The British are losing the run of themselves.
For some reason, the British media seem to think that successful sportspeople from county Wicklow belong to them. In the past they tried to claim Irish professional golfer, and Greystones native Paul Dunne as one of their own. On Monday, Bray’s Katie Taylor was referred to by Sky Sports presenter Jo Wilson as a Brit.
This isn’t the first time they have dubbed our sport-stars as “British,” with Conor McGregor receiving the same treatment in the recent past.
Katie Taylor did us all proud on Saturday night, she’s been doing us proud for some years now, and that’s what earned her the title of the greatest amateur boxer of all time as she entered the ring to fight Anahi Sanchez with the World title up for grabs.
She eventually won out on a unanimous points decision of 99-90, and became Ireland’s very own World Champion.
And Katie has big plans of her own https://t.co/EpYH5Up0Sk
— SportsJOE (@SportsJOEdotie) October 28, 2017
Sky Sports’ Jo Wilson was talking about Taylor recently, when she referred to the 31-year-old as “British.”
“We can’t let you go without talking about one of the performances of the night, from the world champion, yes Britain has another world champion, Katie Taylor, how impressed were you with her on the night, and what is next for Taylor?”
You can watch it for yourself here.
Britain has another World Champion….Katie Taylor#SkySportsNews pic.twitter.com/mSZ1lcFFlm
— KM2 TV Archive (@KillianM2) October 31, 2017
Michael Conlan summed up how we all felt.
Oh no 🙈 #TheAndyMurrayEffect @KatieTaylor ☘️ https://t.co/xvXug8J8Ts
— Michael Conlan (@mickconlan11) October 31, 2017
@SkySportsNews Hi Jo Wilson, responding to your interview earlier about Katie Taylor. She is Irish not British…
— Maurice Sweeney (@Mossy1671) October 31, 2017
https://twitter.com/powernator62/status/925378584751067136
@SkySportsNews Hi @JoWilsonTV Katie Taylor is not British She's from Bray REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
— sean nugent (@seannugentsnow1) October 31, 2017
Wilson soon responded.
https://twitter.com/JoWilsonTV/status/925378796215300096
