Katie Taylor is right back on track with Astana win meaning she’s just two victories away from Rio

You can't keep a good fighter down.

Katie Taylor is much more than a good fighter and she showed just that by besting Sweden’s Agnes Alexisson by a 40:36, 40:36, 39:37 decision on the scorecards at the Women's World Boxing Championships in Astana. A bloodied Taylor refused to be beaten as she built on the the momentum gained by her ship-steadying performance at the European Olympic Qualifier box-off last month. Taylor was fresh from her first defeat in five years, a semi-final loss to Yana Alekseevna, when she kept her Rio hopes alive with the box-off victory. And she looked back to her typical and aggressive best in Kazakhstan on Saturday as she proved a class above Alexisson in the last 32 of the Worlds. A win in the last 16 and in the quarter-finals will guarantee Taylor a place in the Olympics and, judging by her dominance this weekend, she's well on track to defend her Olympic title. https://twitter.com/Natalyacoyle/status/734010907743911936 https://twitter.com/devlin_sports/status/734010885824352256 https://twitter.com/AlanMW1981/status/734013335780401152 https://twitter.com/IABABOXING/status/734011476474761216 https://twitter.com/Alanna543/status/734011201781411840