Originally published at: Katie Taylor Had to Disguise as a Boy to Fight — The Untold Origin of Boxing’s Greatest Champion – Boxing News
FULL EPISODE: https://youtu.be/j0IxrpFiEZ4 Katie Taylor shares the incredible story of growing up in Bray, Ireland during a heroin epidemic, entering a boxing gym at age 10, and having to disguise herself as a boy because women’s boxing wasn’t a sanctioned sport. She reveals how an impossible dream of Olympic gold drove her entire childhood. Follow…