Sep 3, 2026 · 36 min · 14 segments
Not long ago, women’s boxing was a different sport. Banned in most countries and ridiculed in the rest, female fighters fought in the shadows. Until one night in 1996. That night Deirdre Gogarty, a…
Deirdre GogartyGuest
Gabby LoganHost
Mark ChapmanHost[chime] This is a global production.
On, on top of all the boxing, just to add to how, uh, how amazing y- you are and your life has been, when you talked about being a graphic designer, you were an illustrator on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
I mean, nobody wanted to see two women slap each other around before a Tyson fight.
I wasn't like really thinking, oh, this is gonna be the fight that makes women's boxing, well, you know, 'cause we had no idea.
When you became a world champion, women were still not allowed [laughs] to box back in Ireland.
If I go through all of this and th- eh, the one that comes behind me and the one after that, if they've still got to go through all this then what have I really accomplished? Imagine if Katie Taylor wasn't allowed to box.
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[chime] This is a global production.
On, on top of all the boxing, just to add to how, uh, how amazing y- you are and your life has been, when you talked about being a graphic designer, you were an illustrator on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
I mean, nobody wanted to see two women slap each other around before a Tyson fight.
I wasn't like really thinking, oh, this is gonna be the fight that makes women's boxing, well, you know, 'cause we had no idea.
When you became a world champion, women were still not allowed [laughs] to box back in Ireland.
If I go through all of this and th- eh, the one that comes behind me and the one after that, if they've still got to go through all this then what have I really accomplished? Imagine if Katie Taylor wasn't allowed to box.
