Katie Taylor Bio, Age, Height, Career, Net Worth, Family

Katie Taylor bio-Former Irish footballer turned boxer, Katie Taylor was born on July 2nd, 1986 in Bray, County Wicklow in Ireland.

Taylor attended Bray’s St. Kilian’s Community School from 1999 until 2005. The same school was attended by her three elder siblings.

She participated in females’ Gaelic football and camogie with her local GAA clubs, Bray Emmets and Fergal gs, in addition to boxing and association football at her school.

She belonged to the neighborhood athletic organization Bray Runners, and while she was still a student at St. Killian’s, numerous American institutions reportedly offered her sports scholarships.

She was qualified for the sports scholarship program at University College Dublin thanks to her Leaving Cert performance, but she chose to go there instead.

She made the decision to forgo finishing her education at UCD as her sporting career started to soar.

Katie Taylor nationality

Taylor was born in Bray, Wicklow in Ireland. She is Irish.

Katie Taylor age

Taylor was born on July 2nd, 1986, hence she is currently 36 years of age.

Katie Taylor net worth

Taylor has a net worth estimated to be about $3 million.

Katie Taylor height and weight

Taylor stands at a height of 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighs 61kg.

Katie Taylor education

Taylor attended St. Kilian’s Community School in Bray. She furthered at the University College Dublin.

Katie Taylor career

With titles held by the WBA since 2017, the IBF since 2018, the WBC, WBO, and The Ring magazine since 2019, as well as the WBO junior-welterweight title in 2019, Taylor is a two-weight world champion and the current undisputed lightweight champion.

She was one of just eight fighters in history male or female to hold all four of boxing’s main world championships at once after her victory over Delfine Persoon in 2019.

Taylor achieved success in amateur boxing by winning gold at the Women’s World Championships five times in a row, six times at the European Championships, and five times at the European Union Championships.

She is recognized with increasing interest in women’s boxing both at home and abroad. She is incredibly well-liked in Ireland.

She is regarded as the greatest Irish athlete of her generation and carried the Irish flag during the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics before winning the lightweight Olympic gold medal.

Taylor made his professional boxing debut in 2016 with Matchroom Boxing. As of March 2023, BoxRec has Taylor as the best active female lightweight boxer in the world, while The Ring and BoxRec have Taylor as the best active female boxer pound-for-pound. She is renowned for her brisk, combative boxing style.

After Amanda Serrano defeated Erika Cruz to become the undisputed featherweight champion, Taylor was due to defend her lightweight championships in a rematch against Serrano.

Late in February, it was revealed that Serrano had hurt himself and the fight would not go ahead.

Chantelle Cameron, the uncontested super-lightweight champion, was publicly challenged by Taylor on March 2 and accepted.

Eddie Hearn subsequently declared the match, which will take place on May 20 in Dublin’s 3Arena for Cameron’s undisputed super-lightweight championships, to take place on March 11.

Taylor will compete in her debut match in her native Ireland, where she will try to win the title of indisputable world champion in two weight classes.

On October 29, 2022, at the OVO Arena, Taylor successfully defended her undisputed lightweight championship against unbeaten Argentine boxer Karen Carabajal for the sixth time. Wembley won by unanimous decision (100-91, 98-92, and 99-91).

Taylor demanded in her post-fight interview that her subsequent fight take place in Dublin’s Croke Park stadium, which can hold 82,300 spectators.