Eddie Hearn on Katie Taylor's impact

    by Yamanaka: Eddie Hearn

    Eddie Hearn says Katie Taylor is the reason women's boxing has come this far. Hard to argue with that.

    Transcript (en)

    The truth is, without her, women's boxing wouldn't have been in the London 2012 Games. And it may never have got there at all. It might have got there over time, but she kind of did that. She won that gold medal. But I think when you look back on everything that she's done, from starting out, from fighting on the AJ Undercards, to headlining MSG, fighting on Netflix, and she's beaten everybody, by the way. Like when you look back, you know, you see Chantel Cameron beat Michaela Meyer on last Saturday. Like she's a strong, big, big, big girl. And like that rematch victory over Chantel Cameron, I think is so underrated, especially at the stage in her career that Katie was. Like so there's so many things that I think the Olympics would always be the Olympics. And but there's a lot of people that don't remember the Olympics or weren't around in 2012. of, right, the younger generation now that are following Katie. I don't think they're necessarily reminiscing about the Olympics. I mean, these are girls that are 8, 10, 12, 16. They weren't even born when she won the Olympics. So, you know, I think what she's done in the pro ranks will, it's just like everything that she's done across the board, you know, from the age of, you know, like that promo said, you know, going in as a girl when girls weren't allowed and pretending she was a boy. Like the whole story, you couldn't make it up.