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rd350lc wrote: ↑12 Jun 2026, 09:14

CaptainSpacerod wrote: ↑11 Jun 2026, 19:26 Tbf to Katie it’s not her fault that she excelled in a sport with a very low depth of talent in the female code. But that of course means that a much lesser level of skill and dedication is needed to become one of the best.

To my, admittedly uneducated eye, even at her peak she was nowhere near as technically accomplished as many British level male fighters so talk of her being Ireland’s greatest ever sports person must rankle with fans of McGuigan and Frampton

Nicely put

My opinion (probably not super popular) is katey was great for boxing but not great at boxing…

I have always seen her as a flurry arm puncher that just extended the punch counting game over a few more rounds in the pros. Can’t say I ever recall seeing her throw a meaningfull punch, or throw a proper well structured combo, or even move particularly well….

I had her losing a bunch more fights than the judges did. Persoon, all the seranos, cameron? Mabey even another… just never felt like what she was doing resembled hurtful punching at all. Did she ever knock someone down?

But, she made women’s boxing legit. So legacey wise incredible.