Katie Taylor’s upcoming fight in New York has been called off.
The Irish boxer was set to take to the ring in Madison Square Garden over St. Patrick’s weekend, but it has been cancelled due to an alleged disagreement with promotional company, Top Rank.
Top Rank, who look after fellow Irish fighter Michael Conlan, were apparently unhappy with the prospects of the two Irish fighters taking to the ring in the same venue over one weekend.
Speaking to IFL TV, Katie’s promoter Eddie Hearn said, “What happened was, we were talking to Golovkin about Katie Taylor going on the card – which everyone wanted to do, obviously. And then Top Rank, Todd duBoef (president of the organisation) mainly, threw his absolute toys out of the pram because they’ve got the Conlan show the night before.
“Golovkin went on March 18th, which they weren’t very happy about but they let it go. Then they heard Katie Taylor was on and they threw their toys out and went ‘we’ve got an Irish show, Katie Taylor’s obviously massive and she’s going on the night before?’
“It was a big, well I won’t say argument, but it was drama.”
While this is a setback for Katie, Eddie is already looking into new fights for the Bray native.
“She may fight the week before in Washington on the Charlo card,” he said.
