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Katie Taylor will be hoping to extend the perfect start to her professional career when she appears on next month's David Haye-Tony Bellew bill at The O2.

The Irish amateur star will target her third victory in the paid ranks on the undercard for Haye's heavyweight clash with Bellew on March 4, live on Sky Sports Box Office.

Taylor marked her professional debut with a third-round stoppage win over Karina Kopinska at Wembley Arena in November and followed that up two weeks later with a points victory over Viviane Obenauf in Manchester.

The 30 year-old, who is yet to learn the details of her opponent, wants to kick off her year with another impressive performance.

"It's great to be on another big card in front of a huge crowd at an arena like The O2," said Taylor.

So excited, can't wait

She's alright to watch but women's boxing just doesn't interest me! I'm sure someone like Taylor with her status and skill will get more and more people interested but I doubt I'll be one of em!

Rumours unbeaten ricky summers meets British champ frank bulingio. On the card to waiting board approval

Stuarty30 wrote:She's alright to watch but women's boxing just doesn't interest me! I'm sure someone like Taylor with her status and skill will get more and more people interested but I doubt I'll be one of em!

Sadly there just aren't enough women who fight to make the division interesting.

I like Katie, and she seems to look alright in her limited pro performances. But how many big fights are there for her out there?

putting womens rights aside.... or saying you like it to look cool

does anyone really care... with the exception of Tennis, all womens sport is boring

(don't mind womens tennis as its not all about the serve)

Kro wrote:Be nice to see her in with Sam Smith from Leeds rather than some random Turk or Latvian this time.

She is several leagues above Sam.

mickey1975 wrote:

Kro wrote:Be nice to see her in with Sam Smith from Leeds rather than some random Turk or Latvian this time.

She is several leagues above Sam.

several leagues above the dross she's been fighting so far too

sweetscience wrote:putting womens rights aside.... or saying you like it to look cool

does anyone really care... with the exception of Tennis, all womens sport is boring

(don't mind womens tennis as its not all about the serve)

I find even the men's tennis to be insanely boring. Could just never get into it. The only time tennis is even remotely watchable is if the women are something worth looking at. And even then, I can never stomach a whole game of it.

I sometimes watch the England women's football team if they're playing, and I fancy a few beers. Though, obviously that's not the best football you're ever going to see, there's something slightly entertaining about watching it. There's no link-up play at all, and you get people trying to shoot from ridiculous angles. (Sometimes even scoring.) I once saw a woman slip over, the ball hit her on the arse and rebounded into the net. She then ran up to the opposition fans and did the "Ssssh" hand signal at them.

In it's own way, it's more entertaining than the England's men's team. At least the women are actually trying to win. I'd take England women's team over that cobblers against Iceland any day.

Marlo Stanfield wrote:

mickey1975 wrote:

Kro wrote:Be nice to see her in with Sam Smith from Leeds rather than some random Turk or Latvian this time.

She is several leagues above Sam.

several leagues above the dross she's been fighting so far too

you think Obenauf was dross?

slapbangwhallop wrote:

Marlo Stanfield wrote:

mickey1975 wrote: She is several leagues above Sam.

several leagues above the dross she's been fighting so far too

you think Obenauf was dross?

If that wasn't dross then I most certainly won't be getting interested in womens boxing for some time

slapbangwhallop wrote:

Marlo Stanfield wrote:

mickey1975 wrote: She is several leagues above Sam.

several leagues above the dross she's been fighting so far too

you think Obenauf was dross?

I know she was well ranked but it was dire

fcking boring should show videos of taylor "fights" to insomnia sufferers

@blanca Put on some weight and ill put you asleep for Free

KatieTaylor wrote:@blanca Put on some weight and ill put you asleep for Free

All the best on Saturday Katie

KatieTaylor wrote:@blanca Put on some weight and ill put you asleep for Free

Shows yer monkey

How far off a Braekhus V Taylor fight are we?

The Aim is for late 2017/early 2018 if at WW. If she calls then i'd accept immediatly. Had talks and she wants me to move to WW which i'd have no problem doing. But saying that my main aim Personally is to take all belts at LW first before going up to WW @forcefraser

KatieTaylor wrote:The Aim is for late 2017/early 2018. If she calls then i'd accept immediatly @forcefraser

Tough ask though. She's been cruising through the opponents for years now.

Hope it happens for you. She's from Bergen (via Columbia) which is where I live now. Might get made in Bergen

forcefraser wrote:

KatieTaylor wrote:The Aim is for late 2017/early 2018. If she calls then i'd accept immediatly @forcefraser

Tough ask though. She's been cruising through the opponents for years now.

Hope it happens for you. She's from Bergen (via Columbia) which is where I live now. Might get made in Bergen

What is it with Colombians living in Norway?, I remember Andreas Evenson who Burns defended his title against was the same

handsofstone wrote:

forcefraser wrote:

KatieTaylor wrote:The Aim is for late 2017/early 2018. If she calls then i'd accept immediatly @forcefraser

Tough ask though. She's been cruising through the opponents for years now.

Hope it happens for you. She's from Bergen (via Columbia) which is where I live now. Might get made in Bergen

What is it with Colombians living in Norway?, I remember Andreas Evenson who Burns defended his title against was the same

Adopted as a 2 year old. She was instrumental in getting pro boxing legalised in Norway again. Not fought in Bergen yet though. Had a couple of fights in Oslo.

Evensen was a little bloke wasn't he. Tough bugger though

forcefraser wrote:

handsofstone wrote:

forcefraser wrote:
Tough ask though. She's been cruising through the opponents for years now.

Hope it happens for you. She's from Bergen (via Columbia) which is where I live now. Might get made in Bergen

What is it with Colombians living in Norway?, I remember Andreas Evenson who Burns defended his title against was the same

Adopted as a 2 year old. She was instrumental in getting pro boxing legalised in Norway again. Not fought in Bergen yet though. Had a couple of fights in Oslo.

Evensen was a little bloke wasn't he. Tough bugger though

Cool mate, yeah Evenson was a tough bugger indeed

KatieTaylor wrote:The Aim is for late 2017/early 2018 if at WW. If she calls then i'd accept immediatly. Had talks and she wants me to move to WW which i'd have no problem doing. But saying that my main aim Personally is to take all belts at LW first before going up to WW @forcefraser

Wee joke earlier Glad you're on the forum. I've never been a fan of woman's boxing (no disrespect) but I want to watch yourself. I'm sure with the right promotion and exposure you can bring a lot more fans out.

What is the weight difference between yourself and Holly Holm? That would surely do big business?

V Holm Thats another story for another time @Stuarty30 - just 1kg diff. Did an interview about this last year if your interested @ https://www.google.ie/amp/www.rte.ie/amp/832856/ - www.rte.ie/amp/832856/ ... #WomendoitBetter

KatieTaylor wrote:@blanca Put on some weight and ill put you asleep for Free

fair play i deserved that