Katie Taylor

**Katie Taylor** (an haife ta a ranar 2 ga watan Yuli 1986) ƙwararriyar ƴar wasan dambe ce kuma tsohuwar ƴar wasan ƙwallon ƙafa . Ita ce ta kasance zakara mafi nauyi tawagar mara nauyi na duniya wanda ba a jayayya da layi ba daga 2019 zuwa 2024, kuma ta gudanar da gasar cin kofin duniya mafi nauyi mara nauyi tun daga 2023.  Tana da farin jini sosai a ƙasar Ireland, ana yaba mata wajen ɗaga martabar damben mata a gida da waje, kuma ana ɗaukarta a matsayin fitacciyar 'yar wasan Ireland a zamaninta. 

A wasan damben mai sonta, Taylor ta lashe lambobin zinare biyar a jere a gasar cin kofin duniya ta mata, zinare sau shida a gasar zakarun Turai, da zinare sau biyar a gasar cin kofin Tarayyar Turai . Ta kasance mai rike da tuta ga Ireland a bikin bude gasar Olympics ta London a 2012 kafin ta ci lambar zinare a gasar Olympics a rukunin mara nauyi . 

Taylor ya zama ƙwararre a cikin 2016 a ƙarƙashin Matchroom Boxing . Bayan lashe kambun WBA mara nauyi a 2017 da kambun IBF a shekara mai zuwa, nasarar da ta samu a kan Delfine Persoon a Lambun Madison Square ya sa ta zama ‘yar dambe ta takwas a tarihi (mace ko namiji) da ta rike dukkan manyan kambun duniya guda hudu a dambe-IBF, WBA, WBC, da WBO — lokaci guda. A cikin Nuwamba 2023 ta sake maimaita wannan nasara, inda ta doke Chantelle Cameron a Dublin don taken IBF, IBO, WBA, WBC, da WBO, ta sake samun na karshen da ta samu a farko daga Christina Linardatou a 2019.

Tun daga Maris 2023, Taylor yana cikin matsayi a matsayin mafi kyawun mata masu nauyi a duniya ta BoxRec  kuma mafi kyawun ɗan damben mata, fam-for-pound, ta *The Ring*  da BoxRec.  An san ta da salon wasan dambe da sauri. 

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Taylor a ranar 2 ga Yuli 1986 a Bray, County Wicklow,  'yar mahaifiyar Irish Bridget ( *née* Cranley) da mahaifin ɗan Ingila Pete Taylor .  Tana da wata 'yar'uwa mai suna Sarah da 'yan'uwa maza biyu masu suna Lee da Peter, wanda na karshen su farfesa ne a fannin lissafi a Jami'ar Dublin .  Mahaifinta, wanda aka haife shi a kusa da Leeds kuma ya girma a Birmingham,  ya fara ziyartar Bray don yin aiki tare da mahaifinsa a cikin wuraren shakatawa a bakin teku. Bayan saduwa kuma ya auri Bridget, ya yanke shawarar zama a Bray. A cikin 1986, ya zama babban zakaran damben damben nauyi mai nauyi na Irish . Asali ma’aikacin lantarki ne ta hanyar kasuwanci, daga ƙarshe ya zama kocin Taylor na cikakken lokaci. Ya kuma horar da Adam Nolan wanda, kamar Taylor, ya wakilci Ireland a Gasar Olympics ta bazara ta 2012 . Bridget kuma ta sami sha'awar wasan dambe kuma ta zama ɗaya daga cikin alkalan wasa na farko mata da alkalai a Ireland.

Tsakanin 1999 zuwa 2005, Taylor ya halarci Makarantar Al'umma ta St. Kilian a Bray. Yayunta uku duk sun yi makaranta daya. Kazalika wasan dambe da wasan ƙwallon ƙafa a makaranta, ta kuma buga ƙwallon ƙafa na mata' Gaelic da camogie tare da ƙungiyoyin GAA na gida, Bray Emmets da Fergal Ógs. Ta kasance memba na Bray Runners, kungiyar wasannin guje-guje da tsalle-tsalle na gida, kuma an bayar da rahoton cewa wasu kwalejoji na Amurka sun ba ta guraben karatu a wasanni yayin da take ci gaba da karatu a St Killian. Koyaya, ta zaɓi maimakon ta halarci Kwalejin Jami'ar Dublin, wanda aka sani da shirin tallafin karatu na wasanni,  wanda ta cancanci ta sakamakon sakamakonta na Barin . Yayin da aikinta na wasanni ya fara tashi, ta zaɓi rashin kammala karatunta a UCD.  

## Amateur aiki
Taylor ya fara dambe ne a shekarar 1998 yana dan shekara 12. Mahaifinta ya horar da ita da yayyenta biyu, Lee da Peter, a St Fergal's Boxing Club, wanda ke aiki daga tsohon gidan jirgin ruwa a Bray . A 15, a cikin 2001,  ta yi yaƙi a wasan damben mata na farko da aka amince da shi a hukumance a Ireland, a filin wasa na ƙasa, kuma ta doke Alanna Audley daga Belfast.  

### Jerin fadace-fadacen take

; Gasar damben dambe ta Turai Amateur 2005
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Nasarar farko da Taylor ta samu ita ce a gasar Amateur Championship na 2005, a Tønsberg, Norway . Ta lashe lambar zinare, inda ta doke Eva Wahlström ta Finland a wasan karshe na 60&nbsp;kg mara nauyi.

; Gasar Damben Duniyar Mata ta AIBA ta 2005
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Daga baya a shekara ta 2005, a Gasar Amateur ta Duniya a Podolsk, Rasha, Taylor ya tsallake zuwa wasan kusa da na karshe a cikin 60.&nbsp;kg nauyin nauyi. A nan ta yi rashin nasara da Kang Kum-Hui, wadda ta kasance 'yar damben boksin daya tilo da ta doke Taylor a gasar cin kofin duniya.

; Gasar damben dambe ta Turai Amateur 2006
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A Gasar Cin Kofin Turai na 2006 a Warsaw, Poland, Taylor ta lashe lambar zinare ta biyu a jere ta hanyar dakatar da zakara a duniya Tatiana Chalaya 'yar Rasha, ita ma ta karbi kyautar mafi kyawun damben gasar.

; Gasar Damben Duniyar Mata ta AIBA ta 2006
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At the 2006 World Women's Boxing Championship, contested in New Delhi, India, Taylor became Ireland's first World Champion, defeating Chalaya again in the semi-final and then Erica Farias of Argentina in the 60&nbsp;kg final.

; Gasar damben dambe ta Turai Amateur 2007
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A shekara ta 2007, ta lashe gasar cin kofin Turai ta uku a jere a Denmark. 

; Gasar damben dambe ta Mata ta Tarayyar Turai ta 2008
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2008 ta ga Taylor ta lashe lambar zinare ta farko ta Tarayyar Turai, wanda aka yi takara a watan Agusta a Liverpool, Ingila . Anan ta doke Cindy Orain ta Faransa.

; Gasar Damben Duniyar Mata ta AIBA ta 2008
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Taylor ta ci gaba da lashe kambunta na biyu a duniya a gasar damben damben mata ta AIBA ta 2008, wadda aka fafata a watan Nuwamba a Ningbo, China . A cikin 60&nbsp;Ajin nauyin kilogiram, ta doke Cheng Dong ta kasar Sin a wasan karshe wanda shi ne karo na 100 da ta yi. 

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A ranar 21 ga Maris 2009 a Dublin O2, Taylor ta yi nasara da ci 27–3 a kan zakara ta Pan-American sau uku Caroline Barry ta Amurka a kan katin shaidar cin kofin WBA super bantamweight duniya tsakanin Bernard Dunne na Ireland da Ricardo Cordoba na Panama. Da take magana bayan fafatawar, Taylor, wacce ta tsayar da Barry a wasan karshe na gasar cin kofin duniya da aka yi a birnin New Delhi na shekarar 2006, ta ce ta yi mamakin irin tarbar da ta samu daga magoya bayan ‘yan damben kasar Ireland. Ta ce: "Ba zan iya yarda da liyafar da aka yi mini ba - abin mamaki ne a gare ni. Na san zai zama fada mai tsanani kuma an yi mata da kyau don kada ta ja da baya."

; Gasar damben dambe ta Mata ta Tarayyar Turai ta 2009
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Taylor ta kare kambunta na Tarayyar Turai a shekara ta 2009. Ta doke abokiyar hamayyarta a gida, Denitsa Elisayeva ta Bulgaria, a gasar Yuli da aka shirya a Pazardzhik .

; Gasar Damben Duniyar Mata ta AIBA ta 2010
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A ranar 18 ga Satumba 2010, Taylor ta ci gaba da da'awar taken duniya na uku a jere a Gasar Damben Duniya ta Mata ta AIBA ta 2010, a Barbados . A cikin 60&nbsp;Ajin nauyin kilogiram, ta sake doke Cheng Dong ta kasar Sin a wasan karshe.  Wannan ita ce nasara ta 100 na Taylor.

; Gasar Damben Mata ta EU ta 2011
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Taylor won the gold medal at the EU Women Boxing Championships in Katowice, Poland in 2011.

; Gasar Damben Duniyar Mata ta AIBA 2014
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On 19 May 2012, Taylor won her fourth successive World title at the 2012 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship, in Qinhuangdao China. In the 60&nbsp;kg weight class, she defeated Russian southpaw Sofya Ochigava.

; Wasannin Olympics na bazara na 2012
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Taylor ta cancanci shiga gasar Olympics ta bazara a 2012 a Landan, karo na farko da aka yi la'akari da wasan damben mata don haɗawa. Jama'a sun taru a kan titunan garinsu Bray domin kallon ci gaban da ta samu a kan manyan allunan da aka kafa musamman domin bikin.  Coddle ya fitar da wata guda mai suna "Katie Taylor Ireland's Boxing Legend".  Waƙar ta kai lamba 42 a cikin Charts na Irish.

Fitowar Taylor ta farko a gasar Olympics ta bazara ta 2012 ta zo ne a ranar 6 ga Agusta, bayan zagaye na farko bye. Ta samu nasara mai ban sha'awa da ci 26–15 (R1: 5–2, R2: 5–5, R3: 9–4, R4: 7–4) akan Natasha Jonas ta Biritaniya, inda ta nemi gurbinta a wasan kusa da na karshe tare da ba ta tabbacin, akalla, lambar tagulla ta Olympics. [1] [2] Magoya bayan Taylor sun samar da matakan amo a gasar Olympics.

A wasan kusa da na karshe a ranar 8 ga watan Agustan 2012, ta yi fice sosai ga Mavzuna Chorieva ta Tajikistan kuma ta yi nasara a cikin nasara da ci 17–9 (R1: 3–1, R2: 4–2, R3: 6–3, R4: 4–3), inda ta yi ajiyar wuri a wasan karshe kuma ta ba ta tabbacin samun lambar azurfa ta Olympic.

Taylor ta doke 'yar kasar Rasha Sofya Ochigava a fafatawar karshe da ci 10–8 (R1: 2–2, R2: 1–2, R3: 4–1, R4: 3–3) a ranar 9 ga watan Agustan 2012, inda ta lashe lambar zinare ta Olympics, kuma ta zama zakaran gwajin dafi na farko a gasar Olympics.

A lokacin da ta dawo Dublin tare da sauran tawagar wasannin Olympics ta shiga cikin jirgin sama kuma ta jingina daga taga tana ɗaga tutar Irish.

; Gasar Damben Duniyar Mata ta AIBA 2016
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A ranar 24 ga Nuwamba 2014, Taylor ta lashe kambunta na biyar madaidaiciya a Koriya ta Kudu a Gasar Damben Duniya ta Mata ta AIBA ta 2014, inda ta doke Yana Allekseevna ta Azerbaijan.   Sakamakon karshe shine 40–36, 39–37, da 39–37 a cikin tagomashinta. 

A ranar 27 ga Yuni 2015, Taylor ya lashe kambun nauyi mai nauyi a Azerbaijan a gasar farko ta Turai, inda ta doke Estelle Mosely ta Faransa.  Sakamakon karshe shine 40–36, 40–36, da 39–37 a cikin tagomashinta. 

; 2012 AIBA Women's World Boxing Championship
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A ranar 24 ga Mayu 2016, Taylor ta cancanci shiga gasar Olympics ta bazara ta 2016 bayan ta doke Victoria Torres a wasan daf da na kusa da na karshe na rukunin mara nauyi a Gasar Dambe ta Mata ta AIBA ta 2016 .  Kwanaki biyu bayan haka, Taylor ta sha kashi a hannun Estelle Mossely a wasan kusa da na karshe wanda ya kawo karshen yunkurinta na lashe kofin duniya karo na shida a jere. 

; Wasannin Olympics na bazara na 2016
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A ranar 15 ga Agusta 2016, Taylor ya yi rashin nasara da ci 2–1 a wasan daf da na kusa da karshe a hannun Mira Potkonen ta Finland kuma bai ci gaba ba.  

## Sana'ar sana'a
Taylor ta yi wasanta na farko na ƙwararru a ranar 26 ga Nuwamba 2016, inda ta zira kwallaye a bugun fasaha na zagaye na uku (TKO) akan Karina Kopińska a Wembley Arena a London. 

A fafatawar ta na ƙwararru ta biyu ta fuskanci Viviane Obenauf a ranar 10 ga Disamba 2016 a filin wasa na Manchester, Manchester . An watsa wasan ne kai tsaye a gidan talabijin na Sky Sports Box Office a matsayin wani bangare na kati na karawar Anthony Joshua da Éric Molina a gasar cin kofin duniya ajin masu nauyi. A fafatawar da Taylor ta yi a zagaye na biyu bayan da Obenauf ya bayyana ya zame, kuma karshen ya samu yanke idonta na hagu biyo bayan wani karo da suka yi da kai, Taylor ta yi nasara da yanke hukunci mai maki shida (PTS) tare da alkalin wasa ya ci 60–53. 

Bayan nasarar dakatar da zagaye na uku ta hanyar yin ritaya na kusurwa (RTD) da Jasmine Clarkson a watan Yuli,  Taylor ta fuskanci tsohuwar zakaran duniya mai nauyin nauyi biyu Anahí Ester Sánchez don matsayin mace mara nauyi na WBA a sarari a kan 28 Oktoba 2017 a filin wasa na Principality a Cardiff, Wales. An saita Sánchez don kare taken a daren, duk da haka, ta kasa yin nauyi don yaƙin kuma daga baya WBA ta cire ta, tare da taken akan layi don Taylor kawai. An yi wasan ne kai tsaye a gidan talabijin na Sky Sports Box Office a matsayin wani bangare na katin shaida na Anthony Joshua vs. Carlos Takam . Bayan sarrafa zagaye na farko da saurinta da karfinta, Taylor ta jefa tsohon zakaran zuwa zane tare da harbin jiki a karo na biyu. Sánchez ya sake samun rauni a zagaye na gaba bayan da hannun dama daga Taylor ya sa ta yi tuggu. Sánchez ya samu nasara a wasa na biyar, inda ya sauko hannun dama don tilasta Taylor kan kafar baya. Taylor ta sake samun iko ga sauran fafatawar don samun nasarar yanke shawara mai fa'ida (UD), tare da dukkan alkalai ukun da suka zira kwallaye 99-90 don baiwa Taylor kambunta na farko a duniya. 

#### Taylor vs. Sánchez
Bayan nasarar dakatar da zagaye na uku ta hanyar yin ritaya na kusurwa (RTD) da Jasmine Clarkson a watan Yuli,  Taylor ta fuskanci tsohuwar zakaran duniya mai nauyin nauyi biyu Anahí Ester Sánchez don matsayin mace mara nauyi na WBA a sarari a kan 28 Oktoba 2017 a filin wasa na Principality a Cardiff, Wales. An saita Sánchez don kare taken a daren, duk da haka, ta kasa yin nauyi don yaƙin kuma daga baya WBA ta cire ta, tare da taken akan layi don Taylor kawai. An yi wasan ne kai tsaye a gidan talabijin na Sky Sports Box Office a matsayin wani bangare na katin shaida na Anthony Joshua vs. Carlos Takam . Bayan sarrafa zagaye na farko da saurinta da karfinta, Taylor ta jefa tsohon zakaran zuwa zane tare da harbin jiki a karo na biyu. Sánchez ya sake samun rauni a zagaye na gaba bayan da hannun dama daga Taylor ya sa ta yi tuggu. Sánchez ya samu nasara a wasa na biyar, inda ya sauko hannun dama don tilasta Taylor kan kafar baya. Taylor ta sake samun iko ga sauran fafatawar don samun nasarar yanke shawara mai fa'ida (UD), tare da dukkan alkalai ukun da suka zira kwallaye 99-90 don baiwa Taylor kambunta na farko a duniya. 

#### Taylor vs McCaskill
Kare na farko na kambunta ya zo ne da Jessica McCaskill , wadda ba za ta yi jayayya ba a nan gaba, Jessica McCaskill, a ranar 13 ga Disamba, a dakin taro na York Hall da ke Landan. Bayan fafatawa a zagaye na farko, Taylor ya gangara kan zane a karo na biyu a cikin abin da aka yanke hukunci a matsayin zamewa. Taylor ta fara daukar iko da saurinta da karfinta kafin McCaskill ya samu nasara kuma ya cutar da zakara a zagaye na shida. Taylor ya sami raguwar maki a karo na bakwai don riƙewa da ya wuce kima, kafin ya ajiye McCaskill a nesa kuma ya yi yaƙi a kewayon zagaye uku na gaba don samun nasarar UD. Alkali daya ya zura kwallo a karawar da ci 98–91 sauran biyun kuma suka ci 97–92. 

### Haɗin kai zakara

#### Taylor vs. Bustos
Yaƙinta na gaba shine fafatawar haɗin kai da mai rike da kambun mata na IBF Victoria Bustos a ranar 28 ga Afrilu 2018 a Cibiyar Barclays a birnin New York . Taylor ta mallaki mafi yawan fadan da gudunta daga nesa, kawai ta fuskanci wahala a zagaye bakwai da takwas bayan shigar da Bustos a kusa. Taylor ta sami nasarar da UD mai faɗi don ƙara taken IBF a cikin tarin haɓakarta, tare da alkalai biyu suka zira kwallaye 99-91 kuma na uku ya ci 98–92. 

Ta yi nasarar kare kambunta guda uku a cikin 2018; kayar da Kimberly Connor ta hanyar zagaye na uku na TKO a watan Yuli;  tsohuwar WBO mace zakara Cindy Serrano ta UD a watan Oktoba;  da kuma tsohuwar zakaran wasan kwallon kafa na WBC Eva Wahlström a watan Disamba. 

Yaƙin farko na Taylor na 2019 shine wani fafatawar haɗin kai, wanda ke fuskantar zakara mai nauyi mace ta WBO Rose Volante a ranar 15 ga Maris a Cibiyar Liacouras a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . Taylor ta fara fada da karfi, ta yin amfani da hadin kai da bugunta da motsi don daukar iko, ta sauke Volante zuwa zane da hannun dama a zagayen budewa. Zagaye na biyu ya ga Taylor ya tsaya a bayan jab, yana kiyaye abokin hamayyarsa a kewayo yayin da Volante ke ƙoƙarin rufe nesa da yaƙi a kusa. Volante ya sauya dabara a zagaye na uku, ya zauna a tsakiyar zoben yana jiran Taylor ya danna aikin. Taylor ya wajaba, amma ƙwallon ƙafa na zakaran Irish ya ba ta damar shiga da fita kafin Volante ya sami kowane naushi mai ma'ana. Bayan da yawa iri ɗaya a cikin na huɗu, Taylor ta fara tara matsa lamba a cikin na biyar, tana canza hare-harenta daga kai zuwa jiki don samun buɗewa tare da harbin jiki mai ƙarfi don cutar da Volante. Zagaye na shida ya ga Taylor ta soki mai gadin Volante da naushi kai tsaye, ta bar abokin hamayyarta hancin jini. Volante ya samu nasara a zagaye na bakwai tare da naushi mai nauyi a jikin Taylor, kafin matar dan kasar Ireland ta ci gaba da kai hare-hare don sake samun iko. Taylor ta ci gaba da samun nasararta a karo na takwas, inda ta sauko a hannun dama sannan kuma hadewar naushi shida cikin sauri. Bayan da Volante ke fama da naushi na naushi, kuma an yanke mata hanci wanda da alama sakamakon karon juna ne, alkalin wasa Benjy Esteves ya shiga tare da dakatar da fafatawar don baiwa Taylor nasarar lashe gasar TKO a zagaye na tara da kuma kofin duniya na uku. 

A cikin hirar da ta yi bayan fada, Taylor ta bayyana aniyar ta na zama zakaran gwajin dafi na mata mara nauyi, tana mai cewa; "Yanzu za mu iya fara magana game da wannan yaƙin, Mutum . Wannan sunan yana fitowa a cikin shekaru biyu da suka gabata. Ina da bel guda uku, tana da bel na WBC, don haka dole ne mu ci gaba da wannan yakin." 

### Zakaran da babu jayayya

#### Taylor vs. Mutum I
A watan Disamba na shekara ta 2018, ɗan jaridar Irish Evanne Ní Chuilinn ya bayyana cewa Taylor ta zargi Delfine Persoon da karkatar da kudi don yaƙi da ita. Daga baya Persoon ya yi iƙirarin cewa ya ba da $ 100,000 ga Taylor don yaƙi. Kocin Taylor ya bayyana cewa Taylor ba zai ma fita daga gado ba don wannan adadin. A ranar 15 ga Afrilu 2019, Taylor da Persoon sun amince da gwagwarmayar hadin kai mai nauyi, wanda za a gudanar a ranar 1 ga Yuni a Madison Square Garden a matsayin undercard don gwagwarmaya ta Anthony Joshua vs. Andy Ruiz Jr. mai nauyi. Baya ga dukkan sunayen sarauta guda huɗu da ke kan layi, belin mujallar Ring ma yana cikin gungumen azaba.