O'Keeffe visited Taylor's training camp in Connecticut a number of times in recent months
Having helped Katie Taylor prepare for her rematch with Amanda Serrano , Shauna O'Keeffe is eyeing up her own big victory in the ring this month.
READ MORE: Katie Taylor vs Amanda Serrano: Heart vs head dilemma as Jason Quigley previews fight and praises Jake Paul's "massive impact"O'Keeffe reports that Taylor is in "unreal shape" ahead of the rematch of her 2022 Madison Square Garden epic with Serrano. "I would love to be in Texas and I 100% would have been there if I didn't have my own fight to prepare for."
"She's a real workhorse, she's a very, very hard worker," said Taylor. "It's great to be around those types of people, but yeah, I thought the work between me and her was fantastic. O'Keeffe defeated Iceland's Valgerdur Gudsteinsdottir on Callum Walsh's homecoming card months after stopping Angelika Oles of Poland back in Galway on St Patrick's weekend.
"My aim is to become a world champion and Katie said to me that is achievable within a few more fights," stated O'Keeffe. "I'm going to give this my all for the next few years until I'm between 36 and 38.
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