Katie Taylor's next opponent confirmed by Eddie Hearn

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Katie Taylor's Next Opponent Confirmed By Eddie Hearn
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James Cox
Katie Taylor will follow up her recent victory over Delfine Persoon with a November bout against Spanish boxer Miriam Gutierrez.

The 37-year-old is a mandatory challenger as she holds the interim WBA lightweight belt.

Gutierrez has won all of her 13 fights so far, with five knockouts.

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Taylor, 34, came out on top in her rematch against Persoon last month.

Promoter Eddie Hearn told Boxing Social: "Katie Taylor has to fight her WBA mandatory next, which is [Miriam] Gutierrez, that will be on a stand alone card in November that will be announced shortly. That card will have three world title fights on it in total."

Hearn added: "I spoke to Katie Taylor about an all-women’s card. I thought that was a really good idea. Katie Taylor looked at me like she wanted to punch me when I said that. When I started thinking about it I understand what’s she’s saying.

"What they’re fighting for, away from the world championship, is equality. It’s not women’s boxing and men’s boxing – it’s boxing.

"So actually, when I started thinking about it, listening to what she said, I realised that a women’s only card is detrimental in my opinion to the growth of what we’re trying to do."

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