KATIE'S TOP 10 DUELS

'Opinions are opinions, but facts are facts, and you can't get away from those facts'

- BY MICHAEL SCULLY

Taylor v Audley October 31, 2001

Taylor had started boxing at 11, disguising herself as a boy to fight in competition because there was nothing available to her as a girl.

But Katie created history when, at 15, she boxed Alanna Audley at the National Stadium in the first officially-sanctioned female boxing match in Ireland.

Taylor v Farias November 3, 2006

The 20-year-old Bray bomber had retained her European crown when she stepped up to world championship level at 60kg in New Delhi. History was made when she overcame Argentina's Erica Farias in the gold medal decider.

Taylor v Barry March 21, 2009