Katie Taylor after 2012 Olympics

marbless

Assuming Katie Taylor lives her dream and gets to compete in the London Olympics, what options will be open after 2012?

I know very little about women's pro boxing, but if she wanted to do that, would it be too late for her? Could she expect to earn decent money in Europe, or would she have to fight in the USA?

mjon3105

You can find all you need to know about women's pro boxing on the excellent website operated by Sue TL Fox for many years
http://womenboxing.com/

Lots of videos of World Championship and non-Championship fights though many of them require membership of their vast archive library

Katie could fight extensively in Europe, especially Germany, but the "big purses" (and even those are very small when compared with men's pro boxing) are indeed in United States.

Arguably the best pro. boxer in the world just now is HOLLY HOLM (if you'd like to see her in action just have a look at "you tube" or any of the other "free to view" sites (type in her name and you will find several recent fight clips).

Here is a link to her "bio" on WBAN .
http://www.wban.org/biog/hholm.htm

I'm NOT convinced that Katie will turn pro.,or if she does that she will stay in the sport for more than a year. There is a huge gap between the amateurs and pros, in womens boxing, as in the mens and in my view KT would need to fight in Europe for at least a year before taking on the top Americans.

She has never been particularly interested in "money", more in winning European,World and then Olympic Gold and if she achieves that lifelong ambition then she would make much more money from commercial appearances and TV adverts than in the ring .... plus at 26 years old may well then also return to her second love - soccer. But I think at the moment and for the next two years all she will be thinking about is "London 2012".

But that's just MY view - I am sure many others will differ. What is not in doubt is that she is a great role model for all young women in Ireland and a very modest individual,who has achieved great success by years of hard work in training and no one I know deserves more to succeed in winning Olympic Gold though she is the first to acknowledge that without the great love,support and financial backing of her parents/family she would not have become a 2 time world champion.


mike

marbless wrote: »

Assuming Katie Taylor lives her dream and gets to compete in the London Olympics, what options will be open after 2012?

I know very little about women's pro boxing, but if she wanted to do that, would it be too late for her? Could she expect to earn decent money in Europe, or would she have to fight in the USA?

megadodge

There is a huge gap between the amateurs and pros, in womens boxing

I think you're right there is a huge gap - the top amateur women are way more skilful than the top pros !

Holm is a standout, but there are very, very few women pro boxers with a smidgeon of Katie's skill.

Like the men, the whole aspect of strength, stamina and durability come into it over the longer distance, but if Katie ever does go pro, I expect her to do every bit as well there as in the ams.