Usually, when she has a fight all but confirmed, but before it’s public knowledge, she’ll drop the news into her family WhatsApp group to let them know.
Such an approach would be folly when there’s a former Kazakh amateur champion - who fought at the same World Championships but in a different division to Taylor in 2012 - hellbent on her downfall, despite appearances. It wasn’t that she had never before laid eyes on Sharipova, of course. It was quite strange but yeah… Whatever!” “I had seen the team around but I wasn’t taking much notice of them. “I was like, ‘Oh, yeah, actually, that’s my opponent.’ “When she came over, I actually didn’t realise who she was until she walked away,” Taylor laughs. Taylor, conspicuously bemused, gave a thumbs up in Zavileisky’s direction before turning her attention back towards her impending DAZN interview. And then there were a few seconds in which it seemed neither fighter really knew what was going on, so Sharipova just smiled back towards the camera of her manager, Sergey Zavileisky, who was recording the interaction for her Instagram account of 150,000-plus followers. “Hi, how’s it going, nice to meet you,” was Taylor’s response. In the end, though, Sharipova, who doesn’t speak English, just reached for Taylor’s hand and said hello. It was striking enough that a bit of a hush fell upon the room but not sufficiently menacing-looking for anybody to stop the Kazakh, who hasn’t minced her words in vowing to dethrone her one-time idol at the M&S Bank Arena this weekend.įiruza Sharipova watching Katie Taylor's media workout on Wednesday. Lightweight ruler Katie Taylor, fresh off a couple of rounds on the pads with trainer Ross Enemait in what was no more than a promotional exercise in the ring, joined DAZN at the back of the hall for a quick interview with the host broadcaster for her fifth title defence versus Firuza Sharipova this Saturday.Īs presenters Chris Lloyd and Darren Barker were gearing up, challenger Sharipova - who had taken the unusual step of watching the champion’s workout intently from ringside - emerged from the flank and strolled towards Taylor. THERE WAS A brief moment of tension which quickly morphed into cringe comedy during Wednesday’s media workout in Liverpool.
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