December 2013
Katie Taylor and Lora Kavanagh from Arklow at Katie’s home coming fight at the Ballywaltrim Community Centre in Bray
Olympic gold medallist Katie Taylor made it two wins in two nights with a unanimous decision victory over Finland’s Mira Potkonen in Bray recently.
Just 24-hours after her triumphant return to action in the historic Round Room of the Mansion House, the Wicklow native never looked threatened as she wowed a partisan crowd in the Ballywaltrim Community Centre in what was a billed as her ‘true’ home-coming fight after her Olympic triumph last year.
Showing little of the rust that impacted her bout with Caroline Veyre on November 29, Taylor’s class was obvious from the opening exchanges as she looked to win her 101st fight in the last 103 attempts.
The win also brings the 27- year olds overall record to 140 wins in 147 fights throughout her career.
The sold-out bout was a repeat of the EU Championships semi-finals which Taylor also won on a unanimous decision before going on to win gold in June of this year.
