Irish boxer Katie Taylor scoops Sportswoman of the Month Award

Bray boxer, Katie Taylor, has added to her growing list of accolades today by being named The Irish Times / Irish Sports Council 'Sportswoman of the Month', following her fourth successive title at the European Union championships in Poland in June. Her victory over Poland's Karolina Graczyk in the 60kg final was her 38th win in-a-row in major championships, adding to the World and European lightweight titles she currently holds.

This is Taylor's seventh monthly Sportswoman award and she has already won the overall Sportswoman of the Year award in 2008, following her second world lightweight title at Ningbo, China.

Taylor, 25 last month, is already back in training focusing on the October European Championships in Rotterdam, with the World Championships in China to follow. The latter, she says, will be the biggest tournament of her career so far as the event doubles as the London 2012 qualifier. One off day in China and her 2012 dream could evaporate.

"Qualifying for the Olympics is my ultimate goal and there's no doubt that the next World Championships will be the biggest tournament of my life," she said.