Put your questions to Katie Taylor for a Boards.ie Q&A

Darragh

Hey folks

VERY late notice I know but I'll be having a chat with Katie Taylor tomorrow and would like to invite questions from this forum for someone I personally think is a great athlete, a great ambassador for Irish boxing and an inspiration.

Here's a shot of her at the St Patrick's Day parade this year.



Katie will be part of a new Lucozade Sport advertising campaign that goes live tomorrow. I'll ask as many relevant questions as I can.

Cheers

Darragh

WesternNight

If you could have any non-sporting career, what would it be and why?

Tubsandtiles

Are you single ? -Tommy .

Oh_Noes

Do you have any interest in MMA and would you ever try it?

cowzerp

Apart from your Olympic ambitions do you have any ambitions of going pro after the olympics?!

What's your favourite punch, eg left hook!!

What? Oh Rly!

You have such fast hands; was speed always on your side or did you have to work at it? And what type of training would increase this? bag, pads, shadow boxing etc?

Skid

Whenever Hollywood makes 'The Katie Taylor Story', which actress would you like to play you?

Revolution9

What is your favourite Rocky film?

WesternNight

Do you have a secret boards.ie account?

Kinetic^

Who do you think will win in the Haye vs Klitschko fight?

token101

Biggest influence in boxing?
Favourite boxer past or present?

efb

You would be considered a very positive role model for young people in Ireland.

How do you find that?

dave1982

Oh_Noes wrote: »

Do you have any interest in MMA and would you ever try it?

Please ask that:D

Bobby1984

What is your inspiration for training the day after a tough fight or soccer match, when you are tired and sore?

If you listen to music before a fight, what is your favourite song that you listen to before going into battle?

Spazdarn

How rigorous is your training for upcoming matches? Any interest in the pros

r3nu4l

Of all the fights in boxing history which one would you most like to have attended and why?

barbarians

What are you going to do after boxing ?

Do you prefer representing your country in soccer or you yourself in boxing ?

hoff1

Did you ever feel like knocking out ryan tubridy when he interviwed you?

alanceltic

Your Success in the amateurs is well regarded but how do you think your style would hold up in the pro game. Also, do you watch pro women's boxing at all and if so how do you think the talent compares to the amateurs.

rocco.

what are you doing saturday night? pm for a spar and more :P

mjon3105

Katie:

Whilst recognising that standards continue to improve all the time, do you regards Sofya Ochigava (Russia), Gulsum Tatar of turkey and possibly Queen Underwood of USA as your main threats for London 2012 (IF you and they qualify) or do you believe that an even bigger threat will emerge in the form of the many recent recruits from Kick-Boxing including Mari Del Carmen Romero and Britain's Chantelle Cameron to name but two ?


Mike (in London)

homer911

What is the biggest influence in your life?

DrumSteve

What does it feel like to come out to a crowd chanting your name?

damomaher

Who would you most like to take on competitively in the ring , past or present, male or female ?

Do you secretly enjoy the fact you can kick your boyfriends ass if he is out of order ?

Kerrydude1981

What age did you take up boxing? And was it hard to juggle both boxing and soccer??

What part of your training do you hate the most??

pokerface_me

Do you think the way boxing is judged needs to be updated. In a recent fight were you were clearly the winner, you lost on a points decision? Your father Peter was fuming and rightly so as everyone in the arena that night knew you won, except the judges i suppose.

Funkyzeit

What football team do you support Katie - both at home and cross-channel?

Jayob10

Who are your current top 3 favourite fighters today? top 3 male and top 3 female

And do you think Mayweather would beat Pacman?

Rob113

Does it bother you that your sporting achievements do not get the same exposure as your male counterparts do?

Personally I think Katie is the greatest sportsperson this country has ever produced.

Darragh

Thanks very much for all the questions folks. I'll be meeting Katie later on this evening and will get the video online as soon as I can.

Your questions are very much appreciated!

Cheers

Darragh

Darragh

Hey folks

Thank you VERY much for the questions.




I met Katie last night before she spoke to an online media group previewing the new Lucozade ad that Katie is in.

Katie is a genuinely lovely person. I met her, her dad Peter (a gentleman) and the PR team behind this launch and they were generous in their time and effusive in their enthusiasm for Boards.ie.

Katie was very engaging, honest and open in the questions. I asked as many as I could (keeping it appropriate) and they're both in the YouTube videos below.

Let me know if the sound is too low. There was a very noisy fridge in the background and I didn't really want to get up mid interview and try find how to turn it off...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTxRnV8ciiQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCkAYU_P108

My thanks to Katie for her time and again to you for the questions and the feedback

Cheers

Darragh

Jayob10

fair play darragh

barbarians

I taught the boards communications manager something!


Thanks for the video Darragh.

Boooourns

Great stuff Darragh, fair play!

BTW she was looking right at me when she was thanking the boards members, yeah she fancies me....

colly10

Thanks Darragh, wasn't expecting as many questions to be used, great that ye went through them

Kerrydude1981

Great work Darragh,what sports star you interviewing next??

Darragh

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Great work Darragh,what sports star you interviewing next??

Whoever I can get! Any requests?

I think Katie's point about how some boxers in Ireland aren't known/respected as athletes is a very valid one and got me thinking.

cowzerp

Darragh wrote: »

Whoever I can get! Any requests?.

Steve Collins or Barry mcguigan

Jayob10

have to say im feckin charmed today seeing my question being put to her

Spazdarn

Loving the strategically placed Lucozade sport bottle, kept her going through the last 15 minutes of the interview...

Rob113

Was mine put to her? I've no broadband so can't watch the clip.

Darragh

Rob113 wrote: »

Was mine put to her? I've no broadband so can't watch the clip.

Twas indeed. Last question!

Darragh

ToiletFusion wrote: »

Loving the strategically placed Lucozade sport bottle, kept her going through the last 15 minutes of the interview...

Yeah, she actually does drink the stuff though. Still, if it wasn't for Lucozade, we wouldn't have gotten the interview!

Mongarra

Good interview Darragh. She looked relaxed (well as relaxed as she ever looks!) and you managed all the questions.

To Rob113, she said she reckoned that amateur boxing generally does not get the recognition it deserves but they don't let it bother them too much; they just get on with their training.

What? Oh Rly!

Great Interview, and she looks amazing!

Thanks for popping my question in there Darragh

slapbangwallop

Darragh, I am the editor of Boxing-Ireland.com and one of our guys is looking to interview Katie later this month.

Can you PM me the contact details of her or her manager or pass our on to her.

regards

MagicMarker

Yeah, Darragh, give me her number while you're at it. :rolleyes:

Funkyzeit

Humbled she answer my footie question - disappointed wiith the answer though!;)
Kudos Darragh...

DrumSteve

Ah my question was asked... good times.