Katie Taylor vs Shields

[PBAC]

1. Namely who was bigger for women's boxing? They were both poster children for women's boxing in their home countries but who had the bigger impact in bringing it closer to tthe forefront. Does boxing have a Rhonda or was it simply time.

2. Also p4p who is the better fighter.

 

[Kovalev's "Man Bag"]

KT is the one that really put the spotlight on women's boxing. Both in the amateurs & the pros. If it wasn't for her women's boxing would probably still be absent from the Olympics. She played a huge part in the IOC's inclusion of the program in 2012.

In the pros it was KT's fight against Amanda Serrano a couple years ago that raised the profile of women's boxing. It was a big fight. Even people that wouldn't normally watch women's boxing tuned in. They made history and became the first female boxers to both earn 7 figure paydays.

P4P? Right now it's Shields. She's never lost as a pro. The Ring rates her as the P4P queen with KT at #2.

 

[Nova44]

Still waiting for Shields to fight Thurman.

 

[Jonny Ninja]

Katie Taylor for 1 and 2 imo

She’s been the face of womens boxing these last 10 years and an inspiration for many young female fighters. It’s not unusual to hear young pros cite Taylor as their inspiration - Caroline Dubois being one of many

She’s has had to beat/fight far better opposition than shields. Outside of Savannah Marshall there really isn’t any decent fighters at her current weight. There are only 22 pro fighters in her current division. There’s nearly 150 pro fighters at Taylor’s weight so the talent pool is far bigger

 

[Seano]

Taylor is obviously better for the sport. Shields has a repulsive personality and seems to lack any sort of self awareness.

 

[WillyWarminski]

KT appears better to me on a boxing ability level. Fundamental boxing.

 

[pugilistico]

People I know who don't follow boxing, much less women's boxing, seem to have heard of Taylor. Shields seems like a more gifted fighter in terms of natural ability though.