Katie Taylor improved her professional record to 6-0 with a comprehensive third-round stoppage of American Jasmine Clarkson.

Taylor entered her US debut as the overwhelming favourite and after three lopsided rounds, Clarkson's corner mercifully waved the fight off before the fourth round could begin, with the 22-year-old southpaw thoroughly outclassed as Taylor dominated from bell to bell.

From the beginning of the fight Taylor marched forward and peppered Clarkson with a series of combinations that immediately exposed the gulf in class between the Olympic Gold medalist and the 4-9 fighter.

The second and third rounds largely followed a similar suit with Taylor punishing Clarkson with a series of shots from the body, to the head, then back to the body before returning to the head, often without Clarkson firing anything in return.

The win marked Taylor's first successful defence of her WBA female Inter-Continental lightweight title with the Bray native now in line to challenge for a world title later this year, with Taylor's manager Brian Peters previously stating that the plan is for the 31-year-old to challenge for a world title in Dublin in November.

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