Katie Taylor is notoriously private but the boxing champion agreed to let a small crew document her attempt to get back to the top of her game over the past few years.
KATIE, directed by Ross Whitaker, intimately follows the champion boxer as she attempts to rebuild her career after a year of turmoil threatened to derail her career.
Speaking on Today FM's Dermot and Dave, Taylor reflected on her latest fight against Puerto Rican Cindy Serrano, which was a weak challenge, by saying, "she wasn't up to much the girl" and she also had a great laugh with the lads about the proposed fight with Cindy's sister Amanda, "I could have fought Amanda after Cindy actually, so would could have fought on the same night", she laughed.
Conor McGregor is also one of Katie's superfans, which was evident as he supported her in Boston at the fight over the weekend. He was heard saying, "it's an honour to see you live" after her win.
🙌☘ï¸@TheNotoriousMMA visits @KatieTaylor’s dressing room! #TaylorSerrano pic.twitter.com/yN96oxOtp4
— Matchroom Boxing (@MatchroomBoxing) October 21, 2018
But Katie has the height of respect for 'The Notorious' too by saying, "I think every sport needs someone like Conor". She's not put off by his persona either, feeling it's all to do with his enterprise, "I think he's just a great businessman and he's a super athlete."
Now we've often heard of the phrase 'the impossible dream', but that's exactly what the 32-year-old had been chasing from an early age, "ever since I was a child, 8 or 9 years of age, I've always dreamt about being an Olympic Champion". What makes this ambition even more impressive is that women's boxing wasn't even allowed in Ireland back then.
When asked if the fallout with her dad made her stronger, the world champion reveals how "that year was the lowest part of my life", but she dusted herself off, regained her focus used that hurt to push harder than ever - "this documentary is a comeback story".
Her faith was also questioned, but even in the darkest hours she never turned her back on her beliefs and highlighted its importance in her return by saying, "it's because I have God in my life is why I got through it all".
Here's a little taster of what you can expect from KATIE:
The Bray boxer has won six amateur European championships, five world amateur championships and is an Olympic Gold Medal winner from the London 2012 Olympic Games.
She turned professional after a disastrous campaign at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, where she suffered a shock defeat in the first round despite being favourite to win.
The film unravels the deeply personal reasons behind the career low and shows the champions grit and determination to start over as a professional.
KATIE is out in selected cinemas this Friday and you can check them out on KatieTaylorFilm.com
And we cannot recommend it highly enough - it's an absolute knockout!!! #KT
Catch Katie's chat in full by pressing the play button in the image at the top of the page.
