Congratulations to Katie Taylor!!!

Beechwoodspark · 02-06-2019 11:36AM

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

Would ya go away and Shiite with yourself!!! Greatest Irish person alive, what utter horse****e. She is a good boxer and she got a lucky decision last night, how in the name of fúck does that make her the greatest irish person alive???

Ah sour grapes and begrudgery Alive and well in Ireland it seems

.Charlo · 02-06-2019 11:39AM

Bowlardo wrote: »

That match up will have to be a trilogy..

Can we please have one fight in the three arena

Not gonna happen.

The high horse brigade · 02-06-2019 11:39AM

I didn't think Katie did enough to win, was a terrible decision

Atoms for Peace · 02-06-2019 11:41AM

I think Katie is great, one of the most professional, committed and gifted sportsperson we've had, but **** the state of her face after last night.
Kind of takes the sheen off of it for me.

Beechwoodspark · 02-06-2019 11:41AM

Why do irish people always have to diss and down great achievements by other Irish people?

Post colonial low self worth syndrome or something more basic like begrudgery ?

Nobelium · 02-06-2019 11:41AM

What a fantastic athlete, one of the greatest Irish athletes ever, and only ever a passing mention of her on the mainstream Irish media.

Beechwoodspark · 02-06-2019 11:42AM

Nobelium wrote: »

What a fantastic athlete, one of the greatest Irish athletes ever, and only ever a passing mention of her on the mainstream Irish media.

This is it.

If she was male can you imagine the excitement and hype it would have.

Tom Mann Centuria · 02-06-2019 11:43AM

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Why do irish people always have to diss and down great achievements by other Irish people?

Post colonial low self worth syndrome or something more basic like begrudgery ?

I'd say it's admirable that they prefer a clear obvious win over a dubious one whatever the person's nationality.

Bigmac1euro · 02-06-2019 11:44AM

She’s an absolute legend. What she’s achieved is incredible, she’s easily up there with the greatest Irish sports people ever and makes Mcgregor look like a toddler. She’s had a ridiculous career and she was ripped off at the Olympics undeservedly.
Anyone who thinks she’s not one of the greatest to come out of the country has no respect for boxing.

Still waters · 02-06-2019 11:45AM

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Ah sour grapes and begrudgery Alive and well in Ireland it seems

Ah yes, a difference of opinion is the height of Irish begrudgery, Katie is a big fish in a very small pool, theres simply no one to match her and probably won't be while shes in her prime. it's a bit like Celtic winning the Scottish league every year, great if your a Celtic fan but theres no real sport to it

Beechwoodspark · 02-06-2019 11:45AM

If it was “Kay T Taylor” a male boxer there would’ve been :

Huge street parties in every town and village where ppl who know nothing about boxing stayed up til 4 am drinking to “take in” history

Huge drinking sessions all day and night yesterday so that ppl could fully “take part” in the National glory

Wall to wall media coverage by Orrr Teee EEEE

National holiday declared once he won

Michael d and Leo Veruca over there and bring back the hero on the state jet for a huge party tomorr in Dublin city centre -scenes reminiscent of the Italia 90 homecoming.

All if it was a man and not a woman boxer.

Blinky Plebum · 02-06-2019 11:49AM

Nobelium wrote: »

What a fantastic athlete, one of the greatest Irish athletes ever, and only ever a passing mention of her on the mainstream Irish media.

She's constantly mentioned in the mainstream media she's by far the biggest female sports star this country has produced.

kneemos · 02-06-2019 11:51AM

It's a niche sport. Plus she wasn't fighting for Ireland.

Yet man McGregor barely got a mention either.

The high horse brigade · 02-06-2019 11:51AM

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Why do irish people always have to diss and down great achievements by other Irish people?

Post colonial low self worth syndrome or something more basic like begrudgery ?

Did you watch it? I watched it along with 3 others who said they didn't think she did enough to win, we were all surprised by the outcome

Blinky Plebum · 02-06-2019 11:52AM

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

If it was “Kay T Taylor” a male boxer there would’ve been :

Huge street parties in every town and village where ppl who know nothing about boxing stayed up til 4 am drinking to “take in” history

Huge drinking sessions all day and night yesterday so that ppl could fully “take part” in the National glory

Wall to wall media coverage by Orrr Teee EEEE

National holiday declared once he won

Michael d and Leo Veruca over there and bring back the hero on the state jet for a huge party tomorr in Dublin city centre -scenes reminiscent of the Italia 90 homecoming.

All if it was a man and not a woman boxer.

I don't remember that happening when Steve Collins was world champion.

I don't remember that happening when Padraig Harrington won his 3 majors.

I don;t remember that happening when McGregor won the UFC title.

You're talking ****e man.

Truth is the majority of this country have zero interest in womens boxing and I'd say a large amount hate the idea of women boxing in the first please (justifiably in my opinion as I'd hate a daughter of mine to be doing it).

squawker · 02-06-2019 11:53AM

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

All if it was a man and not a woman boxer.

will you ever go away with the crap, Katie was celebrated when she won Gold medals in the Olympics

if you want Womens sport to have a higher recognition, Women themselves need to have more of an interest watching sporting events

02-06-2019 11:53AM

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

If it was “Kay T Taylor” a male boxer there would’ve been :

Huge street parties in every town and village where ppl who know nothing about boxing stayed up til 4 am drinking to “take in” history

Huge drinking sessions all day and night yesterday so that ppl could fully “take part” in the National glory

Wall to wall media coverage by Orrr Teee EEEE

National holiday declared once he won

Michael d and Leo Veruca over there and bring back the hero on the state jet for a huge party tomorr in Dublin city centre -scenes reminiscent of the Italia 90 homecoming.

All if it was a man and not a woman boxer.

mens boxing is a bigger sport because there are better athletes competing at a higher level

katie is great, shes as good as she can be and a credit to herself. but there isnt the interest in her field for the above reasons.

this is not difficult stuff buck

ArchXStanton · 02-06-2019 11:53AM

Bigmac1euro wrote: »

She’s an absolute legend. What she’s achieved is incredible, she’s easily up there with the greatest Irish sports people ever and makes Mcgregor look like a toddler. She’s had a ridiculous career and she was ripped off at the Olympics undeservedly.
Anyone who thinks she’s not one of the greatest to come out of the country has no respect for boxing.

Needs to fight the G.O.A.T.....Charlie Zelenoff... 348-0

Beechwoodspark · 02-06-2019 11:55AM

Blinky Plebum wrote: »

I don't remember that happening when Steve Collins was world champion.

I don't remember that happening when Padraig Harrington won his 3 majors.

I don;t remember that happening when McGregor won the UFC title.

You're talking ****e man.

Truth is the majority of this country have zero interest in womens boxing and I'd say a large amount hate the idea of women boxing in the first please (justifiably in my opinion as I'd hate a daughter of mine to be doing it).

You are mistaken

She is the UNDISPUTED champion after last night

No Irish boxer achieved that. Maybe someone can confirm on that???

Collins -Collins was and is a joke and a has been

Needed a feckin hypnotist to get him over the line against Eubanks

As for McTapper there’s a reason why ppl shun him over the years.

Blinky Plebum · 02-06-2019 11:57AM

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

You are mistaken

She is the UNDISPUTED champion after last night

No Irish boxer achieved that. Maybe someone can confirm on that???

Collins -Collins was and is a joke and a has been

Needed a feckin hypnotist to get him over the line against Eubanks

Nobody really cares about women's boxing in this country.Women in paricular don't care about it.

and we've had world champions in other sports and people haven't had street parties because of it.

Beechwoodspark · 02-06-2019 11:58AM

Blinky Plebum wrote: »

Nobody really cares about women's boxing in this country.Women in paricular don't care about it.

and we've had world champions in other sports and people haven't had street parties because of it.

My point is this

If it was a male boxer there’d have been HUGE hype that an Irish boxer was going to unify the belts and be the Undisputed champ.

dudara · 02-06-2019 11:59AM

That was her closest fight yet, and she only just about did enough to win it. And both fighters definitely looked worse for wear after the final bell.

But she did win, and huge congratulations to her. She’s an incredible ambassador for sports - modest, hard-working and professional.

It’s also great to see another female athlete at Katie’s standard. It shows how much the sport has developed.

Beechwoodspark · 02-06-2019 12:00PM

Padraig-lovely guy and great golfer but golf is a niche sport here. He did get a lot of acclaim on his wins. More than KT gets.

Tom Mann Centuria · 02-06-2019 12:01PM

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

My point is this

If it was a male boxer there’d have been HUGE hype that an Irish boxer was going to unify the belts and be the Undisputed champ.

It's not begrudgery then, it's disinterest.

Berserker · 02-06-2019 12:04PM

Greyfox wrote: »

Well done Katie, a true legend! She's currently the greatest Irish person alive

Is the not Conor McG?

Bowlardo wrote: »

Can we please have one fight in the three arena

Not a chance in hell. No pro-boxing event will be held in Dublin for a long time.

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Why do irish people always have to diss and down great achievements by other Irish people?

Post colonial low self worth syndrome or something more basic like begrudgery ?

Because the want to see a winner determined based on their performance and not their nationality.

Blinky Plebum · 02-06-2019 12:04PM

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Padraig-lovely guy and great golfer but golf is a niche sport here. He did get a lot of acclaim on his wins. More than KT gets.

Golf is much much bigger than womens boxing is in Ireland, there's coverage of it every single week in the irish media.

kneemos · 02-06-2019 12:05PM

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

My point is this

If it was a male boxer there’d have been HUGE hype that an Irish boxer was going to unify the belts and be the Undisputed champ.

It wasn't a male boxer. Not everything is equal and opposite.

Don't believe people would care much anyway,given the way boxing has gone.

Strumms · 02-06-2019 12:05PM

The high horse brigade wrote: »

Did you watch it? I watched it along with 3 others who said they didn't think she did enough to win, we were all surprised by the outcome

It’s a fûcking rare day when in Irish sport when a decision we might not have expected goes our way. We have been fûcked up the arse enough times Henry handball for example, Michael Conlan and the recent Dennis Hogan fights.. Instead of the mass pissing and moaning let’s be happy for her, for Ireland, we GOT one there maybe, for ONCE.

SEPT 23 1989 · 02-06-2019 12:05PM

I was arriving back from Limerick into Heuston Station during one of her fights and the whole place had stopped and were watching the fight

I will always remember that

A great role model for any young person to look up to

Berserker · 02-06-2019 12:07PM

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

If it was a male boxer there’d have been HUGE hype that an Irish boxer was going to unify the belts and be the Undisputed champ.

Steve Collins did not get a fraction of the admiration that she gets. I've a lot of time for KT, fyi.

Congratulations to Katie Taylor!!!

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