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If Katie Taylor stays amateur...

  • 19-09-2012 5:18pm
    #1
    Pisco Sour
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    ... will she get more exposure on Irish TV than she did before London?

    I like most people hope she stays amateur until Rio so she can try defend her title and become an Olympic Legend, but this is 4 years away. What about in the meantime? Will RTE start now to show live coverage of ALL her fights at not just the World Championships but also the European Championships and EU Championships (events which I do not recall RTE covering)?

    She is so good a sportsperson, is it right for her to go back into relative obscurity? If she stays Amateur RTE need to show live coverage of her fights at the next European Championships, but will this happen? And while I'm on it, where are the next European Championships and EU Championships being held? Wikipedia says the next Worlds are in Canada (but no specific city) in 2014 but no mention of where the Euros and EUs are going be held and when.


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  • #2
    walshb
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    Taylor never went into relative obscurity. She was obscure, then unearthed, and it was all uphill then culminating is becoming a household name in the past few years.

    RTE will show her if the price is right.

    BTW, best to email the AIBA for info on venues: info@aiba.org. Useless trying to find info on the site.


  • #3
    Pisco Sour
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,029 ✭✭✭Pisco Sour


    walshb wrote: »

    BTW, best to email the AIBA for info on venues: info@aiba.org. Useless trying to find info on the site.

    I find it astonishing that info on where and when the next European Championships (3rd biggest event in the sport) is being held is not readily available.


  • #4
    walshb
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    Pisco Sour wrote: »
    I find it astonishing that info on where and when the next European Championships (3rd biggest event in the sport) is being held is not readily available.

    I don't think AIBA have met to discuss the venues yet. That is all I can believe as I have searched the net and cannot come up with anything for it.


  • #5
    paulgeog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 65 ✭✭paulgeog


    walshb wrote: »
    I don't think AIBA have met to discuss the venues yet. That is all I can believe as I have searched the net and cannot come up with anything for it.

    The EUBC will make the final decision on host city of the European Elite Womens Championship 2013 at the 2nd 2012 EUBC Executive Committee Meeting to be held in September – November 2012


  • #6
    mjon3105
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 215 ✭✭mjon3105


    I can but agree with earlier comments . Any event that involves the EUBC is always a "last minute decision" and as we all can see the qualityof information on the EUBC website is - and always has been - "very very poor".

    The Europeans are likely to be held in October 2013 and probably in a far away former Eastern European Republic. The bidding process ended earlier this month but - par for the course - no info yet from EUBC as to who the bidders are.

    I would expect one of the former Russian Republics to be the chosen venue, most likely Azerbaijan though would not entirely rule out Turkey. The contact email address for the EUBC, is:

    secretariat.eubc@ff-boxe.com

    It is likely that a decision on the European Union championships 2013 will also be taken at the next EUBC Exec meeting and that event may indeed come to a Western European country, so Katie Taylor is likely to have two titles to defend in 2013 as well as the Worlds in Canada a year later....

    As Bren said, it is the AIBA which is the decision maker for the Worlds (at all grades) they opted for Canada and it is now down to "Boxing Canada" to decide where to hold them. Among the places who have expressed an interest thus far are:

    Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto and Quebec . The final decision is expected by the end of 2012.

    Mike


    paulgeog wrote: »
    The EUBC will make the final decision on host city of the European Elite Womens Championship 2013 at the 2nd 2012 EUBC Executive Committee Meeting to be held in September – November 2012


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