You can’t keep a good fighter down.
Katie Taylor is much more than a good fighter and she showed just that by besting Sweden’s Agnes Alexisson by a 40:36, 40:36, 39:37 decision on the scorecards at the Women’s World Boxing Championships in Astana.
A bloodied Taylor refused to be beaten as she built on the the momentum gained by her ship-steadying performance at the European Olympic Qualifier box-off last month.
Taylor was fresh from her first defeat in five years, a semi-final loss to Yana Alekseevna, when she kept her Rio hopes alive with the box-off victory.
And she looked back to her typical and aggressive best in Kazakhstan on Saturday as she proved a class above Alexisson in the last 32 of the Worlds.
A win in the last 16 and in the quarter-finals will guarantee Taylor a place in the Olympics and, judging by her dominance this weekend, she’s well on track to defend her Olympic title.
Pow pow @KatieTaylor wins! Onto the next now 💪🏻👍🏻 #AIBAstana2016
— Natalya Coyle (@Natalyacoyle) May 21, 2016
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Superb performance. Very aggressive. Well done @KatieTaylor https://t.co/pGDMo0BXYB
— Alan Whelan (@AlanMW1981) May 21, 2016
Olympc champion Katie Taylor beat Sweden's Agnes Alexiusson on a unanimous decision to advance to the last-16 of… https://t.co/NqP1JECypE
— IABA (@IABABOXING) May 21, 2016
Punches in bunches 👊🏻 back to your winning ways @KatieTaylor we are all rooting for ya….all the way now girl #teamireland 🍀
— Alanna Lee Nihell (@MrsANihell) May 21, 2016
