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[distant siren wails]
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-[Eddie] At midnight, 4th October 2016...
-[text alert pings]
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...she actually sent me
a direct message on Twitter.
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"Hi, Eddie, I hope you don't mind me
reaching out like this out of the blue.
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I have been seriously considering
turning pro the last few months.
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I think I could do for women's pro boxing
what I did for the amateur sport.
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Of course, the pro game is impossible
without a great promoter."
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"Hi, Katie, I've never been involved
with women's boxing, but let's talk."
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From the amateur game,
someone who's achieved that much
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always deserves the time
to at least hear her side out.
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I've never met anyone so driven -
forget boxing - in life.
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You know, it got moving very quickly.
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Good afternoon, everyone. Thanks for
coming to the City Hall in Dublin here,
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ahead of the professional debut
of Katie Taylor.
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And I can't tell you how excited I am
about the whole journey of Katie Taylor.
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[Eddie] You know,
what's gone on with her life...
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It's not something really I've talked
about. You know, it's personal.
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[Katie] It's been a tough few months.
I needed a change and, ultimately...
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I wanted to bring women's boxing
to a new level.
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Ready? Let's go.
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[Eddie] Do I know Katie? Probably not.
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I don't think many people
really know Katie Taylor.
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[crowd cheering]
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[boxing commentary]
Oh, it's a great right hand from Taylor!
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Right over the top.
It surely must be Taylor's day.
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She can punch! I wouldn't like
to be taking one of those myself.
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Oh, that is a brilliant left hook
from Katie Taylor.
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She's out on her own still
as the best in the world.
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She is the world champion again!
It's unbelievable!
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Mira now is backing off a bit
and she's getting picked off here.
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And Katie Taylor looks tired here.
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Troubling times for Katie Taylor.
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The Katie Taylor that we've seen in the
ring is not the same Katie Taylor I know.
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There are things going on that none
of us know about that are happening.
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Is there more in Katie Taylor?
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This is where we find out
a lot about Katie Taylor.
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[crowd chanting]
Katie! Katie! Katie! Katie!
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This is the shed. It all started
in a place like this, actually,
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the shed outside my back garden.
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That's where we did
all the training, wasn't it?
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Yeah.
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[Peter] The very first time
she walked into a boxing club,
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it seemed natural to her.
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Just seemed like
she'd done it her whole life.
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[young Katie] I was watching
my dad and my brothers boxing.
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I thought I'd like to have a go at it.
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And I'll go all the way to the very top!
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[Pete] We had no babysitter, so I took
Katie to hang around the boxing gym
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while I was up there training. Looked
around and she was sparring with the boys.
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She just seemed to be born to box.
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[Katie] No, I never looked
for Barbie dolls or prams or anything
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at Christmas time, I'd look for a pair of
boxing gloves or a pair of football boots.
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[Bridget] It was like pulling teeth,
trying to get a conversation out of Katie.
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And it used to worry me sometimes.
I used to think, "She's so shy," like.
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And I think sport was a way
for her to express herself.
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[Peter] She was great at athletics,
she was a great soccer player.
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A great basketball player. She had
a table-tennis tournament in her school.
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She won that.
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Her competitive streak
is borderline unhealthy.
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[commentator]
Katie Taylor calling for it. She looks up.
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Oh, she's hit one. Oh, what a goal!
Republic of Ireland and Katie Taylor!
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[Bridget] They were brought up
in an area that had a bad name.
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There was a lot of drugs, and sport
was an escape, if you like, for them.
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[Katie] When I put the gloves on in
the ring, that's where I felt most alive.
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This is what I was born to do.
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When Katie was 12, her parents,
Bridget and Pete,
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tried to get her into shows and they said,
"No, you can't fight here. You're a girl."
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[Katie] Women's boxing at the time
wasn't even allowed in the country.
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[Watterson] Irish Amateur Boxing
Association wouldn't sanction her fights.
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There was a lot of old guys there,
they would just...
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"What? Women boxing? What?
You kidding me?
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No, we're not going to have that here!"
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[Watterson]
These were men telling women
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what they should and shouldn't do
with their bodies.
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I had to pretend to be a boy
to get these actual fights
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and to have a chance of boxing
in front of crowds.
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[Peter] We put her name down
on the programme as "K Taylor".
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As she was coming out to the ring,
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we'd make sure that her hair was up in
a hairnet and she had the headgear on her.
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And she got into the ring and boxed.
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And, obviously, left her headgear on
after the fight as well.
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What do you say to this idea
that it's not really for girls?
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I find it very insulting. I should be
given the opportunity to box.
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It's a minority sport
and that's for a reason.
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Girls take up these sports.
There has to be a line drawn somewhere.
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[Katie] My parents used to always say
that every child is born for greatness.
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You can be whatever you want to be.
You have to believe in yourself.
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And don't be afraid.
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[Katie] "Don't let these people get
you down. You're gonna be a superstar."
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These are the things that
I grew up listening to, really.
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They kept knocking doors in,
so they were crusaders.
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It was the National Stadium,
Halloween, 2001.
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There were two other women's fights
on the bill. Katie's was the first on.
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That would have been the first
sanctioned fight for women in Ireland.
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[Katie] I just remember being so excited
and things just went from there.
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[bell rings]
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To us, it felt significant. I think,
for Katie, it was just a recognition
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that, "Oh, I can do this now."
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[Bridget] We didn't know how good
she was because it was just Ireland
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that didn't sanction it.
Other countries were way ahead.
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One of her first international
competitions, it was in Italy
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and she was up against
the world champion in the final.
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[Jennifer Ogg] In 2002, I became
the world champion. It was 2004.
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I hadn't lost since I had won
the world championship.
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So I was 33 and she was 17.
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[Katie] I remember seeing
Jennifer Ogg's name on the list.
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That's the girl I want to box.
She's the current world champion.
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[Ogg] I remember watching
her doing hand pads with her dad
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and thinking, "Oh!
She's maybe a little different."
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Her hand speed was really the thing
that I was shocked at.
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She was just so perfectly balanced.
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She was hitting me with combinations
that I'd not been hit with before.
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"What is happening? This is a nightmare."
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I knew I didn't win.
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We met in the centre of the ring
and I said,
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"You're going to be
the next world champion."
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I guess it was like the changing of
the guard when I went in and I beat her.
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Women's boxing was struggling
and world boxing just didn't want it.
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[Cunningham] There were deserted arenas.
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Most of them, if they were broadcast at
all, were on glitchy streams on YouTube.
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[commentator] Beautiful right cross.
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We had to earn the respect.
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[commentator]
A new European champ, Katie Taylor!
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Another amazing performance by Taylor!
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We're only back today
and the phone's been hopping.
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[reporter] Katie has the chance
to write herself into the record books.
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This'll be her third world title
on the trot.
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[commentator] She has been brilliant.
Deserving that gold.
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Speechless at the moment. It's been
the best two weeks of my life, really.
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[commentator] Taylor, up till now,
unbeaten and unbeatable
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in Europe and the world.
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[Pete] She's been so consistent
over the last few years and,
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yeah, I'm so proud of her, like.
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[commentator] She is the world
champion again! It's unbelievable!
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Her hand speed is phenomenal.
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Her movement, her speed,
her technical ability...
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Freakishly good.
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When you have that kind of talent,
you're gonna earn the respect.
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She's had the biggest impact
of any female ever.
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[commentator] Oh, that's a cracking
right hand she has there.
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Women's boxing is alive.
Taylor has brought the place to life!
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That was as good as watching
two top-class men fighting.
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This is what I've always wanted to do
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and I'm just so privileged
to be able to live a life like this.
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[commentator] Is there any coach
and boxer that know each other as well?
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What a happy man! What a great coach!
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Me and my dad have
an amazing relationship.
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He's a very honest man
and a man of full integrity as well,
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so that's what makes us
the great team that we are.
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[Watterson] Her dad organised
the training, told her the tactics.
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Katie would only think about
what she needs to do
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for those three three-minute rounds.
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He was a very well-rounded coach.
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He understood boxing and
he was a very good tactician.
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But he also had a really in-depth
knowledge of strength and conditioning.
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[Sarah] It's your dad in the corner, so no
matter what he says you're gonna trust it.
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If things weren't going too well,
he was always able to talk her around,
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just encourage her,
let her know it was going to be OK.
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[Watterson] He certainly built a very
strong relationship, mutual dependence.
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Katie and her dad, her dad and Katie.
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[Katie] He knows what to say before
a fight, give me that extra self-belief.
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[Pete] We get on great now. We're
like best friends, to tell you the truth.
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[Bridget] Like Pete said,
it's like a rollercoaster of emotion.
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It's not the same when you get
the phone call home, you know,
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to say that she's won. It's nice to be
there to share the moment, I think.
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[Peter] On my mum's side, I think
she was kind of more of the guiding light,
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in terms of wisdom in the household.
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I think she was great
at instilling a spiritual integrity,
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a strength of character.
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[Bridget] I just remember thinking,
you know, "I need to be here for my kids."
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Give them the best chance, if you like.
Instil something good in them.
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[Pete] These things did come together
in a kind of a perfect marriage
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and created an environment where
somebody like Katie could kind of rise up.
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So we're going back
to where I grew up in Oldcourt.
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My sister lives in the house.
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My eldest brother, Lee,
still lives in the estate as well.
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So I just loved growing up there.
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I think they're the most genuine
people who are living there.
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And the support I got from everyone
there as well was just incredible.
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So this is where it all started for me.
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[knocks on door]
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Hello?
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-Hi
-Hi.
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[Katie laughs] Hi!
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How's it going?
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It was always very natural for us
to know how to throw a punch.
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Myself and Lee would have been
messing around in the kitchen.
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I think one of us was Rocky Marciano,
the other one was Jack Dempsey.
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I'd come in here and I'd be on my knees,
like this, in the corner.
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-About that height there, you know.
-Yeah.
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I'd be jabbing and you'd be coming
in like this. Bop, bop, bop, bop, bop!
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So I used to just cover up, like this.
Bop, bop, bop, bop!
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Six or seven years of age.
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And we used to have a shed
out the back here. It's gone now, but...
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There was, like, just a bag hanging up
out there and a few weights.
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Good boy, good boy.
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So, yeah, we used to just have
the shed kind of round here.
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And the chin-up bar's
actually still there, look.
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Ah, it is too, yeah.
Come on, Katie, go for it.
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-Go on. How many can you do?
-How many can you do?
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One.
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-Two.
-Three.
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-That's enough, that's enough for me.
-[they laugh]
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This bank here would have been
our football pitch or golf...
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little par-three golf course
or hurling pitch.
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And, believe it or not, our boxing ring.
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We used to do boxing over here
years ago, didn't we?
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We used to bring the gloves out
and they'd be about five or six
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maybe starting off, seven or eight, and
you'd be picking out spars here and there.
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All of a sudden, the kids around Oldcourt
would see everything.
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So in about an hour, there was hundreds
of kids round in a big circle.
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And the ring used to be over yonder.
The whole green was sparring.
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And during the Olympics, they had a
TV here, didn't they? During the Olympics?
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I think they had it down
in the Maloneys' down there.
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They had a TV out
in the Maloneys' garden, just here,
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and the whole estate was out to watch it.
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It was only when I was around six or
seven years of age, that's when the dream
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to become Olympic champion
came about, like.
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[Katie] But this was where
the seed was planted.
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[interviewer] What about you, Katie?
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I mean, this cannot go on forever,
as with all sports.
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-What do you think you'll do long term?
-I'm not sure.
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Hopefully, if I win an Olympic gold medal,
I'll be a millionaire by then.
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I won't have to worry about anything else.
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[Bridget] I'd say she was six. She used
to climb up on the chair in the kitchen.
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And she would have her hands raised
and she was getting a medal for something.
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[Katie] Just pretending that
the gold medal's gone to me.
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I was needing practising
my time on the podium, really.
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It seemed to be throughout
my whole childhood, all I thought about
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was winning that Olympic gold medal.
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You know, my whole life
revolved around this dream I had.
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[Peter] It doesn't make sense for a person
to have a dream to be an Olympian
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in a sport that doesn't exist
in the Olympics.
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[Watterson] Boxing wasn't represented
at the Olympics purely because...
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men had stopped women
from getting into boxing.
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[Pete] If the ladies
get put into the Olympics,
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then the numbers
have to be cut for the men.
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And a lot of the countries don't want the
men to be cut. You know, it's devastating.
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[Katie]
I was so down about the whole thing.
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And I was questioning everything,
you know, about my life at that stage.
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[Watterson] She was invited
to go to Chicago in 2007...
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to, basically, make a presentation
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of how good or bad women's boxing is.
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She was under the microscope in Chicago.
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[Katie] I'm boxing in front of
the Olympic Committee.
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And, hopefully, then they'll put it
into the Olympics in 2012.
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And I remember talking to one
of the officials beforehand,
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saying that women's boxing depends...
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on how you girls perform.
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[commentator] As Taylor again goes in
with that left and the right.
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The pace that she has.
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I stopped a girl
in the first round, actually.
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[commentator]
Brilliant performance from Katie Taylor.
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The bell sounds and that is that.
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[Peter] International Boxing Association
attributed the inclusion of female boxing
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in the Olympics to Katie
and to that moment.
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It's a dream come true for me, really.
I just want to...
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[Katie] This is something that I'd dreamt
of since I was seven years of age.
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I just felt this is my time,
this is my destiny.
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[crowd cheering]
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Katie, we love you!
We love you, Katie! Yeah!
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If there's an odds-on favourite to win
a gold in the Olympics, this has to be it.
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I can't wait for Katie
to win gold for Ireland!
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The sense of expectation was phenomenal.
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I remember thinking, "The pressure!" like.
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100% confident.
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She's going to fight us back
out of this recession.
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[commentator] And the chant
around the place is, "Katie, Katie!"
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So much said about her.
With all the pressure, can she produce?
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Both hands going.
One to the body, one to the head.
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Now Jonas has got a left hand away.
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And Jonas has come alive!
What a scrap. What a fight.
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And this magical woman from Bray is now
showing the world how good she is.
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The winner - Katie Taylor!
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-[wild cheering]
-Fabulous, Katie!
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Honestly delighted. I mean, we've
never experienced anything like this.
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Neither have I.
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We're here to win a competition
and that's it. One step at a time,
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one round at a time, one minute at a time,
that's how we're taking it.
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[commentator] Katie Taylor books
her place in the gold medal bout,
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after another masterful performance.
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The wait is almost over.
The entire country is behind her.
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We are ready to watch Katie
fight for gold.
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[crowd cheering and chanting]
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[commentator] Ochigava's going
to give her a hard, hard, tough fight.
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This is far from a cakewalk.
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[Peter] Ochigava may be
the only other boxer...
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who's actually beaten Katie
in an amateur fight.
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[commentator] Look at that right hand
of Taylor's. It ready to go at any moment.
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[Peter] We knew it was going
to be decided by a punch or two.
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Almost a fencing match
between the two of them.
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Good left hand by the Russian.
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That's a great right hand from Taylor!
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Every one you throw, I throw one as well,
as we come to the end of the first round!
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Oh, a right hand from Taylor!
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Nothing really in it at all.
Anybody's contest.
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[crowd] Katie! Katie!
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-[bell rings]
-It's a rip-roaring fight. Very close.
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Very tactical and at the end of that
round, the Russian is a point ahead.
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One point ahead and
leading four points to three.
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Just watch her coming in. She's catching
you, one, two, coming in. Just watch her.
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Try and relax a bit more.
There's no problems there.
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Relax.
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After losing the second and going
into the third round in an Olympic final,
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she was under so much pressure.
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[commentator]
Neither of them can take a breath,
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neither of them can blink
in concentration.
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So, in the lead is the Russian.
Taylor scores with the left hand.
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-[bell rings]
-And the bell ends that round.
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And Taylor...
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won the round by four points to one.
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Taylor's ahead.
She's caught there with a right hand.
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The fourth round was very tight.
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Any time she throws a punch, I'll throw
a splatter of punches at the same time
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and hope, in the mix of it all,
no clear points came through.
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-[bell rings]
-And that's the bell!
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It's all over. "Is it me?" Katie's asking.
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Pete giving her reassurance. "It's good,
it's good." But I was looking at Pete.
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Nobody in the Excel Arena knew who
had won that fight, absolutely nobody.
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[commentator] Two great fighters
and they must wait, they must wait.
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The butterflies are working
in Katie's stomach now.
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[crowd chanting] Katie! Katie!
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"Katie!" is the chant around the
Excel Arena. Now everybody's nervous.
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Did she hold on to her two-point lead
in the last round?
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Before the decision was announced
we were in tears.
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It just seemed to go on forever.
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And what a nerve-racking time
it is here in London.
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[announcer] The winner
by a score of ten points to eight
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and the Olympic champion,
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-in the red corner...
-[commentator] Katie Taylor...
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-[wild cheering]
-is the champion of the Olympic Games!
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Fabulous Katie.
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A moment to remember.
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For the Taylor family.
For every Irish family.
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Peter, you're some coach.
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The great thing about that moment is
it was special for everybody.
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Everybody got to share that.
That was an Irish moment.
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There was just a release of emotion
in Katie that was just...
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we've never seen before.
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Even she knew this was the culmination
of a life of dreaming and working hard.
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[Pete] It was a special day today
and I knew
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Katie's destiny was to win a gold medal.
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I just knew she was going to pull through.
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I'm definitely not planning on retiring.
Sorry, Dad.
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-Ten or 15 years left in me.
-I haven't! I haven't!
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[they laugh]
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[crowd cheering]
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Without this support, I'd be nothing.
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I just want to thank everyone for all
their prayers over the last week.
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[Katie] Complete joy. Absolute relief.
The words can't...
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express how... how happy
I was during that moment and...
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Yeah, for the whole family as well.
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[dog barks in the distance]
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She just looks so young
in some of these, like.
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Sometimes it's nice to see where it all
started and just looking back over them,
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with fondness, really.
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[Sarah] I find the Olympics
very emotional.
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We did more laughing than crying together,
I think, during those couple of weeks.
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Seriously.
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I do remember after her winning the gold,
I remember her saying,
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"I'm going to go for a second Olympics."
The very next day.
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-Mmm.
-And we all... Our faces just dropped.
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Just give us a week or two to... [laughs]
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soak all this in first before
going back into this journey again.
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But I do remember the blood draining
from my face that day when she said that.
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You would think after achieving
as much as Katie has achieved,
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some of that hunger
would dwindle away. No chance.
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[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, Katie
Taylor, our Sports Person Of The Year.
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[reporter] Katie Taylor's win in Bucharest
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saw her secure her sixth successive
European championship.
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[Pete] Can't actually put into words
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what I feel about her.
She's unbelievable.
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[Peter] Katie broke the record.
She was over a decade...
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number one on the pound-for-pound list.
That's how dominant she was.
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What a pleasure it is to welcome Katie
and Pete Taylor, ladies and gentlemen!
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[cheering and applause]
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It's great knowing every time I step into
the ring that I have my biological father
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and my heavenly father
in the corner with me.
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[interviewer]
Is Olympic gold on the horizon for you?
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-That's the main goal since...London.
-That's right, yeah.
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[reporter] A six-time European
champion, an Olympic gold medallist
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and now a fifth successive world title,
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this Irish sporting legend still
has plenty of good days ahead.
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[Peter] There came a point where the
relationship between Katie and my dad
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started to became a bit more fractured.
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There was a bit of tension
starting to creep in there.
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And at the time, we didn't really
understand fully what the tension was.
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So I think that was probably
the start of some cracks in the wall.
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I think for the first time,
I've seen, kinda, erm...
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I get emotional.
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There was definitely a shift,
something not right going on.
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My dad decided to step away from the
family and do life with this other girl.
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I was going from seeing my dad
every day to not seeing him at all.
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To Katie, this was the most
heart-breaking news.
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I mean, to all of us in the family
this was really heart-breaking.
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[Bridget] It was a complete shock.
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For me, I think I described it
as feeling like I was hit by a train.
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It's hard enough when you're
going through something yourself,
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but when you're watching people
you love struggling with this as well.
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Obviously, just the emotional
turmoil was huge.
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[Sarah] Something that you would never
think is going to happen to your family.
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You nearly grieve for somebody
because that person's gone.
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[Katie] I felt like...
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my dad was no longer someone
who I could work with, really.
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[Peter] She couldn't look at him in
the corner anymore, the trust was broken.
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My success in the ring doesn't mean
as much to me as my integrity, really,
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and...
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that's definitely the most
important thing to me.
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[announcer] Blue corner!
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[commentator] In the blue corner!
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Yana Alekseevna has beaten Katie Taylor.
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[Bridget] She had known
nothing else all her life, you know.
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Going down training in the club.
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No club to train in. No coach.
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And getting ready for an Olympic Games.
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[Katie] The first time
I had to go training without him,
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I was driving in by myself...
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and the tears were rolling down my face
and I was thinking, you know,
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this is actually a reality for me.
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I never thought
I'd have to do this without him.
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[commentator] Taylor now is backing off
a bit and she's getting picked off here.
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[announcer] Blue corner. Mossely.
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[commentator] Mossely takes it!
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[Katie] Planned to come over
and become the six-time world champion.
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Unfortunately, it didn't happen for me.
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I wouldn't write Katie Taylor off when
it comes to the Olympics Games now.
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I wouldn't write her off at all.
Of course, she's disappointed now.
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We all expect so much of her.
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[Sarah] The fact that she had qualified,
I thought, OK this is gonna be the start
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of something good now,
this is the end of, erm,
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maybe that hardship
that she's had to go through.
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[Katie] I knew at that point
that I wasn't boxing my best
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and I was going in still as
a favourite for the competition.
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I still felt like I was good enough
to come back with a gold medal.
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[Bridget] I would have been hopeful.
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She's wasn't the type of person
that would shrink back from it.
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[Peter] I do remember her walking in
for her first fight, thinking to myself,
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"She doesn't really have
any definition in her shoulders."
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You could see she wasn't in the same shape
that she was in when she went to London.
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She was basically trying to do it
on her own at that point.
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I was still hopeful.
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[commentator] Another good shot
from Potkonen. And she is powerful.
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Another right straight down the throat.
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Katie Taylor needs to up
the performance levels here.
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Better right to the left from Katie there.
Good left hand to the chin.
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This is better from Taylor.
Beautiful shot. Right and then a left.
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Poised and ready to strike and another
beautiful left. Very close to call.
448
00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:00,040
Taylor certainly the busier here.
449
00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:02,880
Has she done enough to get
the judges in the last round?
450
00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:05,480
I think she feels like she's done enough.
451
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:09,160
Too tight to call.
452
00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:19,320
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen,
the winner in the blue corner...
453
00:30:19,400 --> 00:30:21,240
[commentator] She's beaten!
454
00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:25,280
Katie Taylor is beaten
and out of the Olympic Games.
455
00:30:28,040 --> 00:30:30,320
[reporter] Katie, give me your reaction.
456
00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:58,000
I knew when I made the decision
to step away from my dad
457
00:30:58,080 --> 00:31:00,520
it was going to cost me a lot.
458
00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:08,240
[Peter] It was hard.
459
00:31:08,320 --> 00:31:11,120
It was hard for us to watch.
460
00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:19,720
That was a tough day. Yeah.
461
00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:31,400
[Bridget] You know, there's
this weight of disappointment
462
00:31:31,480 --> 00:31:34,600
that I would have given anything
just to take it away from her.
463
00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:49,720
[Katie] I just felt like every time
I stepped into the ring without my dad
464
00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:52,480
during that time
I was missing my right arm.
465
00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:03,880
[Bridget] How are we going to get
through this? I actually was fearful.
466
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:06,800
I just thought this is it now,
she's just floored.
467
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:15,560
[Eric Donovan] For the first time ever,
there was doubt setting into her mind,
468
00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:19,720
the Katie Taylor that we've seen in the
ring is not the same Katie Taylor I know.
469
00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:24,400
[Mick Dowling] Perhaps at 30, Katie's
reflexes are not what they used to be.
470
00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:31,760
[Katie] I knew that wasn't
the end of my career.
471
00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:34,960
But I also knew a lot of changes
needed to happen as well.
472
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:41,440
And that's when I made the decision
to go over to Ross for the few weeks.
473
00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:18,800
[Ross Enamait] Thirty seconds.
You want to steal the round now. Be smart.
474
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,520
You're in a tough fight,
you need the last round.
475
00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:25,240
Your legs are tired, you gotta fight now.
Bite down on the mouthpiece and fight.
476
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:31,840
All the way to the bell. All the way to
the bell. Good, good, good. Good shit.
477
00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:36,360
In between rounds it's, like, you know,
practise just controlling your breath.
478
00:33:36,440 --> 00:33:39,360
If someone walked in off the street,
they'd be like, "Oh, she's fresh."
479
00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:43,160
Poker face. Doesn't matter
how you feel, it's how you look, right?
480
00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:47,040
[Katie] I knew about Ross.
He's obviously a well-known coach.
481
00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:49,120
I used to have his books around the house
482
00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,040
and I asked him
could I come over for a few weeks...
483
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,840
for a bit of training.
I just needed a big, big change.
484
00:33:57,720 --> 00:33:59,920
[Ross] You know,
it's not something I typically follow.
485
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,320
I had never really been involved
with the women's boxing.
486
00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:05,120
She wasn't someone that I followed
regularly or knew a whole lot about.
487
00:34:05,200 --> 00:34:07,680
I didn't really know
where it was going to lead.
488
00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:10,760
I didn't know if she was coming here
for a few weeks to get into shape.
489
00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:14,199
Try punching with one hand, you know.
This arm's resting and then...
490
00:34:14,280 --> 00:34:18,360
Let me switch it up.
Like, buy yourself a little bit of time.
491
00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:20,719
You don't have to be all, like...
492
00:34:20,800 --> 00:34:22,840
You know, just... [laughs]
493
00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:24,920
A little rhythm.
494
00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:29,040
Calm that inner soul, like.
495
00:34:45,239 --> 00:34:47,840
[Ross] I challenged her
from the first day.
496
00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:50,719
I know she had flown over
and she was dealing with jet lag,
497
00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,360
but we went hard
on that Monday morning.
498
00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:55,960
You're a controlled pro,
you're picking your spot.
499
00:34:56,040 --> 00:34:58,160
Not a frenzied pace,
like an amateur fight.
500
00:34:58,240 --> 00:35:00,680
Pick your spot. Move. Feint.
501
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,400
I still think there's a lot of people
that don't recognise
502
00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:09,800
the talent that exists there. I mean,
I, obviously, didn't previously as well.
503
00:35:09,880 --> 00:35:14,000
[Katie] Between an athlete and coach,
trust is the most important thing.
504
00:35:14,080 --> 00:35:17,400
I just needed a big, big change.
505
00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:21,200
We just had an instant bond there
and it was the first time in a long time
506
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:23,880
where I actually really enjoyed my boxing.
507
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:27,960
It was only when I was over here with
Ross, I was feeling so good about myself.
508
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:31,360
It was during that time,
I made the decision to turn pro.
509
00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:34,640
To switchover to the professional side,
it's like a whole new beginning.
510
00:35:34,720 --> 00:35:37,560
[reporter] Katie Taylor
has signed a professional contract
511
00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:42,240
with Matchroom Boxing and will make her
debut in the paid ranks later this month.
512
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:45,880
[commentator] She's a wonderful athlete
and I think this is a huge moment
513
00:35:45,960 --> 00:35:48,240
for women's sport, women's boxing.
514
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:51,600
She set herself along a path
fraught with danger.
515
00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:54,880
[Walsh] In amateur boxing,
it's a point scoring exercise.
516
00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:57,360
Whereas in professional boxing,
they're really trying to knock you out.
517
00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:00,600
They're trying to hurt you
with every punch.
518
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:03,080
[Ross] I shouldn't want it
more than the fighter wants it.
519
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:05,440
She wants it more than anybody.
520
00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:08,080
[Katie] My goal right from the start,
he minute I signed that contract,
521
00:36:08,160 --> 00:36:13,400
was to have the belts and to win world
titles and to make history in the sport.
522
00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:34,880
In boxing, every day we are battling
with egos and politics,
523
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:39,120
and here was someone that really
showed me the purity of the sport.
524
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:41,560
The fact that it was just about winning.
525
00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:44,800
And Katie Taylor is obsessed with winning.
526
00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:50,400
[Eddie] The real pressure for Katie Taylor
comes from entertaining.
527
00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:53,000
Because the amateur game's
not about entertaining.
528
00:36:53,080 --> 00:36:58,840
And to be honest, like,
the pressure for Saturday is huge.
529
00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:02,000
You only get a couple
of cracks to the non-believers.
530
00:37:02,080 --> 00:37:05,480
"Not interested in watching women fight.
Shouldn't even be in a ring."
531
00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:08,240
[reporter] Does all that talk
put more pressure on you
532
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:10,400
to really go out there
and stamp your authority?
533
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:12,680
People might think
I'm on a decline or whatever,
534
00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:15,320
but that's not the case at all.
I can't wait for it!
535
00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:18,560
-What's your nickname?
-My nickname? Thunderbolt.
536
00:37:18,640 --> 00:37:20,880
-Is it?
-No, no, no, no.
537
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:22,960
No nickname yet.
538
00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:25,640
-Thanks, Katie. Best of luck.
-Thanks a lot.
539
00:37:31,840 --> 00:37:35,880
[Brian Peters] Kind of around the game
a long time with Brian Peters Promotions.
540
00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:40,800
Had a good run, quit while you're ahead.
I was out of boxing. I was finished, gone.
541
00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:44,160
So then I got a phone call.
It always starts.
542
00:37:44,240 --> 00:37:46,240
Bridget, Katie's mother.
543
00:37:46,320 --> 00:37:49,000
"Look, I've no interest
getting involved, best of luck."
544
00:37:49,080 --> 00:37:52,800
She was going completely into the unknown.
545
00:37:52,880 --> 00:37:56,920
Before the sit-down with Katie,
I wasn't sure it could be done.
546
00:37:57,000 --> 00:38:01,480
And, you know, ten minutes with Katie
547
00:38:01,560 --> 00:38:04,800
I believed it could definitely be done.
548
00:38:07,240 --> 00:38:09,800
Just something kind of clicks
and all of a sudden you're,
549
00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:12,080
"No, no, hold on a second. Yes."
550
00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:17,880
I suppose my job is to get the whole world
551
00:38:17,960 --> 00:38:20,680
to believe really
exactly that same thing, isn't it?
552
00:38:20,760 --> 00:38:23,640
That she is special.
Which I believe they will.
553
00:38:23,720 --> 00:38:28,200
[announcer] She now makes her
professional debut, Katie Taylor!
554
00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:33,280
Nine stone, six pounds,
seven ounces for Katie Taylor!
555
00:38:33,360 --> 00:38:37,720
[Brian] The TV exposure is crucial.
To get her the good billing on the bills.
556
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:41,160
We've got this first show coming up, after
this you have the pressure of performing.
557
00:38:41,240 --> 00:38:44,120
And it's to meet expectations, which...
558
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:46,440
Katie's pretty good at that,
you've got to say.
559
00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:51,000
Katie performs, that's really the key.
560
00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:58,360
-Hi.
-Hi.
561
00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:02,320
There are a few scriptures. I don't
want to give you scripture overload,
562
00:39:02,400 --> 00:39:05,760
but I just felt that there was a few and
I didn't want to leave any of them out.
563
00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:09,200
I know you were struggling with
sleep and that during the week.
564
00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:14,680
God says come to me all you who are weary
and heavy laden and I will give you rest.
565
00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:18,840
And also to cast all your anxiety on him
because he cares for you.
566
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:25,320
And just to meditate on them scriptures,
OK, before you go down to the arena.
567
00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:29,400
Again, just lift those burdens
off her, Father God.
568
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:33,600
Whatever the reason for the lack of sleep,
she'll feel your presence tonight, Lord.
569
00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:35,840
-In Jesus Christ's name.
-Amen.
570
00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:03,240
Ready? Let's go.
571
00:40:04,240 --> 00:40:10,120
[announcer] She has dominated women's
amateur boxing for over a decade.
572
00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:16,200
Making her professional debut -
Katie Taylor!
573
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:24,280
[commentator] And she's
getting through to Kopinska here.
574
00:40:24,360 --> 00:40:28,080
She can fight.
She's a boxer, she's a fighter.
575
00:40:28,160 --> 00:40:31,600
Look at the way she puts her shots
together. That's quality punching.
576
00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:35,240
Right hand to the body.
There's not much coming back, is there?
577
00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:39,040
Kopinska's having a really tough time.
He's going to jump in any time now.
578
00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:42,040
And there he goes!
And that's a good start.
579
00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:46,720
The entire boxing public
may be haven't seen her,
580
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:49,800
but if they haven't seen her before,
they've see her now.
581
00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:51,360
[Eddie] We needed a good start tonight.
582
00:40:51,440 --> 00:40:54,600
Forget women's boxing,
forget men's boxing. It's just boxing.
583
00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:56,520
And Katie Taylor can fight.
584
00:40:56,600 --> 00:41:00,080
Cor! She was tough as fuck, she was.
585
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:04,200
She came up to me at the end and she went,
"She's very good." That's what she said.
586
00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:06,920
The great thing was, three rounds...
587
00:41:07,000 --> 00:41:10,280
I was thinking in the second round,
"Go on, just one more round."
588
00:41:10,360 --> 00:41:13,840
Third-round stoppage.
Mate, people are gonna go nuts for that.
589
00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:17,000
Wow, with all this,
everyone slapping you on the back.
590
00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:19,920
Feet on the ground, dear lady.
Long way to go.
591
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:22,600
Long way to go.
Listen to the people around you.
592
00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:26,760
Keep the camp small.
Two is fine, and your mum, that's perfect.
593
00:41:26,840 --> 00:41:28,880
You don't need anybody else.
594
00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:30,880
And I'm excited.
595
00:41:30,960 --> 00:41:33,400
-That was...
-Yeah, I enjoyed that.
596
00:41:33,480 --> 00:41:37,080
I'm enjoying it because I'm seeing
all these noughts in the distance,
597
00:41:37,160 --> 00:41:38,800
and they're getting closer.
598
00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:41,240
And that, at the end of the day,
is what boxing's all about.
599
00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:45,120
It's a great sport, but you look at
that house on the hill and you say,
600
00:41:45,200 --> 00:41:48,440
“I've got six more like this somewhere,”
and then you know you've been successful.
601
00:41:48,520 --> 00:41:51,000
-He'll make you money, I'm sure of that.
-That's it.
602
00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:53,800
-Because he's a mercenary bastard.
-[laughter]
603
00:41:53,880 --> 00:41:55,880
-He gets every shilling!
-I like that.
604
00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:58,720
What's even worse
is Brian's on board now.
605
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:01,080
You've got no escape!
606
00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:06,040
Yeah, the girl wasn't much, to be honest.
607
00:42:06,120 --> 00:42:08,840
But it's nice to get
the first one over with.
608
00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:12,120
The pressure in the lead-up
to this week was huge, wasn't it?
609
00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:15,240
A lot of pressure,
but I definitely enjoyed it. Yeah.
610
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:18,840
-It's only the start.
-Yeah.
611
00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:20,920
Oh, that's brilliant!
612
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:23,720
My baby, you were great!
613
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:29,600
I'm just so happy for you.
614
00:42:38,720 --> 00:42:41,920
[indistinct chatter]
615
00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:49,560
[Bridget] We are all here
to wish Katie well
616
00:42:49,640 --> 00:42:53,080
in her continued endeavours
as a pro boxer.
617
00:42:53,160 --> 00:42:56,200
So she's going out to the States
now again at the weekend.
618
00:42:56,280 --> 00:42:59,480
She won't be back now for a while, so
it'll be the last time we'll be together.
619
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:03,520
It's a big house to be rattling around
on your own, so, sad, sad.
620
00:43:03,600 --> 00:43:07,040
Ah, but I'll be OK. Home alone.
621
00:43:08,040 --> 00:43:10,760
[Katie] I'm not very good at keeping
in touch with people, am I?
622
00:43:10,840 --> 00:43:13,120
You do keep in touch
with your ma though.
623
00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:15,360
We'll ask her how you are.
624
00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:18,560
That's the worst way though,
cos you always the worst version.
625
00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:20,560
[laughter]
626
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:22,640
"She really needs us."
627
00:43:22,720 --> 00:43:26,720
“How's Katie?"
"Oh, I'm not sure now. She's very quiet."
628
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:29,600
And then you ask Katie, "How are ya?"
629
00:43:29,680 --> 00:43:32,520
And she's like, "Yeah, grand,
everything's going great!"
630
00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:34,800
[laughter]
631
00:43:36,320 --> 00:43:40,080
You weren't enjoying it as much as
you used to, the amateur, so it was...
632
00:43:40,160 --> 00:43:42,360
I definitely lost
my passion for it alright.
633
00:43:42,440 --> 00:43:44,880
That's when you know
it's time to turn pro.
634
00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:49,000
Obviously, from a taking
big shots point of view,
635
00:43:49,080 --> 00:43:50,840
the stakes are higher.
636
00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:53,240
[Katie] Do you like watching
the fights, Nanny?
637
00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:57,920
Love watching them.
I get so overjoyed I cry.
638
00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:01,200
Yeah, my nanny never
stops crying, actually.
639
00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:24,160
Yeah, so this is the trophy room but
we use it more as a storage room, really.
640
00:44:24,240 --> 00:44:26,560
We actually never come into this room.
641
00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:29,440
I actually don't know what
half of this stuff here is, really.
642
00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:32,440
The one thing that is missing.
643
00:44:32,520 --> 00:44:35,800
That Olympic gold medal from Rio.
That's all I think about, really.
644
00:44:35,880 --> 00:44:40,320
I don't know what it is,
it's eating away at my mind, like.
645
00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:44,400
I don't know how to get over
such a big disappointment, really.
646
00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:48,040
I don't know what's wrong with me.
[laughs]
647
00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:50,960
There was a lot going on during that time,
648
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:53,480
a lot of, obviously,
family problems and stuff.
649
00:44:53,560 --> 00:44:57,840
But having that belt around my waist
as a world champ would definitely, like...
650
00:44:57,920 --> 00:45:01,360
I definitely feel like that would maybe
651
00:45:01,440 --> 00:45:03,960
ease the pain of...of Rio.
652
00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:07,000
But we'll see.
653
00:45:22,480 --> 00:45:25,200
It's probably the worst part about
being over here on my own.
654
00:45:25,280 --> 00:45:28,000
Not having my mum here to cook for me.
655
00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:31,680
She wrote a lot of it down for me
in this little book here.
656
00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:35,520
So it's embarrassing, really.
I'm not very domesticated.
657
00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:39,560
I think cooking's very overrated,
to be quiet honest. [laughs]
658
00:45:39,640 --> 00:45:42,680
My mum actually put that up
before she left,
659
00:45:42,760 --> 00:45:46,080
cos I kept forgetting
to lock the door. [laughs]
660
00:45:47,520 --> 00:45:51,560
How much garlic do you have to put in?
I think that's enough, is it?
661
00:45:52,720 --> 00:45:54,480
Now what do I do?
662
00:45:54,560 --> 00:45:58,680
Am I supposed to season it?
That's what I'm supposed to do.
663
00:46:09,680 --> 00:46:12,760
Every Sunday, I just go to
one of the local churches.
664
00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:16,360
It's the only thing really I have
on a Sunday really at the moment.
665
00:46:16,440 --> 00:46:18,800
I'm not very good at going up
and talking to people.
666
00:46:18,880 --> 00:46:21,600
I probably should just force myself to...
667
00:46:23,040 --> 00:46:24,800
to be a bit more sociable.
668
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:29,200
I just usually go in and go back out
again after the service, so...
669
00:46:30,560 --> 00:46:32,000
Yeah.
670
00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:34,760
I have to start making a few friends.
671
00:46:38,680 --> 00:46:40,720
[Ross] Jab! Do the right hand.
Move it around the side of my head.
672
00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:43,200
Bigger! Hurt her with it.
673
00:46:43,280 --> 00:46:44,960
Stop her with it.
674
00:46:46,080 --> 00:46:49,000
Do it again! We're fighting now.
Come on.
675
00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:55,440
[Ross] When you're in a ten-round fight,
sometimes the first couple of rounds
676
00:46:55,520 --> 00:46:58,440
is more about just winning
and getting a feel for the fight.
677
00:46:58,520 --> 00:47:01,640
But even sometimes with the sparring,
you do come out, you know.
678
00:47:01,720 --> 00:47:06,040
You're real aggressive. Where sometimes,
you got to navigate through the round.
679
00:47:06,120 --> 00:47:09,320
Fuck the crowd, you know? [laughs]
680
00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:13,560
Promoter wants wars.
Like, you know, you just got to win.
681
00:47:13,640 --> 00:47:16,080
Sometimes, you know,
you want to be exciting.
682
00:47:16,160 --> 00:47:19,720
But at the end of the day,
you fucking win and you move on.
683
00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:22,640
Bye, sweetheart.
Good seeing you again.
684
00:47:48,360 --> 00:47:52,480
[Bridget] Her move to the States
was traumatic in some ways, like.
685
00:47:52,560 --> 00:47:56,400
The loneliness maybe was a worry for me.
Just not having anybody around.
686
00:48:04,680 --> 00:48:07,920
[Katie] Yeah, I haven't got
any family around or friends around.
687
00:48:08,000 --> 00:48:10,640
And just the emotional trauma
of the last year as well.
688
00:48:10,720 --> 00:48:13,320
On tough days, it is difficult.
689
00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:36,000
I know that this is where I need to be.
690
00:48:36,080 --> 00:48:39,840
This is what I have to do to get
to where I want to be, really.
691
00:49:01,000 --> 00:49:03,680
[Adam Smith] No rest for
the wicked at the moment, eh?
692
00:49:03,760 --> 00:49:06,040
-[Katie] It's great though, isn't it?!
-[Adam] This is a step up, this one.
693
00:49:06,120 --> 00:49:07,880
Yeah. It's a big step up.
694
00:49:07,960 --> 00:49:10,960
What's the plan beyond this?
Wembley, hopefully?
695
00:49:11,040 --> 00:49:13,080
Wembley and then probably
a wee bit Stateside.
696
00:49:13,160 --> 00:49:17,600
Eddie wants it sooner, but there's
a lot of clever fighters out there.
697
00:49:17,680 --> 00:49:21,040
A lot of experience, you know,
and they have a lot of fights.
698
00:49:21,120 --> 00:49:24,400
Cos once you move up to
that fast lane, you can't step off it.
699
00:49:25,560 --> 00:49:27,840
[Brian] It's your big moment.
700
00:49:27,920 --> 00:49:32,160
They were looking for me to go up. I said,
"No way." So, by yourself or Ross?
701
00:49:32,240 --> 00:49:34,480
I don't really want
to go up either, Brian.
702
00:49:34,560 --> 00:49:37,400
We'll just go up, Ross, you and me.
I'll come up with you!
703
00:49:37,480 --> 00:49:39,720
-[Brian] Best of luck.
-[Katie] Yeah. I'll need it.
704
00:49:39,800 --> 00:49:43,680
[Eddie] Ahead of this huge night of boxing
is cards stacked from top to bottom
705
00:49:43,760 --> 00:49:46,560
with heavyweight grudge matches,
with world championship fights,
706
00:49:46,640 --> 00:49:50,480
with what I believe is one of the most
exciting young fighters in world boxing.
707
00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:54,320
We had the debut a couple of weeks ago
and now every promotor is saying,
708
00:49:54,400 --> 00:49:56,840
"Can we get Katie Taylor on our show?"
709
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:05,160
[male commentator]
And the punches were raining in.
710
00:50:05,240 --> 00:50:07,720
The variety, the power, the speed.
711
00:50:07,800 --> 00:50:09,720
[female commentator]
Two wins out of two in the paid ranks.
712
00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:13,400
The future shines very
brightly indeed for Katie Taylor.
713
00:50:15,080 --> 00:50:18,400
[Cunningham] You find since she's gone
pro, that the old issues are coming back.
714
00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:21,320
People said, "No, sure everyone
goes to the bar when women box.
715
00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:23,280
Nobody has any interest in it."
716
00:50:23,360 --> 00:50:25,760
We can't afford fights
that aren't entertaining.
717
00:50:27,640 --> 00:50:30,800
Now, there's careers at stake.
The pressure's on.
718
00:50:30,880 --> 00:50:33,640
[commentator] Oh, beautiful shot
there with the left hand!
719
00:50:33,720 --> 00:50:36,800
Katie Taylor who oozes class.
720
00:50:36,880 --> 00:50:42,400
Wow! And she is marching
towards a world title shot.
721
00:50:42,480 --> 00:50:45,400
[Katie] The fighting part's
obviously the fun part.
722
00:50:45,480 --> 00:50:47,760
It's just getting used to
all these press conferences,
723
00:50:47,840 --> 00:50:49,840
which I'm still not too comfortable with.
724
00:50:49,920 --> 00:50:53,720
[Ross] You can't rush into a world
title fight, obviously. It takes time.
725
00:50:53,800 --> 00:50:56,440
There's women out
who have 30-plus pro fights,
726
00:50:56,520 --> 00:51:00,120
where they're sitting in the trenches with
no headgear and fighting for ten rounds.
727
00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:03,280
Yeah, you want to be exciting,
but we want to be smart too.
728
00:51:03,360 --> 00:51:06,320
You've got to keep winning.
Snakes and ladders. You lose and whooo!
729
00:51:10,000 --> 00:51:11,840
[commentator] Oh, and a lovely shot there.
730
00:51:11,920 --> 00:51:16,360
She really is something
very, very special.
731
00:51:16,440 --> 00:51:18,480
[Ross] That was a legit knockdown,
hurt her bad.
732
00:51:18,560 --> 00:51:21,000
I was out on my feet there tonight.
I was tired.
733
00:51:23,160 --> 00:51:25,760
[Watterson] Introverted, media shy.
734
00:51:25,840 --> 00:51:28,800
Her preference would be
to keep in the shadows.
735
00:51:28,880 --> 00:51:31,760
Your opponent is undefeated,
like yourself, what can the fans expect?
736
00:51:31,840 --> 00:51:34,560
[Cunningham] There is pressure there,
you have to sell yourself.
737
00:51:34,640 --> 00:51:36,440
Every since I turned pro, each time,
738
00:51:36,520 --> 00:51:38,640
the occasion seems to be
getting bigger and better.
739
00:51:38,720 --> 00:51:40,880
I just want that world title
and that belt around my waist.
740
00:51:40,960 --> 00:51:43,440
And I'm willing and ready
to fight whoever, really.
741
00:51:43,520 --> 00:51:45,960
[Walsh] You've got to get bums on seats,
you've got to attract TV.
742
00:51:46,040 --> 00:51:48,200
And without that,
they're not going to get paid.
743
00:51:48,280 --> 00:51:50,560
-This is tougher than the fight.
-[laughter]
744
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:52,680
[Brian] Katie's great line,
"pressure is a privilege",
745
00:51:52,760 --> 00:51:55,160
but she's got to perform tonight.
746
00:51:55,240 --> 00:51:58,280
Get that girl out of there, is what
we're looking in the later rounds.
747
00:51:58,360 --> 00:52:01,560
You want her going back to the corner
knowing she's in a fight. Sharp, sharp.
748
00:52:01,640 --> 00:52:04,920
Raise the jab when you're coming forward.
Make her think about something.
749
00:52:05,000 --> 00:52:06,720
There you go.
750
00:52:08,200 --> 00:52:09,920
Yeah. Nice shot!
751
00:52:15,120 --> 00:52:18,720
-Fantastic work, young lady.
-Good, deep breath. Good, deep breath.
752
00:52:18,800 --> 00:52:22,640
[Eddie] This is a perfect step up.
America is next. She must box out there.
753
00:52:22,720 --> 00:52:25,080
You've got the American networks here,
I can see them...
754
00:52:25,160 --> 00:52:28,200
sitting over there and they're all
over me to get Katie Taylor on board.
755
00:52:30,840 --> 00:52:33,280
[Ross] So what did you
give yourself out of ten?
756
00:52:33,360 --> 00:52:35,240
[sighs] Five.
757
00:52:35,320 --> 00:52:38,320
No. No, come on.
Don't be so hard on yourself.
758
00:52:38,400 --> 00:52:41,720
You're too hard. I mean,
it's good to be critical, but not...
759
00:52:41,800 --> 00:52:44,200
-No, that's...
-Five and a half.
760
00:52:44,280 --> 00:52:45,640
No, shut up.
761
00:52:45,720 --> 00:52:47,480
[Brian] Big win on a big stage.
762
00:52:47,560 --> 00:52:51,200
All things considered now,
a real good performance.
763
00:52:52,200 --> 00:52:54,840
You're fifth pro fight and
still so much more to come, like.
764
00:52:54,920 --> 00:52:58,080
What did we get? We got to a six out
of ten? Which fight was six out of ten?
765
00:52:58,160 --> 00:53:00,640
You said six for all of them! [laughs]
766
00:53:05,680 --> 00:53:08,280
-Let's do a cheers!
-Alright, cheers to the champ!
767
00:53:08,360 --> 00:53:11,320
-Well done, Katie!
-[all] Cheers!
768
00:53:13,280 --> 00:53:15,480
[Katie] Yeah, they all go to the fights.
769
00:53:15,560 --> 00:53:18,280
Susan and Ana were at
the fight at the weekend.
770
00:53:18,360 --> 00:53:21,160
And Laura was as well and Eve
usually goes to all the fights,
771
00:53:21,240 --> 00:53:24,560
but she had a wedding to go to. Been
with me through thick and thin, I think.
772
00:53:24,640 --> 00:53:26,640
[all] Aww!
773
00:53:26,720 --> 00:53:28,440
[laughter]
774
00:53:28,520 --> 00:53:32,120
Seriously, like. Youse actually
kept it going for me that week.
775
00:53:32,200 --> 00:53:36,120
I wouldn't have got through the week
in Rio if youse hadn't been there, like.
776
00:53:36,200 --> 00:53:40,760
I think we met...we met with you
straightaway after the fight.
777
00:53:40,840 --> 00:53:45,280
I think we just cried together, didn't we?
For, like, an hour or so, like.
778
00:53:45,360 --> 00:53:48,480
Then we were thinking, "Oh, my God.
We're here for the next eight nights."
779
00:53:48,560 --> 00:53:51,840
We had semi-final and final tickets.
What are we going to do?
780
00:53:51,920 --> 00:53:53,920
Yeah. That's all you were worried about!
781
00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:57,040
-We were like, "Rip these tickets up!"
-[laughter]
782
00:53:57,120 --> 00:53:59,400
The bronze medal champ, what?
783
00:53:59,480 --> 00:54:03,600
Yeah, I went through the whole year last
year being called the bronze medal champ.
784
00:54:03,680 --> 00:54:06,600
-Ah, you're back on top now.
-Back on top, thank God.
785
00:54:06,680 --> 00:54:10,200
There's a lot of room for improvement,
which is great as well.
786
00:54:10,280 --> 00:54:13,000
-There is, chicken, there is.
-[laughter]
787
00:54:14,120 --> 00:54:15,360
Yeah.
788
00:54:15,440 --> 00:54:16,760
Yeah.
789
00:54:16,840 --> 00:54:18,720
Seriously.
790
00:54:18,800 --> 00:54:21,520
[indistinct chatter and laughter]
791
00:54:40,800 --> 00:54:42,360
Shoot it.
792
00:54:42,440 --> 00:54:44,400
Up! Right to the chest.
793
00:54:44,480 --> 00:54:46,040
Real good, Katie.
794
00:54:49,600 --> 00:54:53,520
[Katie] I find it very tough training in
this heat because I'm just not used to it.
795
00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:57,520
-I actually miss the snow at this stage.
-[they laugh]
796
00:54:59,040 --> 00:55:03,680
[Ross] You know, every fight, I think
she's growing as a professional.
797
00:55:03,760 --> 00:55:06,160
This fight we don't know who
we're fighting so it's kind hard to
798
00:55:06,240 --> 00:55:10,360
prepare for anything specifically,
so you just got to work on everything.
799
00:55:10,440 --> 00:55:14,280
The longer they wait,
the harder it is to find somebody.
800
00:55:14,360 --> 00:55:18,600
It's happened a couple of times
already. It's becoming the norm.
801
00:55:18,680 --> 00:55:20,640
It's frustrating alright.
802
00:55:20,720 --> 00:55:23,000
They make a big deal
about fighting in America.
803
00:55:23,080 --> 00:55:26,280
They're not putting it on TV in America
and they don't have a fucking opponent.
804
00:55:26,360 --> 00:55:29,800
I mean, what was the point?
Could have already had a fight.
805
00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:38,720
[Katie] I don't think I've ever gone
through a smooth camp before a big fight.
806
00:55:38,800 --> 00:55:42,080
There's always some battle
that you have to go through.
807
00:55:42,160 --> 00:55:44,560
You know, the last few months
I've had a wrist injury
808
00:55:44,640 --> 00:55:46,760
and I've had to get a cortisone injection.
809
00:55:46,840 --> 00:55:48,720
It just hurts on impact.
810
00:55:48,800 --> 00:55:52,720
It's just been an ongoing problem
for the last few years now.
811
00:55:52,800 --> 00:55:56,080
Wear and tear, they say. Or old age!
812
00:55:59,640 --> 00:56:02,320
[Bridget] She just doesn't like
having to take time off,
813
00:56:02,400 --> 00:56:04,880
so if she has to miss a session,
to her it's a big deal,
814
00:56:04,960 --> 00:56:08,640
cos you're building towards your fight
and every training session counts.
815
00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:13,760
Mentally, that's the most important thing
to her, is her preparation.
816
00:56:24,800 --> 00:56:27,920
[Watterson] When she said
she was going pro, I was surprised.
817
00:56:28,000 --> 00:56:30,120
I didn't think there was enough
out there for her
818
00:56:30,200 --> 00:56:31,800
to make a living as a professional boxer.
819
00:56:33,640 --> 00:56:38,240
I'm still not persuaded.
She's struggling to get opponents.
820
00:56:40,320 --> 00:56:43,800
So you're not, like, doing this.
It's more like...pah, pah!
821
00:56:43,880 --> 00:56:45,560
So the right hand's kinda
bringing you closer.
822
00:56:47,400 --> 00:56:49,800
[Cunningham]
There's still a road to go worldwide
823
00:56:49,880 --> 00:56:51,920
to get it accepted as a pro sport.
824
00:56:52,000 --> 00:56:53,680
Even in terms of earning potential.
825
00:56:53,760 --> 00:56:56,680
Like Katie, while she was still
an amateur, was in the top ten
826
00:56:56,760 --> 00:56:59,320
all-time earners of women boxers.
827
00:56:59,400 --> 00:57:03,120
[Brian] A lot of the sponsors, it's
the Olympic dream that they believe in.
828
00:57:03,200 --> 00:57:05,880
And it kinda starts and finishes
with the Olympics.
829
00:57:05,960 --> 00:57:08,840
So, a lot of her sponsors
actually dropped off.
830
00:57:13,280 --> 00:57:16,160
[Watterson] It's just another
challenge for her, you know.
831
00:57:16,240 --> 00:57:19,240
It's just another one of these things
that she has to fight against.
832
00:57:19,320 --> 00:57:22,160
She has to fight for a position
in professional boxing.
833
00:57:23,160 --> 00:57:26,440
She's still fighting to get recognition.
834
00:57:26,520 --> 00:57:31,200
She's still fighting for the same things
she was fighting for as an 11-year-old
835
00:57:31,280 --> 00:57:33,400
when she started out boxing.
836
00:57:38,200 --> 00:57:42,480
The fans and you seem to have found
out your opponent on the same day?
837
00:57:42,560 --> 00:57:45,440
There's a lot of great girls out there.
They just need to, obviously,
838
00:57:45,520 --> 00:57:49,680
make the fights happen and I'm
not interested in any padded records.
839
00:57:49,760 --> 00:57:52,360
I want to get in and box the best
and fight the best.
840
00:58:11,080 --> 00:58:14,840
[Katie] I'd love to get to the point
where I'm a household name worldwide
841
00:58:14,920 --> 00:58:17,800
and I'd love to be inspiring
young girls coming up as well.
842
00:58:19,400 --> 00:58:23,760
Well done, Jessie!
Well done, Jessie! [laughs]
843
00:58:23,840 --> 00:58:25,760
Lift up her arm.
844
00:58:25,840 --> 00:58:27,360
[boy] The winner!
845
00:58:27,440 --> 00:58:28,880
Thank you.
846
00:58:28,960 --> 00:58:30,280
Very good!
847
00:58:30,360 --> 00:58:32,800
-That's her first media workout.
-Yeah!
848
00:58:32,880 --> 00:58:34,080
Yeah!
849
00:58:34,160 --> 00:58:37,640
She's made for it. She's made for it.
850
00:58:39,560 --> 00:58:43,960
[announcer] From Texas,
please welcome Jasmine Clarkson.
851
00:58:44,040 --> 00:58:45,720
Jasmine Clarkson.
852
00:58:45,800 --> 00:58:48,720
[Brian] This was crazy to get an opponent.
They don't want to fight her.
853
00:58:48,800 --> 00:58:50,760
They've got excuses, not enough time.
854
00:58:50,840 --> 00:58:53,480
A lot of female fighters, I think
they're happy to be trudging along.
855
00:58:53,560 --> 00:58:55,600
Katie wants to fight everyone, anyone.
856
00:58:55,680 --> 00:58:59,280
Anyone around her weight division
she will fight them.
857
00:58:59,360 --> 00:59:03,160
[Eddie] This fight isn't about positioning
ourselves for a world title fight.
858
00:59:03,240 --> 00:59:05,880
This fight is about getting
some US airtime.
859
00:59:05,960 --> 00:59:09,040
Even though Katie's opponent
tonight should be routine for her,
860
00:59:09,120 --> 00:59:12,760
I guarantee you everyone watching will
still say, "Wow!" That's the difference.
861
00:59:12,840 --> 00:59:15,800
The problem with Katie is she
wants to constantly be challenged.
862
00:59:15,880 --> 00:59:21,600
These treading water fights, these run-out
fights, don't necessarily enthuse her.
863
00:59:26,880 --> 00:59:28,760
-Go on, Katie!
-Lovely, Katie, lovely!
864
00:59:28,840 --> 00:59:30,880
Keep working the body!
865
00:59:34,360 --> 00:59:37,320
Hit her with a hook. Good!
866
00:59:39,800 --> 00:59:41,560
It's over. It's over.
867
00:59:41,640 --> 00:59:43,680
It's over, Katie. Well done!
868
00:59:48,560 --> 00:59:51,080
Well done, Katie!
869
00:59:51,160 --> 00:59:53,000
-Whooo!
-Well done, Katie!
870
00:59:58,160 --> 01:00:00,480
-Right? Good?
-OK.
871
01:00:00,560 --> 01:00:02,120
Link there, ladies.
872
01:00:02,200 --> 01:00:05,160
-They look good. Thank you.
-Well done. Thank you.
873
01:00:05,240 --> 01:00:07,160
Thank you very much.
874
01:00:08,200 --> 01:00:11,840
I can't find... They're after giving me
the cheque for the fight.
875
01:00:11,920 --> 01:00:14,600
I can't find it. Oh, you have it?
876
01:00:18,680 --> 01:00:20,360
[Brian] What did I make of it?
877
01:00:20,440 --> 01:00:24,440
We are all just a little bit,
I suppose, disappointed.
878
01:00:24,520 --> 01:00:29,120
Obviously, we would like to have a little
more opposition just to keep advancing.
879
01:00:29,200 --> 01:00:31,160
Like, they're all bitching.
They don't get a break.
880
01:00:31,240 --> 01:00:33,120
They're not getting fights,
they're not getting treated equal,
881
01:00:33,200 --> 01:00:34,800
cos they're not fucking fighting.
882
01:00:34,880 --> 01:00:37,120
The girls are always saying
they're not getting the opportunities
883
01:00:37,200 --> 01:00:40,160
and when those opportunities do come
along they should be jumping at them.
884
01:00:40,240 --> 01:00:42,760
It seems like with the women,
there's a huge gap.
885
01:00:42,840 --> 01:00:45,680
You've got lower level and
then all of a sudden they're up here.
886
01:00:45,760 --> 01:00:47,680
There's not much middle ground.
887
01:00:47,760 --> 01:00:50,480
We want bigger challenges
to get ready for the title fights.
888
01:01:00,760 --> 01:01:03,200
[Katie] I think it would be great
to box in America again though.
889
01:01:03,280 --> 01:01:06,840
Definitely. No, I think it was super
and the way you were received.
890
01:01:06,920 --> 01:01:12,040
To get higher up the card and obviously
to get on the main TV, the mainstream TV.
891
01:01:12,120 --> 01:01:14,720
But the opponent has to be good for that,
which the last one wasn't.
892
01:01:14,800 --> 01:01:18,800
You were nearly willing to fight for free
to get a proper opponent,
893
01:01:18,880 --> 01:01:21,920
which people wouldn't understand.
Do you remember saying that?
894
01:01:22,000 --> 01:01:26,840
I do. I do remember. I was actually
surprised I got a cheque after the fight.
895
01:01:26,920 --> 01:01:30,920
Did you see this other Mikaela one?
She's doing... Like, they're all...
896
01:01:31,000 --> 01:01:33,760
[interviewer] There's another fighter
by the name of Katie Taylor.
897
01:01:33,840 --> 01:01:37,000
-Will you cross paths in the future?
-Oh, yeah, we know each other.
898
01:01:37,080 --> 01:01:39,040
He trained her for years, so...
899
01:01:39,120 --> 01:01:41,600
People wanted to see us match up
as amateurs and it never happened,
900
01:01:41,680 --> 01:01:44,440
so it's gonna happen eventually.
901
01:01:44,520 --> 01:01:46,920
-It's great though, isn't it?
-Fantastic!
902
01:01:47,000 --> 01:01:49,000
Like, there was none of this, Katie.
903
01:01:49,080 --> 01:01:52,160
So this is the lovely...
904
01:01:52,240 --> 01:01:55,120
Jessica McCaskill.
905
01:01:55,200 --> 01:01:59,240
We are looking for one Katie Taylor,
missing persons.
906
01:01:59,320 --> 01:02:03,120
If you know the whereabouts,
please contact team McCaskill.
907
01:02:03,200 --> 01:02:06,920
We are looking to make the fight
the people will not forget.
908
01:02:07,000 --> 01:02:10,720
-Let's make it happen.
-What is she? Five and one at the moment?
909
01:02:10,800 --> 01:02:12,600
The biggest thing she's done
is call you out?
910
01:02:12,680 --> 01:02:14,600
She's only six fights
in fecking two years.
911
01:02:14,680 --> 01:02:18,040
-So what the hell?
-I know. Who does she think she is?
912
01:02:18,120 --> 01:02:19,600
Exactly. Yeah. So...
913
01:02:19,680 --> 01:02:21,840
-To call anyone out, really.
-Exactly, yeah.
914
01:02:21,920 --> 01:02:26,280
I'll get word to her, anyway.
Just keep winning, pick up a few wins.
915
01:02:26,360 --> 01:02:28,840
Don't get fecking beat and there's
a good payday and a good hiding
916
01:02:28,920 --> 01:02:30,600
there for you down the road.
917
01:02:37,640 --> 01:02:39,600
[phone rings]
918
01:02:44,480 --> 01:02:47,040
Brian? Eddie. How are you?
919
01:02:47,120 --> 01:02:50,560
Edward, I have Katie with me,
so please mind your language.
920
01:02:50,640 --> 01:02:53,160
-Oh? Oh, blimey!
-[laughter]
921
01:02:53,240 --> 01:02:55,720
-Hey, Eddie.
-Hi, Katie. How are you?
922
01:02:55,800 --> 01:02:59,680
Are you sitting down?
We've done it. We've got the deal.
923
01:02:59,760 --> 01:03:03,960
WBA world title, October 28th,
Millennium Stadium on the AJ card.
924
01:03:04,040 --> 01:03:08,720
That option is very much available
and something that I want to do.
925
01:03:08,800 --> 01:03:10,480
Super. Super.
926
01:03:10,560 --> 01:03:14,240
That can be a world title for you, if
you want it, which I think you should do.
927
01:03:14,320 --> 01:03:16,200
-That would be perfect.
-That's great.
928
01:03:16,280 --> 01:03:18,960
How much do you get
to fight for a world title?
929
01:03:19,040 --> 01:03:21,400
It's got to be a nice
big chunk of money.
930
01:03:21,480 --> 01:03:23,400
How much do you get
after that and where do we box?
931
01:03:23,480 --> 01:03:27,400
You ready for that?
Good. Let's go and win this belt.
932
01:03:27,480 --> 01:03:30,360
-Yeah. Thanks a lot. OK, bye.
-Thanks a lot, Eddie.
933
01:03:30,440 --> 01:03:31,760
Bye-bye.
934
01:03:31,840 --> 01:03:34,280
Why in the name of fuck
would you need me talking?
935
01:03:34,360 --> 01:03:36,920
I don't talk as good as that man,
I don't look as good as that man
936
01:03:37,000 --> 01:03:40,640
and my words don't carry as much weight.
So how can you beat that man for talking?
937
01:03:40,720 --> 01:03:43,120
-That's great, isn't it? It's exciting.
-Great. Yeah, it is exciting.
938
01:03:43,200 --> 01:03:45,920
When promoters put a show together,
you've got the main event
939
01:03:46,000 --> 01:03:48,400
and then underneath that
you've fight number two and three.
940
01:03:48,480 --> 01:03:51,840
Sometimes even 90% of the money
is spent on them three fights.
941
01:03:51,920 --> 01:03:56,360
So we have to be in that magic
little three fights, do you know?
942
01:03:56,440 --> 01:04:01,040
I want to get us up to a nice comfortable
six figure sum regularly and...
943
01:04:01,120 --> 01:04:04,120
Now, don't be smiling like that.
944
01:04:04,200 --> 01:04:06,320
I couldn't have you sitting down
with Eddie like that.
945
01:04:07,360 --> 01:04:10,640
-Few grey hairs there, is there?
-I actually have loads of grey hairs.
946
01:04:10,720 --> 01:04:14,240
-What's the story there?
-It's from the stressful year,
947
01:04:14,320 --> 01:04:17,240
-since I turned pro.
-What's the story with all the grey hairs?
948
01:04:33,920 --> 01:04:37,200
This kind of lifestyle suits me, I think.
Nice and quiet and peaceful.
949
01:04:39,280 --> 01:04:42,640
That's a good question, actually.
What am I going to do after?
950
01:04:46,080 --> 01:04:49,680
I probably should start thinking
about it a bit more, but...
951
01:04:51,000 --> 01:04:53,840
Sometimes I think
I'm a bit too single-minded,
952
01:04:53,920 --> 01:04:56,840
where I only kind of
think about the next fight.
953
01:04:56,920 --> 01:05:01,200
I'm not too sure whether I want
to get married or I want to have kids.
954
01:05:01,280 --> 01:05:04,520
I don't think I'll be able for that.
955
01:05:04,600 --> 01:05:07,000
I can hardly look after myself.
956
01:05:09,240 --> 01:05:13,440
I've definitely had opportunities where
I've been in relationships with guys,
957
01:05:13,520 --> 01:05:15,800
but it's never really worked out.
958
01:05:15,880 --> 01:05:18,080
They just weren't the right guy, I guess.
959
01:05:18,160 --> 01:05:21,320
And I always felt that life
is a lot easier as a single person
960
01:05:21,400 --> 01:05:23,040
when I am training so much.
961
01:05:24,320 --> 01:05:27,640
And I'm very, very happy
as a single person as well,
962
01:05:27,720 --> 01:05:31,080
and I don't regret any of
the decisions that I've made.
963
01:05:40,040 --> 01:05:42,760
[Ross] Definitely in a good spot.
964
01:05:42,840 --> 01:05:46,360
Still have a month to go.
I feel like she could fight right now.
965
01:05:47,480 --> 01:05:50,680
I think when she first turned pro everyone
was talking about what happened in Rio.
966
01:05:50,760 --> 01:05:54,120
Well, now we've moved on from the amateurs
and she's fighting for a world title,
967
01:05:54,200 --> 01:05:56,160
so everything's on the up.
968
01:05:56,240 --> 01:05:59,960
The first time we held that pads together
she was like, touch and go, touch and go.
969
01:06:00,040 --> 01:06:03,520
She's definitely sitting down
her punches better, plants her feet.
970
01:06:03,600 --> 01:06:05,880
She's trying to land big shots.
971
01:06:08,400 --> 01:06:11,280
[Katie] Ever since I turned pro,
this is where I wanted to be.
972
01:06:11,360 --> 01:06:14,560
Big title fights and I feel good
about my boxing at the moment,
973
01:06:14,640 --> 01:06:16,760
which is a huge thing for me.
974
01:06:18,480 --> 01:06:21,520
This girl's a world champion.
She just won the world title.
975
01:06:21,600 --> 01:06:24,320
She's not gonna come over
and just hand it away.
976
01:06:24,400 --> 01:06:27,120
You can see, she's going forward,
she's pressing the attack.
977
01:06:27,200 --> 01:06:30,840
She's game. She's gonna fight
until the referee says she can't.
978
01:06:30,920 --> 01:06:34,840
She's a world champion, she's had
a full camp and she's coming to win.
979
01:06:49,360 --> 01:06:52,040
-Are you alright?
-Yeah, not too bad.
980
01:06:56,520 --> 01:07:01,080
You don't want to look like something
is not right. Pace yourself.
981
01:07:01,160 --> 01:07:03,680
Now put the gloves on,
we do a round and a half.
982
01:07:03,760 --> 01:07:05,960
They tell us to get out, we're done.
983
01:07:08,600 --> 01:07:12,280
[Brian] Two weeks ago,
she picked up some form of flu.
984
01:07:12,360 --> 01:07:16,320
She hasn't trained in... She has
done very little training in ten days.
985
01:07:17,520 --> 01:07:20,400
Which, for Katie, that's unimaginable.
986
01:07:20,480 --> 01:07:24,200
[announcer] It's Ireland's Katie Taylor!
987
01:07:24,280 --> 01:07:26,440
[crowd cheering]
988
01:07:32,360 --> 01:07:36,280
[Brian] Deep down she feels, you
know, not to fight on a card like this...
989
01:07:36,360 --> 01:07:38,200
It's just too big of an opportunity.
990
01:07:38,280 --> 01:07:40,680
Too much on the line.
991
01:07:40,760 --> 01:07:44,000
She's really third on the bill,
which is massive!
992
01:07:44,080 --> 01:07:47,720
Everyone's here. Showtime are here,
HBO are here. There's massive press.
993
01:07:47,800 --> 01:07:50,840
Potentially, what Katie does
could change the face
994
01:07:50,920 --> 01:07:54,240
of women's professional boxing forever.
995
01:07:54,320 --> 01:07:56,680
-[Espinoza] It's quick for a title shot.
-[Brian] Yeah.
996
01:07:56,760 --> 01:07:59,480
You guys were talking
a year, year and a half.
997
01:07:59,560 --> 01:08:01,280
-Yeah.
-There we go.
998
01:08:01,360 --> 01:08:04,560
These opportunities come,
you've got to take them too, you know?
999
01:08:04,640 --> 01:08:07,720
That's right. Well, we are defiantly
giving this fight exposure.
1000
01:08:07,800 --> 01:08:10,040
-Good to see you. Good luck.
-See you later. Thank you very much.
1001
01:08:10,120 --> 01:08:11,640
Thank you.
1002
01:08:11,720 --> 01:08:14,160
Can we just do a couple of
minutes with Katie? Is that alright?
1003
01:08:14,240 --> 01:08:17,640
I'm just going off to do an interview
real quick and I'll be down again.
1004
01:08:19,319 --> 01:08:20,800
-Hey.
-Yeah?
1005
01:08:20,880 --> 01:08:24,359
You know we haven't trained all week?
We haven't trained in a fucking week.
1006
01:08:24,439 --> 01:08:27,600
If we go on all night here, none
of this shit is going to fucking matter.
1007
01:08:27,680 --> 01:08:29,560
-Yeah.
-Well...
1008
01:08:29,640 --> 01:08:31,479
I know you like it, but...
1009
01:08:31,560 --> 01:08:34,080
[Ross] Keep going. Fuck training.
1010
01:08:34,160 --> 01:08:35,920
[indistinct]
1011
01:08:36,000 --> 01:08:37,920
[indistinct chatter]
1012
01:08:41,000 --> 01:08:43,920
[Brian] Katie's, erm...
She hasn't trained in ten days.
1013
01:08:44,000 --> 01:08:46,640
-She has trained in ten days.
-What, just with illness?
1014
01:08:46,720 --> 01:08:48,319
Yeah.
1015
01:08:48,399 --> 01:08:53,920
Everybody's thinking
that she's come to lift the belt.
1016
01:08:54,000 --> 01:08:56,520
And everybody, I can tell you, is wrong.
1017
01:08:56,600 --> 01:09:00,359
I believe that this time, honestly...
I believe she's not prepared
1018
01:09:00,439 --> 01:09:02,840
for what is coming on Saturday.
1019
01:09:02,920 --> 01:09:06,960
It will be a dark night for Katie,
so be prepared.
1020
01:09:11,160 --> 01:09:16,080
She has all the tools that it takes
to win this fight, trust me on that one.
1021
01:09:16,160 --> 01:09:20,840
And the best tool is experience
and Katie doesn't have it.
1022
01:09:24,800 --> 01:09:27,920
[reporter] The day before the huge event
and a huge amount of expectation
1023
01:09:28,000 --> 01:09:30,200
surrounding Katie Taylor.
How is the woman herself...
1024
01:09:30,279 --> 01:09:32,640
24 hours before her huge fight?
1025
01:09:32,720 --> 01:09:35,240
She's as cool, calm
and collected as ever. She's great.
1026
01:09:35,319 --> 01:09:39,800
She's a consummate pro and just
looking forward to getting on with it now.
1027
01:09:46,000 --> 01:09:48,000
[Bridget] I have said to her
time and time again,
1028
01:09:48,080 --> 01:09:52,040
there's no point in forfeiting
your health for one fight.
1029
01:09:54,160 --> 01:09:58,320
From a mother's perspective,
I'm more concerned about her wellbeing.
1030
01:09:58,400 --> 01:10:02,040
She is prepared for a good ten hard rounds
1031
01:10:02,120 --> 01:10:06,320
and you need to be in good health
for that kind of a fight.
1032
01:10:08,760 --> 01:10:12,480
Lord, I pray now for Katie tonight,
Lord God. From this moment, Father God,
1033
01:10:12,560 --> 01:10:15,040
before she even leaves this room,
that your angels, Lord God,
1034
01:10:15,120 --> 01:10:18,600
will be summoned, Lord God. That
they will be posted around her, Lord God.
1035
01:10:18,680 --> 01:10:21,600
That you will guard and protect her
in all her ways, Lord God.
1036
01:10:24,000 --> 01:10:26,080
[Watterson]
She has to win this world title fight
1037
01:10:26,160 --> 01:10:28,520
because she staked so much on it.
1038
01:10:29,520 --> 01:10:32,640
If she loses this,
she is on the trajectory of Rio.
1039
01:10:33,840 --> 01:10:36,160
And Lord, I pray for
supernatural strength for her.
1040
01:10:36,240 --> 01:10:40,680
I pray for accuracy in her punching,
Father God. That she will rise up.
1041
01:10:45,560 --> 01:10:49,360
[Brian] Katie at 70% in against
the world champion makes it
1042
01:10:49,440 --> 01:10:51,400
a lot, lot riskier fight.
1043
01:10:51,480 --> 01:10:53,760
What percentage of the real
Katie Taylor is going to turn up?
1044
01:11:00,080 --> 01:11:02,240
[all] Amen.
1045
01:11:02,320 --> 01:11:04,240
[girl] You are crying now.
1046
01:11:04,320 --> 01:11:07,920
-[laughter]
-Oh, again! Oh, again!
1047
01:11:08,000 --> 01:11:09,960
-Better?
-Yeah. Thank you.
1048
01:11:10,040 --> 01:11:12,200
-That's great.
-Jesus has you covered.
1049
01:11:12,280 --> 01:11:13,640
Thank you.
1050
01:11:17,280 --> 01:11:20,000
-What does it say?
-"Destined for greatness".
1051
01:11:20,080 --> 01:11:23,040
[Katie] Destined for greatness!
Yes, you are.
1052
01:12:00,040 --> 01:12:02,640
Be well tonight and
you'll be winning this easy,
1053
01:12:02,720 --> 01:12:05,160
if you just do what
you're suppose do, right?
1054
01:12:05,240 --> 01:12:08,600
-Thanks a lot.
-You be lucky, darling. See you later.
1055
01:12:10,760 --> 01:12:13,520
[Ross] Tonight, you just
gotta get that respect early.
1056
01:12:13,600 --> 01:12:16,040
Make her go back to the corner,
"Why the fuck am I here?" You know.
1057
01:12:16,120 --> 01:12:20,400
Last thing you want her doing is going to
the corner, like, "OK, I can hang here."
1058
01:12:28,720 --> 01:12:31,680
[crowd cheering]
1059
01:12:39,720 --> 01:12:43,920
[commentator] Ireland's heroine and
women's sporting icon Katie Taylor,
1060
01:12:44,000 --> 01:12:47,280
with her first acid test as a pro.
1061
01:12:47,360 --> 01:12:52,440
Can she win a world title less
than a year since turning professional?
1062
01:12:55,880 --> 01:12:57,520
[Brian] Good luck, Katie.
1063
01:12:57,600 --> 01:13:00,280
[commentator] This is where
we find out a lot about Katie Taylor.
1064
01:13:00,360 --> 01:13:02,480
Is this the moment?
1065
01:13:10,160 --> 01:13:13,160
Good body shot from Katie Taylor!
1066
01:13:13,240 --> 01:13:16,040
Down goes Sanchez.
She really felt that!
1067
01:13:16,120 --> 01:13:21,640
What a perfectly placed punch
from the Irish star.
1068
01:13:21,720 --> 01:13:24,920
Katie Taylor with a massive
breakthrough here.
1069
01:13:25,000 --> 01:13:30,080
Taylor going for it and she's
on the very verge of being coronated.
1070
01:13:30,160 --> 01:13:31,760
And Katie Taylor...
1071
01:13:31,840 --> 01:13:35,320
Oh, beautiful right hand!
She nearly went.
1072
01:13:37,360 --> 01:13:39,680
[Ross] You hurt her to the body.
1073
01:13:39,760 --> 01:13:43,000
You keep hitting her there and
she's not getting through this fight.
1074
01:13:45,360 --> 01:13:49,280
[commentator] There's a couple of nice
counter-punches coming back from Sanchez.
1075
01:13:50,480 --> 01:13:52,800
Sanchez and another right hand,
1076
01:13:52,880 --> 01:13:55,240
and Taylor's chin just exposed there.
1077
01:13:57,040 --> 01:13:59,240
This really is give and take.
1078
01:14:01,600 --> 01:14:04,040
Sanchez very much in this,
don't get me wrong.
1079
01:14:04,120 --> 01:14:06,400
Taylor knows that she's in a fight here.
1080
01:14:06,480 --> 01:14:08,400
[bell rings]
1081
01:14:09,920 --> 01:14:13,120
[Ross] You're getting a little wide with
the body shot. You need to tighten up.
1082
01:14:13,200 --> 01:14:15,920
No more going straight back though.
You're giving too many chances.
1083
01:14:16,000 --> 01:14:18,840
When you're done, I want you turning her
or I want you stepping off, every time.
1084
01:14:18,920 --> 01:14:21,520
We got to suck it up like
we're running on the mountain.
1085
01:14:21,600 --> 01:14:24,760
Time to put your foot on the gas.
You're too strong and too sharp.
1086
01:14:40,560 --> 01:14:42,840
[commentator] Taylor holding strong.
1087
01:14:42,920 --> 01:14:45,680
All those hours away from home.
1088
01:14:47,440 --> 01:14:51,440
Good work from Taylor.
Beautiful right hand.
1089
01:15:16,360 --> 01:15:18,000
[bell rings]
1090
01:15:21,440 --> 01:15:23,360
[announcer] Ladies and gentlemen,
1091
01:15:23,440 --> 01:15:26,720
after ten rounds of boxing,
we go to the score cards.
1092
01:15:26,800 --> 01:15:30,280
In favour of your winner
by unanimous decision,
1093
01:15:30,360 --> 01:15:35,840
and the new WBA Lightweight
Champion of the World,
1094
01:15:35,920 --> 01:15:40,400
Katie Taylor!
1095
01:15:40,480 --> 01:15:43,160
[wild cheering]
1096
01:15:58,200 --> 01:15:59,520
Ah!
1097
01:16:03,680 --> 01:16:06,200
Hey, congratulations.
You are a really good fighter.
1098
01:16:06,280 --> 01:16:12,240
I never saw the speed that she has
in any girl worldwide.
1099
01:16:18,640 --> 01:16:23,360
Well done. Well done, love.
Bravo. Congratulations.
1100
01:16:34,680 --> 01:16:37,440
[doctor] So, stitches,
leave them in for seven days.
1101
01:16:37,520 --> 01:16:41,080
And once the stitches are out,
I can spar again.
1102
01:16:41,160 --> 01:16:44,320
Ideally, you should leave it six weeks.
1103
01:16:44,400 --> 01:16:47,320
That's with a headguard.
1104
01:16:47,400 --> 01:16:50,320
The problem is if the scar is still fresh,
it could ping open.
1105
01:16:50,400 --> 01:16:53,120
-And I wouldn't...
-I'll be back next week, so.
1106
01:16:53,200 --> 01:16:54,720
-[laughter]
-Yeah...
1107
01:17:01,600 --> 01:17:05,200
[cheering and applause]
1108
01:17:05,280 --> 01:17:09,400
[Brian] It was great to see Katie.
She's breaking boundaries, making history.
1109
01:17:09,480 --> 01:17:11,640
It was the third fight
on the card last night.
1110
01:17:11,720 --> 01:17:14,960
And a lot of people are saying
it was the best fight of the night.
1111
01:17:15,040 --> 01:17:19,160
Katie, look! I'll do it. High five.
Well done. Congratulations.
1112
01:17:20,320 --> 01:17:22,040
[Eddie] I gave her a call
on Sunday and said,
1113
01:17:22,120 --> 01:17:24,480
you know, it was quite
a tough fight. You got a cut.
1114
01:17:24,560 --> 01:17:26,960
Maybe you should wait till
January or February to fight again.
1115
01:17:27,040 --> 01:17:28,800
She said, "No, no, December's fine."
1116
01:17:28,880 --> 01:17:32,960
So she's going to headline
a show in England in December.
1117
01:17:33,040 --> 01:17:38,120
It will be the first time on Sky Sports
there's been a woman's fight headlining.
1118
01:17:38,200 --> 01:17:41,760
And McCaskill, as well,
who has been saying quite a lot.
1119
01:17:41,840 --> 01:17:44,440
It's gonna be a great journey
over the next few years.
1120
01:17:44,520 --> 01:17:46,760
How many years you got left?
1121
01:17:46,840 --> 01:17:48,880
Erm, ten plus.
1122
01:17:48,960 --> 01:17:51,000
Ten? Blimey. OK.
1123
01:17:51,080 --> 01:17:54,320
And the amount you box
that's about 50 fights.
1124
01:17:57,080 --> 01:18:01,720
[Brian] This is the first time
a female fighter has topped a Sky show.
1125
01:18:01,800 --> 01:18:06,040
At the end of the day, remember, you're
the champion. This ain't her place, man.
1126
01:18:06,120 --> 01:18:10,640
[Brian] Twelve months ago, people weren't
even thinking about women's boxing.
1127
01:18:10,720 --> 01:18:13,880
We are getting on the path
to something very, very special.
1128
01:18:13,960 --> 01:18:17,080
[announcer]
She comes to the ring as the reigning
1129
01:18:17,160 --> 01:18:19,560
WBA Lightweight
1130
01:18:19,640 --> 01:18:24,840
Champion of the World!
1131
01:18:24,920 --> 01:18:28,320
[Eddie] Everybody wants
to fight Katie Taylor now.
1132
01:18:28,400 --> 01:18:30,480
She is the money fight in the division.
1133
01:18:33,880 --> 01:18:37,040
[Brian] It's hard becoming the champion,
but the hardest thing is hanging onto it.
1134
01:18:37,120 --> 01:18:39,240
[commentator]
Here comes Jessica McCaskill,
1135
01:18:39,320 --> 01:18:42,400
really trying to crank up
the heat on Katie Taylor.
1136
01:18:42,480 --> 01:18:45,760
So, how long is she going to fight for?
1137
01:18:45,840 --> 01:18:48,240
With a fighter it's all about desire.
1138
01:18:48,320 --> 01:18:51,240
With Katie, I don't think
it's ever going to go.
1139
01:18:53,600 --> 01:18:56,280
[commentator]
Brilliant last round from Katie Taylor,
1140
01:18:56,360 --> 01:19:00,680
who takes the applause
of the many fans here.
1141
01:19:00,760 --> 01:19:04,560
[interviewer] Katie, how far are you from
getting to the place where you want to be?
1142
01:19:04,640 --> 01:19:08,880
[Katie] I'll never put any limits on
myself. I'm not satisfied. I want more.
1143
01:19:08,960 --> 01:19:11,200
Yeah, I want all the belts.
1144
01:19:11,280 --> 01:19:13,560
-[Brian] Thanks very much, guys.
-Congratulations.
1145
01:19:13,640 --> 01:19:15,520
-Thank you.
-Thanks a lot.
1146
01:19:20,640 --> 01:19:24,640
[Eddie] I don't know what her life
after boxing looks like.
1147
01:19:24,720 --> 01:19:26,760
It's quite a scary thought.
1148
01:19:26,840 --> 01:19:31,280
Because with the void of boxing,
what will she do?
1149
01:19:31,360 --> 01:19:34,800
Like, she's probably quite disappointed
now that she's going to have a month off.
1150
01:19:34,880 --> 01:19:38,080
I just get the impression
after three or four days,
1151
01:19:38,160 --> 01:19:41,120
she's bored and she wants
to go back into camp.
1152
01:19:47,400 --> 01:19:49,520
[interviewer]
In terms of your dad and so on,
1153
01:19:49,600 --> 01:19:53,240
is that something you see reconciling?
1154
01:19:58,760 --> 01:20:02,560
[Katie] I met up with my dad a few weeks
ago actually and it was a great meeting.
1155
01:20:02,640 --> 01:20:05,680
That was the first time I'd seen
him in over a year, I think.
1156
01:20:05,760 --> 01:20:09,400
It was just great to be able
to sit down and talk with him.
1157
01:20:12,000 --> 01:20:14,960
Everything I know as a boxer
came from my dad.
1158
01:20:16,320 --> 01:20:22,400
He might not be on my team, but he's
obviously a huge part of who I am today.
1159
01:20:22,480 --> 01:20:26,640
You know, he was definitely
a hero to myself.
1160
01:20:30,000 --> 01:20:33,560
And I think that is the start
of restoration.
1161
01:20:33,640 --> 01:20:35,840
But it is definitely a process.
1162
01:20:39,640 --> 01:20:44,120
I mean, I'm always very hopeful
that things are going to turn out well.
1163
01:20:44,200 --> 01:20:49,280
I think it's so important to have that
hope and we will see how it goes.
1164
01:21:19,800 --> 01:21:23,280
[Katie] How are you?
Yeah, how are you? [laughs]
1165
01:21:23,360 --> 01:21:26,040
So are you going to be
around here for a while?
1166
01:21:26,120 --> 01:21:28,400
Yeah, I'm here for the next few weeks.
1167
01:21:28,480 --> 01:21:31,680
I like what you're doing in the basement.
1168
01:21:31,760 --> 01:21:34,400
Oh, my gosh!
I'm costing them a fortune.
1169
01:21:34,480 --> 01:21:36,480
No, you are not!
1170
01:21:36,560 --> 01:21:39,440
Changing their basement
into a boxing gym!
1171
01:21:39,520 --> 01:21:41,040
They love it!
1172
01:21:41,120 --> 01:21:44,520
I told her that by this time next year
we are going to be so buff.
1173
01:21:44,600 --> 01:21:46,640
-Yeah!
-All we're gonna do is work out.
1174
01:21:57,640 --> 01:22:02,680
I often ask myself, how did I end up here
in Vernon in the middle of nowhere?
1175
01:22:04,240 --> 01:22:07,040
But I love it, I think.
1176
01:22:18,000 --> 01:22:21,120
I'm in a really good place at the moment.
1177
01:22:21,200 --> 01:22:25,840
I want to unify the division
and this is the start of that dream.
1178
01:22:27,800 --> 01:22:31,160
I mean, after Rio, the disappointment
is always going to be there,
1179
01:22:31,240 --> 01:22:33,760
but I think it's OK to be disappointed.
1180
01:22:33,840 --> 01:22:37,480
That's what life is about, really.
It's about mountain tops and valleys,
1181
01:22:37,560 --> 01:22:40,760
and I always say that
my best days are always ahead.
1182
01:22:40,840 --> 01:22:44,480
[music: "I Walk" by AE Mak]