Minister Shane Ross to hold welcome reception for Katie Taylor at Dublin Airport

The Bray woman was crowned the Lightweight World Boxing Champion in a contentious fight on Saturday night.

By Gráinne Ní Aodha Monday 3 Jun 2019, 5:28 PM

Jun 3rd 2019, 5:28 PM 21,967 Views 62 Comments

https://jrnl.ie/4666339

Boxing - Madison Square Garden Katie Taylor celebrates her win in the Women's Lightweight World Championship at Madison Square Garden. Source: Nick Potts

A WELCOME RECEPTION will be held for Katie Taylor tomorrow by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Shane Ross.

Taylor was crowned the undisputed lightweight boxing champion on Saturday night in a dramatic Madison Square Garden battle against Belgium’s Delfine Persoon.

The judges scored the bout 95-95, 96-94, 96-94 in the Bray native’s favour – which Persoon said today that she would file an appeal against.

“Yes we will file a claim,” she said. “Even if it will probably not help anything.”

In the aftermath of her win yesterday, Taylor said that it was a “dream come true for her” – adding that she was open to a rematch.

The Bray native, who won a gold-medal in the women’s lightweight division in the 2012 Olympics, became a professional fighter less than three years ago.

The welcome reception will be held at Dublin Airport tomorrow morning.

Short URL

About the author:

About the author

Gráinne Ní Aodha

grainne@thejournal.ie

See more articles by Gráinne Ní Aodha

Contribute to this story:

COMMENTS (62)

This is YOUR comments community. Stay civil, stay constructive, stay on topic. Please familiarise yourself with our comments policy here before taking part.

write a comment

Leave a commentcancel

Facebook

Twitter

Share Comment on Facebook or Twitter

∞

About Us

Corrections

Report Content

Policies

TheJournal.ie supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and the Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, PH: (01) 6489130, Lo-Call 1890 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie

Please note that TheJournal.ie uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide services and advertising. For more information on cookies please refer to our cookies policy.

News images provided by Press Association and Photocall Ireland unless otherwise stated. Irish sport images provided by Inpho Photography unless otherwise stated. Wire service provided by Associated Press.

Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for user created content, posts, comments, submissions or preferences. Users are reminded that they are fully responsible for their own created content and their own posts, comments and submissions and fully and effectively warrant and indemnify Journal Media in relation to such content and their ability to make such content, posts, comments and submissions available. Journal Media does not control and is not responsible for the content of external websites.

Minister Shane Ross to hold welcome reception for Katie Taylor at Dublin Airport