‘He didn’t have to do that’
Katie Taylor has recalled how a phone call from Roy Keane helped her in the ‘lowest moment’ of her career after she lost at the Rio Olympics.
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Taylor was the defending lightweight champion at the Olympics in 2016 and was expected to win her second gold medal following her heroics at the London games four years earlier.
The Bray boxer, however, suffered a shock defeat in her opening bout of the tournament, losing via split decision to Finnish fighter Mira Potkonen.
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Katie Taylor on Roy Keane phone call
Ahead of the biggest fight of her career against Amanda Serrano on Saturday in New York City, Taylor spoke about how Keane’s kind gesture helped her at what was the low point of her time in boxing.
“I mean to get a phone call from my absolute idol, my hero, in my lowest moment meant so much to me, I have to say,” Taylor told JOE ahead of her bout against Serrano.
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