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26th Jul 2017

Katie Taylor finds out who she will be fighting just days before bout

Not the best way to prepare

Darragh Culhane

Fail to prepare, prepare to fail.

Katie Taylor has been given a tricky task of only finding out who her opponent is just four days before her fight.

The Olympic gold medalist is set to face off against Jasmine Clarkson

Clarkson is a Texas native that has fought 12 times before, winning four fights in total.

Taylor is expected to come out victorious regardless with a world title shot a strong possibility in the near future.

The 31-year-old will be fighting in the U.S. for the first time, her previous five bouts took place in England including on the undercard of Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko in Wembley Stadium.

The five-time world amateur boxing champion is undefeated in her professional career with three victories coming in the way of TKO.

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