Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano: Boxing legend reveals 'biggest disappointment' of her career

Katie Taylor rates her shock loss to Mira Potkonen as the worst moment of her boxing career.

The Bray Bomber, 35, made it all the way to the quarter-finals at the Rio Olympics in 2016 but suffered defeat at the hands of her Finnish rival.

Former two-weight world champion Taylor is still haunted by the outcome in Brazil – with the bout the only fight she has lost in the last seven years.

The 35-year-old ring legend is in New York as she gets set to take on Amanda Serrano at Madison Square Garden in an undisputed lightweight title fight.

It is the first time two women will headline MSG in its iconic 140-year history.

Taylor is well aware of the magnitude of such an event and she insists she ‘would not be here’ today had she beaten Potkonen.

She also revealed that the thought of headlining MSG against another female had never crossed her mind before as she had previously considered it impossible.

Taylor told DublinLive: “I definitely would not be here now if I had won gold in Rio.

“It’s amazing how it all turned out really. I think my biggest disappointment in Rio has turned out to be the springboard to my greatest comeback and that’s an amazing thing.

“The huge setback that I had has put me in this position and I never really thought that I would be in this position to be headlining Madison Square Garden.

“I really am proud [to have turned it around]. To experience both in the Olympic games – the highest of the highs and the lowest of the lows. I’m definitely very grateful that I’m in this position right now and that I was able to come back from that huge disappointment.”

Taylor also recalled how a phone call from her childhood hero Roy Keane helped her at the lowest point of her career.

Speaking to JOE.co.uk, she