02-08-2025
Inside Katie Taylor's family life as dad Pete confirms her relationship status
Katie Taylor's dad confirmed that the champ is married after she was spotted wearing her wedding ring.
The boxer sparked speculation after she was photographed wearing a ring on her left hand — usually reserved for married folks — earlier this week, but kept mum on any nuptials, being famously private when it comes to her family.
However, her dad Pete confirmed in a recent podcast that his daughter is, in fact, married — although there is no info surrounding her new spouse. Katie sparked rumours that she was married after she was spotted with a wedding ring on her finger. Pic: KT
Born to mum Bridget and dad Pete, Katie is the youngest of four children. She has two older brothers in Lee and Peter, and an older sister, Sarah.
Katie's mum has previously spoken about her youngest being a 'tomboy' growing up, telling Mummypages: 'She wouldn't have been your typical girl. I have two girls and two sons.
'Katie was very close to her older brother, there's only a year and a couple of months between them, other people used to think they were twins when they were growing up!' Katie was trained by her father Pete for the 2016 Olympics, before dropping him as a coach after he left her mother for her friend. Pic: INPHO/Morgan Treacy
While her dad trained her throughout her amateur boxing career, which culminated in Olympic gold, Katie fell out with Pete after he and his mother split up; with Pete marrying Katie's then-close friend, Karen Brown.
Katie and her dad appeared to have reconciled in 2019, with the father-daughter duo stepping out together as Katie fought Amanda Serrano for the third time.
'She has good morals. She said if you've split up with my mother then I don't want you in my corner,' Pete said back in 2019. 'She knew what the outcome would be. She knew that she'd be missing me in the corner but she still had the morals to go ahead and do that. You've got to respect that.'
Pete was also nearly killed in a shooting at the Bray boxing club in 2018, which saw Bobby Messett fatally injured. A man was eventually convicted of murdering Mr Messett in 2023. Katie also earned 11 caps for the Republic of Ireland women's team, scoring two goals. Pic: Matt Browne / SPORTSFILE
While women's football is bigger than it ever was, and the Irish women's team made their first World Cup back in 2023, Katie could've easily been up there as the first star for the Girls in Green.
Katie earned 11 caps for the Irish senior women's team, playing at school level for boys' teams (shades of her boxing beginnings, when she wasn't allowed to fight as a girl). She played for clubs including St James' Gate and Peamount United, winning a domestic treble with Peamount, and scored two goals for the Republic of Ireland women's team.
After sparking speculation that she was married when she was spotted with a ring on her wedding finger.
Despite being notoriously private about her personal life, Pete confirmed that his daughter was in fact married, telling the Anything Goes podcast 'Ever since the fight there with Katie, people are seeing the two of us back together, even some of the s**t you hear about that.
'I was reading somewhere that 'Katie Taylor never got married because her father wouldn't let her.' Katie's married,' Pete said. 'I'm thinking 'where are you getting this s**t from?''
Katie has never given up much about her romantic life, telling The Athletic a while ago that she hated getting those types of questions in interviews.
When asked what was her least favourite question to hear, she said: 'Probably the question about relationships. That's another question people always ask. I guess people are just interested in my personal life.
'I get it all the time. It's a bit annoying at times but I'm just polite and get on with it. I don't think male boxers get asked it, though.'
In 2019, however, she confirmed her (then) relationship status, telling the Mirror 'I'm not [seeing anyone] at the moment, I really genuinely haven't got the time.
'I'm just out in America training hard at the moment but who knows what could happen in the future.'
