Katie Taylor’s 2017 only just beginning as very exciting news confirmed

Katie Taylor fans at home and across the Atlantic have a lot more to look forward to this year.

The Pride of Bray moved to 5-0 in the professional ranks by dismantling Nina Meinke in Wembley Stadium on Saturday night. Her seventh round stoppage victory earned her the WBA inter-continental lightweight belt and secured her a shot for the WBA lightweight world title. After getting her hand raised, Taylor made it clear that she was ready for her shot, speaking to Sky.

"I was expecting a tough fight, but I’m absolutely delighted. These are the moments I dream of." "This weight is perfect for me, I feel very strong and good at this weight." "I think I’m ready right now to box for a world title, but we leave that to the likes of Eddie and I’ll just keep focusing on my job. The best is yet to come – I didn’t perform to my best tonight but the most important thing is I won."

https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/858384497322205184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sportsjoe.ie%2Fboxing%2Fkatie-taylors-opponents-eye-pretty-bad-state-seven-grueling-rounds-121934 Eddie Hearn confirmed that the plan is for Taylor to fight for the world title in the tail-end of the year on home territory. However, the next stop on this journey will be Stateside, on the undercard of one of the biggest fights of the year.

"We are looking for an October-November date in Ireland for a world title." "America is next in June or July possibly on the Andre Ward-Sergey Kovalev bill. She's the most entertaining female fighter on the planet - what you saw tonight was more professionalism."

Exciting times ahead.