Katie Taylor wins fourth European Title

Katie Taylor registered her 38th win in a row to capture her fourth European title on the trot in the Ukraine today.
The 23 year old Irish boxer - who didn't concede a single point in her three bouts in the Championships - beat  Meryem Aslan Zeybek  of Turkey 11-0 in today's lightweight final at the Nadezhda Sports Complex in Nikalaev City.
Scores at the end of each of the four rounds (4-0, 7-0, 9-0) (11-0).
Speaking after today's final, Irish team manager Sadie Duddy said that Katieboxed superbly, while her dad and coach Peter and fellow Irish coach Pat Ryan were full or praise for the Irish lightweight.
Katie Taylor has now won 63 of her last 64 international bouts.
 
The reigning World and AIBA 2008 World female boxer of the year  won her first European title in Norway in 2005 and followed that up with gold medal wins at the European Championships in Poland and Denmark in 2006 and 2007.
Katie who scored 23 points in total in the Ukraine,  received a bye into the quarter finals.
Sinead Kavanagh also performed very well at her first major Championships. The Drimnagh middleweight was edged out by Polish fighter Lidia Fidura in the last 16.
The Irish team are due to arrive home from Budapest (Malev airlines) through Dublin Airport  (September 21st) at 9pm.
European Women's Championships September 14th/21st
September 16th (Last 16)
75Kg: Sinead Kavanagh (Ireland) lost to Lidia Fidura (Poland) 2-3
September 17th (Q/Final)
60Kg: Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Kosovare Buzuku (Sweden) RSC(Round 1)
(RSC = ref stops contest - Taylor was 4-0 up)
September 18th (S/Final)
60Kg: Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Denica Eliseeva (Bulgaria) 8-0
September 20th (Final)
60Kg: Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Meryem Aslan Zeybek (Turkey) 11-0
Irish Squad & Management
60Kg: Katie Taylor
75Kg: Sinead Kavanagh
Coaches: Peter Taylor & Pat Ryan
Team Manager: Sadie Duffy
Physio: Molly Ryan
R&J: Al Morris
Full Results
46kg: Gnevanova Svetlana (Russia) Natalie Vesenne -Lungo ( --) 5-2
48Kg:Jenny Hardings (Sweden) beat Elena Savelyena (Russia) +2-2 c/b
51Kg: Tetyana Kob (Ukraine) beat Shipra Nillsson (Sweden) 4-2
54Kg:Karolina Michalzczuk (Poland) beat Ivanna Krupenia (Ukraine) 8-3
57Kg: Sofya Ochigava (Russia) beat Julia Tsyplakova (Ukraine) 14-0
60Kg: Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Meryem Aslan Zeybek (Turkey) 11-0
64Kg:Tatar Gulsum (Turkey) beat Farida El Hadrati (France) 6-2
69Kg:Lotte Lien (Norway) beat Katarzyna Furmaniak (Poland) 5-0
75Kg: Irina Sinetskaya (Russia) beat Liliya Durnyeva (Ukraine) 8-3
81Kg:Luminita (Romania) beat I Yagci (Turkey) 2-1
+81Kg: Nadezhda Torlopova (Russia) beat Semsi Yarali (Turkey) RET3

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