Katie Taylor became one of the most successful boxers of her generation without an enemy, a persona or an opinion designed to annoy half the internet. And while fame followed, she has always seemed almost magnificently uninterested in performing it. For one Irish woman who has watched katie_t86’s career unfold alongside her own life, her retirement feels surprisingly personal. She watched her win Olympic gold from behind a London bar in 2012. Fourteen years later, now a mother of three, she considers what it means to have grown up alongside a sporting icon who has always seemed so entirely sure of who she is. 🔗 Read the full piece at GloriousSport.com / tapping the link in our bio. Images markrobinsonphoto at matchroomboxing #glorioussport #katietaylor #womensboxing #girlswhobox #femaleathlete