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Katie Taylor added to Anthony Crolla-Jorge Linares bill

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Image: Katie Taylor beat Monica Gentili at London's O2 (Pic: Lawrence Lustig)

Katie Taylor will make a quick return to the ring this month on the undercard of Anthony Crolla's rematch with Jorge Linares.

Taylor's fourth professional contest, against an as-yet unnamed opponent, will be live on Sky Sports on March 25 at the Manchester Arena.

The former Olympic champion stopped Italy's Monica Gentili at the weekend on the Tony Bellew-David Haye bill and remains unbeaten since leaving the amateur ranks.

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Katie Taylor stopped Monica Gentili with a 5th round KO and says she is ready for a world title fight right now

She said: "It was a great atmosphere at The O2, but every fight is a big one. You can't afford to slip up in the pro game so every fight is like an Olympic final.

"Saturday was the first time as a pro that I had a proper camp, I got great sparring in America with seasoned pros every day so I am learning all the time. I feel more than ever that the pro game is made for me.

"The body work was good and overall it was a very effective performance and getting a stoppage over a durable girl like that was the icing on the cake.

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"It was great to get another stoppage win, it's all gone well so far and the opponents are going to step up now as we kick on this year for a world title."

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Crolla's world lightweight title rematch with Linares tops a Manchester line-up also featuring Martin J Ward's third meeting with Maxi Hughes and an all-Blackpool middleweight match-up of Brian Rose and Jack Arnfield.

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