Katie deserves a world beating homecoming.

Bray braced for biggest ever party after champ's title win

- SEAN MURPHY

BOXING hero Katie Taylor deserves a ticker-tape homecoming to celebrate her world title victory, councilors, and a referee who is central to the champ's career believe.

Sadie Duffy was the woman in charge of the Bray star's first-ever official all-women's fight in Dublin in 2001 - 21 years before Saturday night's mega match-up in New York City.

World champ Katie won the biggest ever fight in women's boxing history on Saturday when she beat Puerto Rico's Amanda Serrano for the first headline bout by two women at Madison Square Garden.

Sadie told the Irish Mirror that Katie's rise from that first fight in 2001 in Dublin to super-stardom in the Big Apple means the queen of world boxing has to have a homecoming celebration.

She added: "What Katie has achieved is outstanding, in every sense of the word. She has been breaking down barriers since 2001. Her fight in 2001 opened up the sport to young girls and women.