Private Katie Taylor prefers life in the shadows as she prepares for ...

21 Nov 2023

Katie Taylor will step back into the limelight on Wednesday.

She will take part in a public workout in Liffey Valley at 1pm, kicking fight week into gear.

Katie Taylor - Figure 1
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Then Thursday is the official press conference, Friday is weigh-in in front of an audience, and Saturday night is fight night.

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A big one. A chance to avenge the zero on her professional record.

Chantelle Cameron in the 3Arena for the second time in six months. A woman that's been on Taylor's mind for a long time.

When the dust settles, the Irishwoman will take some time to relax at home before heading back to the US - where she now owns a house and has a green card.

At 37, the prospect of retirement is put to Taylor regularly, something that doesn't sit well with her.

But it's a fair bet that, when the time does come, she stays in America.

That's because she can live life away from the limelight easier there.

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"It's helped me being in the US. After London 2012, it was kind of overwhelming,'' she said.

"Over here, I'm fairly invisible. Nobody knows who I am. I just get on with my training, go to church, do my own thing.

"I watch a lot of Netflix, just try and chill out between sessions.

"Put on the odd film here and there. I do like watching old fights, love watching the likes of Roy Jones and, especially, Marvin Hagler.''

Various studies have rated Taylor as one of the most popular and marketable sportspeople in Ireland.

That has its upsides, but so does living in a place where you don't attract a second glance.

"It's definitely nice to be anonymous and to be able to focus on the training and not have any distractions,'' she said.

Chantelle Cameron and Katie Taylor after the May 20th fight (Image: ©INPHO/Gary Carr)

"I actually love the lifestyle, I'm very, very happy to be just training and just focusing on the sessions.

"Over the years, I've learned to enjoy the isolation as well. I want to do something great in the sport and I'm prepared to do what it takes to make that happen.

"I can be very focused, I’m in my own little bubble over there and I love that, I love being isolated in training camp, sort of like a Marvin Hagler personality."

Hagler isn't a name you expect Taylor to drop, but it gives a clue into her mind-set ahead of the biggest challenges.

In his own words, Hagler's goal in the ring was to ''destruct and destroy''.

He always saw himself as an outsider and an outcast.

Before his biggest fights, Hagler would go into himself, with a thousand yard stare keeping strangers at bay.

All that mattered was what happened inside the squared circle.

Taylor is made the same way.

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