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27th November 2023
04:34pm GMT

"This is Katie's third successive seven figure sell-out. We've had Madison Square Garden and now twice at the 3 Arena. As I said at [Liffey Valley] shopping centre, on Wednesday, you can count on one hand the draws in boxing the size of Katie Taylor - it's Canelo [Alvarez], it's AJ [Anthony Joshua], it's Tyson Fury and it's Katie Taylor, and that's it, globally. "So, really to reach those heights of what they deserve, we need to be acknowledge it. I know that Chantelle will feel that it didn't go her way, and stuff, but the reality is, if we want to reach those levels, financially, and pay fighters what they deserve, we need those huge gates. And Katie Taylor draws huge gates, especially in Ireland."In short, if Chantelle Cameron wants that trilogy fight, it will have to happen in Ireland and not in her native England, even though she has tested Taylor to her very limit in two bouts now. Her consolation, according to Hearn, is the bigger cheque at the end of it all. There was a lovely moment, near the end of that same press briefing, when Taylor (from 6:40 in the clip below) was asked for her opinion on her next opponent.
REPORTER: "Katie, what would you prefer - Serrano or that trilogy with Cameron?" TAYLOR: "I really don't care - either, or - to be honest. Who would you prefer?" REPORTER: "You've really put me on the spot!" TAYLOR: "Well, you put me on the spot!"
"Katie needs to box more," Broadhurst added. "It was the same with Serrano, when she was boxing Serrano she was winning handy enough, and then she just decided to plant her feet and go toe to toe, and that could have been what went wrong with her. "Again with Chantelle Cameron, she stood toe to toe, she wasn't really using her boxing skills and I think if she comes into the rematch and she boxes clever, I can't see Chantelle beating her."That prediction proved more than accurate, and Broadhurst shared a snap of herself and Taylor showing off the newly won belts, on Sunday, with some festive decorations as a back-drop. https://twitter.com/amybroadhurst12/status/1728860169063538970 You can see the difference between the pre-fight weigh-in picture and the face of Katie Taylor the day after her 3 Arena battle:
One hopes Katie Taylor does get her big Croke Park fight, and possibly a send-off at the famous venue.
21 years after her first big women's boxing bout, it would be a nice way to lay the gloves down and bow out.
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