Katie Taylor's father Pete is back in the gym training clients - despite have two broken legs as a result of a "freak" accident.
The boxing coach was wearing two heavy casts at the gym, and needed to be carried from the car to his wheelchair. Pete Taylor injured both legs in Barcelona earlier this month while chasing a thief down the street.
He shared a video on Instagram showing his wife Karen helping him in and out of his wheelchair as he arrived at the gym. Pete struggles to get around but strong Karen is well able to help her husband.
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He captions the video with “Time waits for no-one. We’ve all big battles to win.” Pete is straight back to training as he can been seen chatting to his boxing students giving them tips and watching them in the ring.
Karen can be seen using a coloured scarf to lift both his legs in heavy casts while two other males lift him from the wheelchair into the boxing ring area of the gym. Pete praised his wife calling her his “angel” as she is now wheeling him for the next 12 weeks and helping him to walk again.
Not only is Karen helping Pete get around, but she has also been washing and cleaning his arm twice a day for 18 months after he was seriously injured in a horror shooting at his gym in Bray in 2018. Another man, Bobby Messett, was killed in the incident.
Last month Pete was photographed with his daughter Katie ahead of her recent bout against Argentinian boxer Karen Elizabeth Carabajal. Katie defeated Carbajal at the Wembley Arena in October. Pete had previously coached Katie, but they went their separate ways in 2016.
He separated from Katie's mother Bridget and later married girlfriend Karen in a low-key ceremony in Majorca in June 2022.
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