Twitter reaction to Katie Taylor’s World Championship win
Plaudits for Katie Taylor came in from angles after she claimed a record equaling fifth consecutive World championship gold medal win this morning.
High Performance coach Billy Walsh heralded the Bray woman the great Irish sportsperson, her father and coach called her a legend, Darren O’Neill said Taylor has proven herself the greatest Irish boxer of all time and the President even weighed in with some kind words.
Social media went Taylor mad too- and here are some of the best tweets re Taylor’s win.
WOW @KatieTaylor with her 5th World Championship GOLD in a ROW! An inspiration to everyone grinding towards their dream!! Congrats Katie 🙂
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) November 24, 2014
Look where #KatieTaylor has us…!! pic.twitter.com/lezMmZUHzX — Des Cahill (@sportsdes) November 24, 2014
Well done to Katie Taylor on winning her 5th World Title this morning!! #boxing #proud
— Paul McGrath (@Paulmcgrath5) November 24, 2014
Well done to @KatieTaylor who became 5 time World Champion this morning in South Korea!!! #boxing — Paddy Barnes (@paddyb_ireland) November 24, 2014
Here @KatieTaylor ya may have 5 World titles but have ya got 2 Commonwealth Games titles??? #fightme
— Paddy Barnes (@paddyb_ireland) November 24, 2014
The champ! http://t.co/RATy7DhOtt #KatieTaylor #5Times pic.twitter.com/8x16CRMQ6B” to anyone who has ever used ‘fights like a girl’ as an insult — emma matthews (@dilemmam) November 24, 2014
Massive congratulations to @KatieTaylor winning a record equalling 5th World boxing title #
Well done @KatieTaylor 5th world title in a row, reining world champ over the last 10 years! Unreal, congrats champ! #legend
— Michael Conlan (@mickconlan11) November 24, 2014
@KatieTaylor congrats,take a bow. A great athlete,lady & ambassador of the sport and Ireland. Hard work&talent are a dangerous combination — jamie heaslip (@jamieheaslip) November 24, 2014
Congratulations to @KatieTaylor, #worldchampion #inspiration. pic.twitter.com/Wexi8eRXQW
— RTÉ (@rte) November 24, 2014
