Katie Taylor v Rose Volante: world lightweight title unification fight – live!
- Taylor and Volante meet to unify IBF, WBA and WBO titles
- Tweet Bryan at @BryanAGraham or email him
Hello and welcome to North Philadelphia for tonight’s lightweight title unification fight between Katie Taylor and Rose Volante. Taylor, the 2012 Olympic gold medalist who holds the WBA and IBF championships at 135lbs, is looking to take another step toward her ultimate goal of unifying the four belts against Volante, the unbeaten Brazilian who’s held the WBO strap since 2017.
Bryan will be here shortly. In the meantime, here’s Kevin Mitchell’s story on the latest Anthony Joshua-Deontay Wilder scuttlebutt.
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