Dad Pete confirms boxing star is now married

PETE Taylor has confirmed that his daughter Katie is now married.

- BY MICHAEL SCULLY

It follows speculation that the boxing superstar had been wed, having been photographed wearing a ring on her left hand in the buildup to her trilogy win over Amanda Serrano last month.

"Ever since the fight there with Katie, people are seeing the two of us back together, even some of the s*** you hear about that," Pete told James English on his podcast Anything Goes.

"I was reading somewhere that Katie Taylor never got married because of her father, he wouldn't let her... Katie's married, you know, and I'm thinking, 'where are you getting this s*** from?'"

Pete also opened up about the family rift that saw Katie remove him from her coaching team ahead of the Rio Olympics in 2016 - and after the high of winning gold at London 2012.

"I split with Katie's ma two years, maybe a year after the Olympics," Taylor said.