight champion) previously receiving the honor.

Taylor’s next fight is still in the works. Matchroom Sport chairman Eddie Hearn, Taylor’s career-long promoter, recently reiterated to Boxing Scene of the intention to bring the Irish superstar home for the first time as a pro. Plans are being sought for a long overdue homecoming at the famed Croke Park in Dublin.

High on the priority list to headline is a coveted rematch with Serrano, the reigning lineal/WBC/IBF/WBO featherweight champion who will first face WBA titlist Erika Cruz in a bid to become Puerto Rico’s first-ever undisputed champion. From there, Serrano is keen on heading straight into a second meeting with Taylor in what could threaten to be the biggest fight in Irish boxing history.

“We're definitely pushing for a rematch in Croke Park,” Taylor told RTE. “The talks of making a fight at Croke Park is spine-tingling for me. Talks are definitely underway. I still feel like we’re a long way off… but I hope it does happen. It will be an awful shame if it doesn’t happen.

“The talks of fighting in front of 80,000 people, it gives me goosebumps. So, I hope that can happen soon.”

[keithmoonhangover]

I didn't realize how many sexists were on here.

[Ruthless-RKO]

I didn't realize how many sexists were on here.

You been reading the comments?

[gilgamesh]

What complete nonsense.

[keithmoonhangover]

I didn't realize how many sexists were on here.

You been reading the comments?

Yes, I didn't say everyone was a sexist.

[margaret thatcher]

I didn't realize how many sexists were on here.

I'm an equalist and there isn't a drop of racism, sexism or homophobia in me. Live and let live. Anything that involves consenting adults is good with me. But I do think that the new wave of ostracizing anyone who discriminates in these areas is wrong.

Because of their upbringing, religion, culture or personal beliefs, some people are going to be racist, sexist and/or homophobic. As long as they're not hurting anyone, I think there is a place in the world for them.

That's my ten pence anyway.