{"id":1189080,"date":"2026-09-06T05:19:19","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T05:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1189080\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T05:19:19","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T05:19:19","slug":"molly-mccann-dazzles-in-career-best-win-in-front-of-paddy-pimblett-on-cousin-katie-taylors-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1189080\/","title":{"rendered":"Molly McCann dazzles in career-best win in front of Paddy Pimblett on cousin Katie Taylor&#8217;s card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Molly McCann left her opponent battered and bruised in a vicious display on her cousin Katie Taylor&#8217;s historic Croke Park fight card.<\/p>\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/topic\/ufc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UFC<\/a> star McCann was making her latest squared circle appearance as she looks to get lift off in her boxing career.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Molly McCann's opponent's bruised face during fight\" height=\"960\" width=\"948\" data-credit=\"\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MR2_9783.jpg\" data-caption=\"McCann's opponent's face told the tale as she cruised to a bruising and classy win\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/MR2_9783.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1<\/p>\n<p>McCann&#8217;s opponent&#8217;s face told the tale as she cruised to a bruising and classy win<\/p>\n<p>The popular Evertonian was making her fifth outing as a professional since signing with <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/eddie-hearn\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eddie Hearn<\/a>, on <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/boxing\/4560138\/katie-taylor-flora-pili-live-results-updates-croke-park\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the card of her cousin and boxing legend Taylor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Meatball&#8217;, the fan-favourite, put on a show against rugged British opponent Sylwia Doligala and cruised to victory with an all-action display.<\/p>\n<p>Doligala was brave but was battered by the rampant McCann who dominated from the opening bell.<\/p>\n<p>Her teammate and UFC superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/who\/paddy-pimblett\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paddy Pimblett<\/a> watched on from ringside and got a huge reception as he was presented to the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Read More In Boxing<\/p>\n<p>And he beamed in delight as McCann was declared the victor.<\/p>\n<p>After the scorecards were read out and McCann was declared a unanimous decision winner, the damage from the bout became clear.<\/p>\n<p>The Wakefield native had a black left eye which was severely bruised, with swelling also around her nose and other eye.<\/p>\n<p>Her face was also reddened having absorbed some damage during the sustained and gruelling beating.<\/p>\n<p>DAZN&#8217;s Barry Jones was seriously impressed with the Everton fan, who did her family proud with what he suggested was a &#8216;career best victory&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>And it was hard to argue with McCann herself delighted with the victory.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cI really wanted to get you the finish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI apologise, but she could take a dig, couldn&#8217;t she? A year next week I&#8217;ve been boxing. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m doing OK, I\u2019m doing well, it was a big step up. I handled myself and fought well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMatchroom is the greatest company I\u2019ve ever worked for. This is unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Promoter Hearn then added: \u201cWe\u2019re ready to move on to 10-round championship fights now. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She has the platform because she deserves the platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Watch Boxing on DAZN<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788671959_53_Untitled-design-2026-04-07T144058.398.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content--intro\">*If you click a link in this boxout, we will earn affiliate revenue<\/p>\n<p>Sign up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=126251&amp;awinaffid=1482058&amp;campaign=&amp;clickref=talksport-boxing-boxout&amp;clickref2=&amp;clickref3=&amp;clickref4=&amp;clickref5=&amp;clickref6=&amp;ued=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dazn.com%2Fen-GB%2Fwelcome&amp;platform=pl\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noreferrer noopener\">DAZN<\/a> to access the definitive subscription for boxing fans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=126251&amp;awinaffid=1482058&amp;campaign=&amp;clickref=talksport-boxing-boxout&amp;clickref2=&amp;clickref3=&amp;clickref4=&amp;clickref5=&amp;clickref6=&amp;ued=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dazn.com%2Fen-GB%2Fwelcome&amp;platform=pl\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noreferrer noopener\">Upgrade to DAZN Ultimate<\/a> from just \u00a324.99\/month, guaranteeing access to 185+ fights annually, a minimum of 12 pay-per-views at no extra cost, as well as every Lega Serie A match and other elite football access.<\/p>\n<p>Alternatively, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=126251&amp;awinaffid=1482058&amp;campaign=&amp;clickref=talksport-boxing-boxout&amp;clickref2=&amp;clickref3=&amp;clickref4=&amp;clickref5=&amp;clickref6=&amp;ued=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dazn.com%2Fen-GB%2Fwelcome&amp;platform=pl\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noreferrer noopener\">DAZN Standard<\/a> is just \u00a315.99\/month, with the caveat you will have to pay for pay-per-view events.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.awin1.com\/cread.php?awinmid=126251&amp;awinaffid=1482058&amp;campaign=&amp;clickref=talksport-boxing-boxout&amp;clickref2=&amp;clickref3=&amp;clickref4=&amp;clickref5=&amp;clickref6=&amp;ued=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dazn.com%2Fen-GB%2Fwelcome&amp;platform=pl\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"nofollow sponsored noreferrer noopener\">Click here to sign up<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McCann&#8217;s future in boxing is bright and it now appears she is destined for world level.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Molly McCann left her opponent battered and bruised in a vicious display on her cousin Katie Taylor&#8217;s historic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1189081,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,4496,242434,11817,4351,322216,38542,322213,322215,79,322214,5706,12137,16,15],"class_list":["post-1189080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-croke-park","tag-everton","tag-katie-taylor","tag-katie-taylor-cousin","tag-molly-mccann","tag-molly-mccann-result","tag-pili-vs-taylor","tag-sports","tag-taylor-vs-pili","tag-ufc","tag-ufc-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117222414264291622","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1189080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1189080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1189081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1189080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1189080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1189080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}