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25th Mar 2017

Katie Taylor is in the best shape of her life as she looks to remain unbeaten

Putting us all to shame

Sean McMahon

They look in damn good shape.

Katie Taylor will be in the ring for her fourth professional fight on Saturday night.

The Bray native will be looking to maintain her unbeaten record as she aims for a world-title shot at some stage this year.

Taylor’s latest opponent is Milena Koleva and the Bulgarian was originally supposed to fight the Olympic gold medalist on the undercard of Tony Bellew and David Haye but had to pull out because of illness.

Well, the two will finally get to face-off in Manchester tonight as they fight on the undercard of the world lightweight title rematch between Jorge Linares and Anthony Crolla.

Taylor will be confident of defeating Koleva who has a modest record (9-7-1, 3 KO’s) and if the weigh-in photos are anything to go by, both fighters look in tip-top condition.

Taylor looks in incredible shape herself.

But good word, look at Koleva’s biceps…

It looks set to be an eight round fight which will be the longest fight the Bray boxer has faced in her professional career so far.

Kolena recently fought for the world title in January but she suffered a defeat against Maiva Hamadouche.

This looks set to be the biggest challenge of Taylor’s professional career so far.

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