Relieved Katie Taylor: 'I never want to feel like that again'

26 June 2015; Katie Taylor, Ireland, in announced victorious over Yana Alekseevna, Azerbaijan, by referee Jose Ignacio Del Puerto Trueba, following their Women's Boxing Light 60kg Semi-Final bout. 2015 European Games, Crystal Hall, Baku, Azerbaijan. Picture credit: Stephen McCarthy / SPORTSFILE

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Katie Taylor revealed how her fear of losing spurred her to pull out a big last round and book her place in Saturday's women's lightweight final at the European Games in Baku.

Taylor's four-year winning streak looked in grave danger of coming to an end as she trailed going into the last round against Azerbaijan's World Championship silver medallist Yana Alekseevna.