{"id":161008,"date":"2025-09-22T08:23:56","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T08:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/161008\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T08:23:56","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T08:23:56","slug":"boxing-legend-katie-taylor-is-step-mum-to-five-children-with-new-husband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/161008\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxing legend Katie Taylor is step mum to five children with new husband"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boxing legend faces her biggest challenge yet as she takes on motherhood role following her marriage\n<\/p>\n

The Sunday World can exclusively reveal Katie\u2019s new husband is father to two sons and three daughters, aged from 11 to 23.<\/p>\n

We can also disclose that Sean\u2019s former wife Alicia and mother of their kids died unexpectedly in October 2023.<\/p>\n

Our pictures today show Katie, Sean and Alicia on holidays together with family members and pals in Boston four years ago.<\/p>\n

While there, the group attended a Boston Red Sox baseball game in the city\u2019s Fenway Park. Sean and Alicia also attended Katie\u2019s fights in 2017, as did several members of their families.<\/p>\n

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Katie with husband Sean<\/p>\n

Alicia, whose maiden name was Velardo, was tragically only 43-years-old when she died.<\/p>\n

We also publish or the first time pictures of Katie (39) and Sean McCavanagh (47) at their red-carpet debut at a Game Undisputed boxing event in London in February, which she also attended with manager Brian Peters.<\/p>\n

Back then she wore a wedding ring. However, she surprised the country when she brought her new husband two weeks ago to Tiglin Men\u2019s Centre in her home county of Wicklow, a rehabilitation facility for those affected by addiction.<\/p>\n

She was also seen wearing a wedding band at press events before her latest bout with Amanda Serrano in July.<\/p>\n

Katie stunned the sporting world on Thursday when she announced she would be taking a break from boxing \u201cto attend to personal matters\u201d.<\/p>\n

It is believed that world champion first met real estate agent Sean and Alicia through her Pentecostal Church links near her adopted hometown of Vernon in Connecticut in America.<\/p>\n

Religious<\/p>\n

Alicia was a member of the Rockville Church of the Nazarene, as is deeply religious Katie.<\/p>\n

The Church began as a small bible study in Rockville in 1986 and was founded by Pastor Ramond \u2018Flick\u2019 Grezel and his wife Susan.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith much prayer and going door to door, the community quickly responded to Flick\u2019s teaching in God\u2019s word and many people were saved,\u201d says the Church on its website.<\/p>\n

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Katie pictured with Sean\u2019s late wife Alicia<\/p>\n

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\u201cToday the Church continues to focus on reaching people in the community who are outside the typical church circles.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alicia was also active in a children\u2019s support group, and enjoyed walks, arts and crafts and also cooking elaborate meals for her family and friends.<\/p>\n

She previously spoke how \u201cI am THANKFUL for a fantastic marriage\u201d and how \u201cmy kids make me a better person\u201d.<\/p>\n

Last week, we disclosed that Sean was the agent who helped buy Katie\u2019s new five-bedroom house in December 2023 in Connecticut, for which she paid $535,000 (\u20ac455,000)<\/p>\n

Speaking to the Sunday World for the first time about being married to one of the most famous people in Ireland, he replied: \u201cIt\u2019s the best ever, she\u2019s the best!.\u201d<\/p>\n

He laughed when asked if he had a good time in Ireland.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow could you not?\u201d he said. \u201cI loved my time in Ireland, I\u2019m home now.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is believed the couple married in Ireland, with just close family and friends in attendance.<\/p>\n

But Sean did not want to give further details about notoriously private Katie\u2019s wedding, which caught many observers by surprise.<\/p>\n

In a 2018 documentary film on her career she made a rare revelation about her love life.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes I think I\u2019m a bit too single-minded where I only think about the next fight,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m not too sure whether I want to get married, whether I want to have kids.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added with a laugh: \u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019d be able for that. I can hardly look after myself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve definitely had opportunities where I\u2019ve been in relationships with guys and stuff, but it\u2019s never really worked out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Purchases<\/p>\n

Katie moved to Connecticut nearly a decade ago and lives in Vernon, about 20kms from the State\u2019s capital city, Hartford.<\/p>\n

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Last week\u2019s Sunday World described how the couple had met<\/p>\n

Her company, KT Sports USA, is registered in the town and she has been involved in a number of property purchases in the area.<\/p>\n

Her new husband\u2019s family are based in the nearby town of Manchester and have long-standing ties to the real estate business.<\/p>\n

During her visit to Tiglin, Katie spoke about her journey to becoming the undisputed women\u2019s world champion.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Bray Bomber\u2019 spoke to residents in the centre, many of whom are working to rebuild their lives after struggling with addiction through Tiglin\u2019s residential rehabilitation programme.<\/p>\n

Her father Pete, with whom she lately reconciled after a falling out, confirmed in July that his daughter had married when speaking on the Anything Goes podcast with James English.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was reading somewhere that Katie Taylor never got married because of her father, he wouldn\u2019t let her.<\/p>\n

\u201cKatie\u2019s married, you know, and I\u2019m thinking, \u2018Where are you getting this from?\u2019\u201d said Pete.<\/p>\n

Senator Aubrey McCarthy, founder of Tiglin, gave the couple and Katie\u2019s mother a tour of the facility, with Sean said to be \u201cdoting\u201d on his new wife.<\/p>\n

Discipline<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were humbled to welcome the undisputed world champion, Katie Taylor, her husband, and family to Tiglin,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cHer quiet strength and powerful message uplifted everyone in the room. Katie reminded us that recovery, like boxing, demands courage, discipline, and heart,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Katie was the undisputed and undefeated lineal world lightweight champion from 2019 to 2024, and has held the undisputed and lineal world super lightweight championship since 2023.<\/p>\n

She won Olympic gold for Ireland at the 2012 games in London in lightweight, carrying the Irish flag at the opening ceremony, and is considered by many experts to be the best female boxer of all time.<\/p>\n

She turned professional in 2016 and is currently ranked as the world\u2019s best active female super lightweight by BoxRec and the best active female boxer, pound-for-pound, by The Ring and BoxRec. She is known for her fast-paced, aggressive boxing style.<\/p>\n

Katie is the daughter of Irish mother Bridget (n\u00e9e Cranley) and English-born father Pete Taylor, and has an older sister and two older brothers.<\/p>\n

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Her father first visited Bray to work with his dad in the amusement arcades on the seafront and after meeting and marrying Bridget, he decided to settle in the Co Wicklow town.<\/p>\n

In 1986, he became an Irish senior light heavyweight champion boxer.<\/p>\n

Originally an electrician by trade, he eventually became Katie\u2019s full-time boxing coach.<\/p>\n

Bridget also developed an interest in boxing and became one of the earliest female referees and judges in Ireland.<\/p>\n

Katie and Pete experienced a falling out after her parents\u2019 marriage collapsed in 2016 and led to him being removed from her coaching staff.<\/p>\n

This estrangement lasted for about nine years, during which time Katie turned professional and trained with Ross Enamait.<\/p>\n

They have since reconciled, working together again in the lead-up to Katie\u2019s trilogy fight against Amanda Serrano in July this year.<\/p>\n

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Katie at a boxing event in London with husband Sean<\/p>\n

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