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Taylor eyes top billing
- Updated: November 23, 2016
Katie Taylor has her sights set on headlining a show in her own right in the future.
The five-time world and six-time European champion makes her pro debut against Pole Karina Kopinska on a stacked card at Wembley’s SSE Arena, live on Sky Sports 2, on Saturday.
The 2012 Olympic champion fights again two weeks later on the undercard of Anthony Joshua’s IBF title defence against Eric Molina and hopes she can replicate her dominance as an amateur in the paid ranks.
“I’d love to win a world professional title, hopefully unify the belts and become a multi-weight world champion,” Taylor told Sky Sports News HQ.
“I hope I get to a stage when I’m actually headlining these shows as well, boxing in front of thousands and thousands of people here in Dublin maybe. That would be the absolute …