Katie Taylor has a dance partner and supporting cast for her previously revealed return on October 29 at Wembley as she is officially set to defend her undisputed lightweight title against Karen Elizabeth Carabajal.
Carabajal (19-0, 2 KOs), promoted by Marcos Maidana, has fought her entire nine-year career in her native Argentina and normally competes at super featherweight. A significant portion of her wins have come against opponents with terrible records, sometimes multiple times. She fought twice in a row against Lorena Noemí González (0-3 entering), Natalia Vanesa del Valle Aguirre (7-7-3 with a six-fight losing streak) twice in a row and Cinti Gisela Castillo (7-0 entering). . , 10-8 in the final meeting) three times in the span of five fights.
So yeah, don’t expect a surprise.
“It’s hard to believe it’s been almost six years since I made my pro debut there, so it’s great to be back now and headlining,” Taylor said. “It’s been an amazing ride so far, but there are still a lot of great fights in store for me and I’m excited for what’s to come.”
“I was very happy when I received the offer to challenge Katie,” said Carabajal. “The hard work has paid off. I’m not thinking for a second about giving Katie a win. All belts with coming back to Argentina with me!
An interesting co-feature pits Jordan Gill (27-1-1, 8 KOs) against Kiko Martinez (43-11-2, 30 KOs) in what the press release calls an IBF eliminator. I guess it’s not definitive, since Gill is 7th and Martinez is 3rd in the ranking. The Spaniard, who crushed Kid Galahad for the title in one of last year’s wildest upsets, lost the belt to Josh Warrington in March but managed to break his jaw in the process. Speaking of wild results, Gill was last seen being DDTed and beaten to death by Karim Guerfi before turning things around with a one-punch finish.
Martinez still has some left in the tank and Gill needs another good win before he can talk about being a contender, so no complaints here.
Also in store are Caiomhin Agyarko (12-0, 7 KO) against Peter Dobson (14-0, 8 KO) and Gary Cully (14-0, 8 KO) against TBA, as well as familiar faces like Johnny Fisher (6- 0, 5 KO) and John Hedges (6-0, 2 KO).
