'Losing her Dad absolutely had an effect' - Mick Dowling on Katie Taylor's Rio defeat
15 August 2016; Katie Taylor of Ireland reacts after her defeat to Mira Potkonen of Finland in their Lightweight quarter-final bout in the Riocentro Pavillion 6 Arena, Barra da Tijuca, during the 2016 Rio Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile
Both Mick Dowling and Bernard Dunne have said that it is impossible not to link the continued absence of Katie Taylor’s father from her corner and the crushing loss to Mira Potkonen in the quarter final of the women’s lightweight bracket in Rio earlier today
As Katie Taylor struggled to merely speak in the direct aftermath of her split decision loss to the 35-year-old Potkonen, which saw the Bray women relinquish the Olympic crown she so gloriously won in London four years ago, the RTÉ panel began a tentative, but scathing autopsy.
