After we kicked off the 19th year of these awards with two new names for our roll of honour, swimmer Ellen Walshe and rugby player Lucy Mulhall, our perennials have returned in force. Leona Maguire, Rachael Blackmore and, now, Katie Taylor have won the last three monthly awards, bringing to 32 the number they’ve collected between them since we got under way back in 2004.
Taylor has picked up half that total, her 16th earned by her performance against Amanda Serrano in a fight for the ages on that remarkable night in Madison Square Garden in front of a crowd close to 20,000.
At the end, the split decision saw her retain her WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO lightweight titles, the 35-year-old now unbeaten in 21 professional fights. …
- May 12, 2022
