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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
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Robert Hynes

Katie Taylor's heartwarming phone call to Lisa O'Rourke and Amy Broadhurst following their World Championship wins

Katie Taylor congratulated Ireland's two newest world champions after Lisa O'Rourke and Amy Broadhurst both won gold on Thursday.

O'Rourke claimed gold in the light-middleweight class, while Broadhurst triumphed at light-welterweight.

Taylor, who won five successive World titles as an amateur, spoke to both fighters on the phone after ringing them from her Connecticut base.

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