Monday, 6 August 2012

Boxing: World champ Taylor delights high-decibel Irish (Reuters)

Ireland's Katie Taylor (R) is declared the winner over Britain's Natasha Jonas after their quarterfinal Women's Light (60kg) boxing match at the London Olympic Games August 6, 2012. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

LONDON (Reuters) - Four-time world champion Katie Taylor's wait to box at an Olympic Games ended on Monday when she progressed to the semi-finals in style, guaranteeing Ireland a medal in front of boisterous fans who raised the loudest roars of the Games. Taylor, a sporting hero in her country who was at the forefront of the campaign to get women's boxing into the Olympics, was at her clinical best, demolishing world championship bronze medalist Natasha Jonas of Britain 26-15. ...




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