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29th April 2017
08:53pm BST

"I was expecting a tough fight, but I’m absolutely delighted. These are the moments I dream of." "This weight is perfect for me, I feel very strong and good at this weight." "I think I’m ready right now to box for a world title, but we leave that to the likes of Eddie and I’ll just keep focusing on my job. The best is yet to come – I didn’t perform to my best tonight but the most important thing is I won."https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/858384497322205184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportsjoe.ie%2Fboxing%2Fkatie-taylors-opponents-eye-pretty-bad-state-seven-grueling-rounds-121934 Eddie Hearn confirmed that the plan is for Taylor to fight for the world title in the tail-end of the year on home territory. However, the next stop on this journey will be Stateside, on the undercard of one of the biggest fights of the year.
"We are looking for an October-November date in Ireland for a world title." "America is next in June or July possibly on the Andre Ward-Sergey Kovalev bill. She's the most entertaining female fighter on the planet - what you saw tonight was more professionalism."Exciting times ahead.
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