This mindset at just 17 to want to face the world champion who was 35 and to then beat her in her 5th competitive bout is truly incredible, I spoke to @petetayl

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This mindset at just 17 to want to face the world champion who was 35 and to then beat her in her 5th competitive bout is truly incredible, I spoke to @petetaylor_boxing back in 2021, the insight in Katie’s career was absolutely fascinating and how she forged a pathway for…

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This mindset at just 17 to want to face the world champion who was 35 and to then beat her in her 5th competitive bout is truly incredible, I spoke to @petetaylor_boxing back in 2021, the insight in Katie’s career was absolutely fascinating and how she forged a pathway for female boxers now is absolutely incredible.

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I was saying, just give her an opportunity and then put her away then to Idlita or another tournament with the Lana
The world champion was in it, the current women's world champion was in K his weight, he was 35, K was only 17
K beat the Italian, she had three fights to get to the final and then she got against the world champion in the final
And I ran the stadium and said, I don't know if I'm gonna like fight in the final, she's only 7, she's still only a child
This one was 35, it was on beat and she won two world titles, the name was Jennifer Arg, like muscular, it was like a woman against a guy
That's your daughter at the same time as well as your coach.
I don't know if I let her fight and they say no, I don't think you should let her fight.
So I went for a walk with Katie then the morning of the when you should have meant to box in the final.
So I don't think I'll let you box this one.
She says, since we arrived here and I knew she was in the tournament, she said all I wanted to do was meet her.
I just want to fight. I don't care.
I didn't care if it was the first fight or the final. I want to fight.
That's all I come here when I knew she was here.
That's all I wanted to do was fight the world champion.
That's a different mentality, doesn't it?
She says, I knew her even in the semi-finals.
I was thinking, she watched the one fight in the semi-finals.
She says, I'm just thinking, I hope she wins, I hope she wins.
I want to fight her in the final.
And then she says, even in the semi-final,
it was hard to concentrate because I wanted to fight
this one in the final.
So I said, right, I said, she was 17,
so I would put her in.
She beat the world champion.
That made everybody get the win.
Geez, she's have to beat the world champion.
There was only KT, you won her 200 fights or something.
It was KT's fifth competitive fight.
So that was the start of the journey, really, I think.