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.

SouthWesterly

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