Katie Taylor's legacy ruined

Gusser09

Katie reveals she is starstruck by Tyson and loved meeting him. Have to say I'm disappointed with Katie. She was always perceived and lauded by myself and others for being role model to our youngsters. She was more than happy to take advantage of this. For me she has ruined her legacy. Mike Tyson is a convicted rapist and woman beater. Shame on Taylor for this. Disgusting stuff. Will Taylor be ostracized like Kellie Harrington was that time.

https://www.rte.ie/sport/boxing/2024/0514/1449010-taylor-says-its-a-dream-to-fight-on-tyson-bill/

Galwayguy35

No.

Boggles

When was Kellie Harrington "ostracized"?

I was just reading the other day how she signed a lucrative deal with Spar.

Whatever about Tyson, Katie should apologise for saying it is a dream to be on the same card as Jake Paul. 🤨

But her legacy ruined? Calm down.

ELM327

Wrong.

dmakc

Nah, and Kellie might have been ostracized back then, but were she to come out with same now I'm not sure anyone would bat an eyelid

ancapailldorcha

On 2 April 2023, Harrington announced her withdrawal from social media following a backlash as a result of a tweet from GB News relating to immigration, which she shared and subsequently deleted. She refused to address the issue in a subsequent Newstalk interview,[26] but later issued a statement and an apology.[27]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellie_Harrington#Personal_life

Taylor will be fine. I'd say the overwhelming majority of people have no idea that this is even happening.

Gusser09

If that's a man fawning over Iron Mike they'd be hung out to dry. Double standards I suppose.

ancapailldorcha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122137650#Comment_122137650

So he was a rapist in the OP and now he's Iron Mike? I take it this is another male victimhood thread then.

Gusser09

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122137665#Comment_122137665

Can he not be both?

bucketybuck

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122137650#Comment_122137650

I'd love to meet Mike Tyson. So what?

Wanderer78

she be grand….

monkeybutter

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058351657/katie-taylors-legacy-ruined

You must try harder

hoodie6029

Another reason not to worship people, put them on a pedestal, believe that they are infallible etc.

Look at the positive things that you can learn from the experience or success of others. But nobody is perfect.

elperello

No.

Her legacy was ensured by her outstanding performances in the ring.

Gusser09

Not her role model legacy anyway.

Feisar

For some reason Mike Tyson seems to have got a pass from society. People say the wrong thing on twitter ten years ago and it gets dragged up but Mike Tyson a convicted rapist gets a pass. I didn't hear of any outrage when he was in The Hangover.

There's also the fact she had previously accused someone of rape and there was little in the way of any other evidence apart from her testimony.

monkeybutter

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122137872#Comment_122137872

You can admire the boxer and not necessarily the person

Mike had a very rough up bringing and he is judged based with that in mind

Feisar

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122137883#Comment_122137883

Agreed but him starring in films is hardly him being admired as a boxer. For some reason he has made his way into pop culture.

monkeybutter

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122137895#Comment_122137895

Which films? He was one of the most famous people if not the most famous in the world at one point

He had a cameo in the hangover films, you wouldn't say they painted him in a good light

Clo-Clo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058351657/katie-taylors-legacy-ruined

The cancel crew have a new victim, honestly wouldn’t have picked Katie as a target but it gets worse by the day

jamieon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058351657/katie-taylors-legacy-ruined

Lol fool

Feisar

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122137909#Comment_122137909

Yes the Hangover films, good light or not he was in them.

monkeybutter

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122137950#Comment_122137950

Yes, he was in them as a pastiche of Mike Tyson

ToweringPerformance

Tyson served his time i don't get the fuss.

8mv

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122137872#Comment_122137872

I agree with the first part of your post. I don't have any interest in boxing whatsoever, so Tyson is not someone I admire or that I need to excuse for their behaviour because he was udisputed world champion at one time or his upbringing was tough. I was working in Limerick some years ago and I recall the excitememnt when MT was due to appear at a speaking event in the city. I was amazed that the people I worked with all had tickets and couldn't wait to see him. Nobody wanted to hear anything other than how legendary he was and how it was such a big deal for Limerick. His conviction was irrelevant as far as they were concerned.

I don't know anytrhing about the second part of your post so I can't comment.

Gusser09

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122137922#Comment_122137922

I'm certainly not woke or part of any cancel mob. The man is a rapist. Katie was put on a pedestal by herself and many all over Ireland as being some sort of role model and definitely used as an example to young girls when it came to achievement at a high level. I absolutely think her idolising Mike Tyson the rapist is unbecoming of the status she holds in Ireland. By the way people have been canceled for a hell of a lot less.

I don't think much of Kate anyway so her idolising of Tyson doesnt bother me. Her merchandising of her "connection" with God is no different to what Jesus had to deal with when he turned over the tables of those selling in the temple. Thanking God for beating the brains out of another person just doesn't sit right.

Musicrules

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122138101#Comment_122138101

What does woke mean do you know?

Pauliedragon

Didn't Conor McGregor sponsor her last couple of fights? He has a chequered history with women also. Boxing is an filthy industry but a a lot of high profile industries are like that. I hold no ill will towards Taylor personally. Its part of her professional life.

Gusser09

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122138124#Comment_122138124

Woke is an adjective derived from African-American Vernacular English (AAVE) originally meaning alertness to racial prejudice and discrimination. Beginning in the 2010s, it came to encompass a broader awareness of social inequalities such as racial injustice, sexism, and denial of LGBT rights.

Quantum Erasure

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122137581#Comment_122137581

just reading the other day how she signed a lucrative deal with Spar

That was over a year ago, you'd think she'd have been in an ad or two by now

Boggles

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122138136#Comment_122138136

Nope.

MAY 3, 2024

https://spar-international.com/news/spar-ireland-partners-with-olympic-gold-medallist-kellie-harrington/

PTSB too

https://olympics.ie/kellie-harrington-inspires-with-dare-to-believe-programme-supported-by-ptsb/

bucketybuck

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122138136#Comment_122138136

Theres a little tournament coming up in a few months, she may be getting ready for it…

Boggles

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122138101#Comment_122138101

I'm certainly not woke or part of any cancel mob.

Thread title would suggest differently.

Katie Taylor's legacy ruined

That is a pretty no wiggle room statement made. Not a question, that is your opinion.

The literal definition of cancel culture.

Clo-Clo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122138101#Comment_122138101

you are not art of cancel culture and then explain why you want someone cancelled🤣🤣🤣

In terms of pedestal, her performances an athlete put her on it, you seem to have taken an issue the that.

Honestly I would tell you to jog onto the next outrage or person you want to cancel

nachouser

She'll make a few quid out of it, good for her.

Musicrules

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122138132#Comment_122138132

But you said that you're certainly not woke. Are you in favour of racial injustice, sexism and the denial of LGBT rights?

scottser

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122138101#Comment_122138101

It really isn't for you to judge her on the basis of her heroes. What if she works out to Michael Jackson, or watches Russell Brand podcasts? Who gives a fiddlers, really?

Besides, she doesn't 'worship Mike Tyson the rapist'. She worships Mike Tyson the boxer.

Frank Bullitt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058351657/katie-taylors-legacy-ruined

What sort of complete nonsense is this? Are you even a boxing fan or just looking for reasons to be offended here?

Quantum Erasure

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122138178#Comment_122138178

https://m.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/boxing/kellie-harrington-to-remain-as-spar-brand-ambassador-despite-bruising-interview-on-immigration/42408063.html

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122138190#Comment_122138190

All the more reason for her to have done something over the last year,

But this thread is about Katie Taylor

JP Liz V1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122137643#Comment_122137643

Maybe Kellie should be President or Taoiseach if anti immigration is her stance given how our country is going 😁

I love The Hangover film

I suppose as a boxer Tyson is a legend so Katie is in awe

I still think she is a great sportswoman and ambassador for Ireland

ancapailldorcha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122138362#Comment_122138362

The only qualification for President or Taoiseach should be that one is a racist? What a daft thing to come out with.

Boggles

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122138350#Comment_122138350

All the more reason for her to have done something over the last year,

But she has. She signed a new deal with Spar and PTSB.

That's her level, she isn't an international celebrity like Katie Taylor.

Gusser09

Ffs. Lads like David walsh and donal Og cusack were slated and ciriticised for giving Tom humphries references. This isnt really any different. She shouldnt be cancelled. But yeah she has shown poor judgement and there are questions to be answered.

Boggles

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122138500#Comment_122138500

So her legacy isn't ruined now?

For me she has ruined her legacy. Mike Tyson is a convicted rapist and woman beater. Shame on Taylor for this. Disgusting stuff. Will Taylor be ostracized like Kellie Harrington was that time.

Still waiting for evidence Harrington was "ostracized".

Or was that hyperbole too?

The thread isn't going the way you expected is it?

Panthro

"The last year my family said 'is there anything I want to do before I retire?' One of the things I said was, 'I'd love to meet Mike Tyson' and here he is beside me.

"He's just a legend and an icon of the sport. I grew up and fell in love with the sport in the 90s, and Mike Tyson was the biggest name in boxing during that time. He was ferocious, just super-exciting to watch."

To my mind She didn't say anything wrong here. She didn't mention Jack shyt about what she thinks of Tyson the personality.

"Icon of the sport", "ferocious, just super exciting to watch". It's the sports person she wanted to meet.

Hon Katie!

Calahonda52

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122138522#Comment_122138522

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122138522#Comment_122138522

Well said, rinse and repeat

Panthro

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122138531#Comment_122138531

Did I double post? Can't see the second one.

BaywatchHQ

I can't really talk, I would take Rory Gallagher back as Derry manager.

Danzy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122138132#Comment_122138132

Lot changed since then.

Gusser09

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122138558#Comment_122138558

He isnt a convicted rapist though.