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Katie Taylor Wins WBO Super Lightweight Title!

Katie Taylor Wins WBO Super Lightweight Title!

Katie Taylor is one of the best female boxers in the world and is most likely the best pound for pound fighter in the female division. She became the undisputed lightweight champion of the world and went up into the super lightweight division to fight Christina Linardatou for the WBO world super lightweight championship in the Manchester Arena! Full 10 rounds of boxing and Katie Taylor managed to become the new WBO world super lightweight champion of the world and now wants to win more and more titles in this new division!

The fight lasted the whole 10 rounds and every judge put Katie Taylor as the winner, Giustino Di Giovanni scored the bout 97-93, the same for Stephane Nicolo, however Marcus McDonnell scored the bout 96-94 but all in favour of the winner by unanimous decision Katie Taylor. Christina Linardatou won 12 fights and lost 1 before heading into this fight with one of the best female boxers, however she couldn’t end Taylor’s win streak and now lost her title to her! Katie Taylor to a lot of fans fights like “man” and has always learnt how to fight like this because of her trainers.

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What’s next for the new WBO super lightweight champion, Katie Taylor? She maybe wanting to win all the titles in this new division and become the next undisputed champion in the super lightweight division. Christina will be hoping to have another shot at this title or at another world title in her division. Currently only losing 2 fights, she still has what it takes to win more fights. Having a KO rating of 42.86%! Doesn’t end after 2 defeats she will be back to fight and will hope to fight for another world title very soon!

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