Katie Taylor will no longer feature on the undercard for the Andy Lee's title defence next month in Limerick.

Last week, reports emerged that the 29-year-old boxer would be involved in an undercard bout against an unconfirmed opponent.

However, the Bray native announced through her promoters and management company that she would no longer take part in the event.

“It is with great regret that Katie Taylor will not be taking part on the Andy Lee Undercard at Thomond Park on September 19th. We would like to wish Andy all the best,” the statement read.

There was to be a press conference to discuss details of her inclusion tomorrow, but this will no longer happen.

“We believe we did everything we could to make this event happen but unfortunately on this occasion, the outcome was not to be,” Adam Booth, who is Andy Lee’s trainer, said.

Andy Lee is set to defend his WBO middleweight title against Englishman Billy Joe Saunders.

Saunders had already made headlines for his comments about women, to which Taylor responded.