KATIE TAYLOR RETAINS HER TITLES

Congratulations from the IABA to Katie Taylor on retaining her IBF, WBA, WBC, WBO titles on Saturday night.

The Bray woman beat Belgium’s Delfine Persoon on a unanimous decision to retain all four belts after a tough test in Essex, England.

Both women met over ten rounds in a behind-closed-doors promotion in Brentwood.

The scores from the three judges were 96-94,98-93,96-94.

Unbeaten Taylor improves to 16 wins after the unification victory