Watching Irish boxer Katie Taylor talking about her win in Barbados was a good reminder that sport is really about the people not the sponsors or the big money. I have been known to be a touch cynical at times but she seemed genuinely overwhelmed by winning and by the plaudits the journalists were wrapping about her. A tough semi-final against American Queen Underwood gave us a real idea of how tough the competition is, but she had few problems in the final against Chinese boxer Cheng Dong; winning 16-5. Two of the other Irish boxers Allana Murphy and Sinead Kavanagh made it to the last 16 which was a solid showing and gives us hope for 2012 as well. And Indian boxer Mary Kom -
who I posted about here - won an incredible 5th World Title at 48kgs.
More posts on Taylor
here and
here. Did you see any of the fights?
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