Tayla Harris is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women’s and professional boxer. She previously played football for Carlton and Brisbane. As of September 2020, she is ranked as the world’s fourth best active female middleweight boxer by The Ring and ninth by BoxRec.
Tayla Harris: Partner| Boxing| Achievements| Statue
Partner:
Carlton star and professional boxer Tayla Harris was not happy the last time she met Janay Harding in the boxing ring. Whilst winning the fight, a less than ideal preparation after a trip to Bali meant Harris was “dehydrated, depleted and unhealthy” in the lead up to last year’s bout.
In the months that followed, Harris went onto deal knockout blows on the football field with her goalkicking for the Blues and fought online trolls after that photo went viral. She also took the time to re-evaluate her pre-fight preparation.
Boxing:
Tayla Harris (born 16 April 1997) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the AFL Women’s (AFLW) and professional boxer.
… As of September 2020, she is ranked as the world’s fourth best active female middleweight boxerby The Ring and ninth by BoxRec.
| Club information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Current club | Melbourne | |
| Number | N/A | |
| Playing career1 | ||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) |
| 2017 | Brisbane | 8 (4) |
| 2018–2021 | Carlton | 29 (25) |
| 2022– | Melbourne | 0 (0) |
| Total | 37 (29) |
Achievements:
As a footballer in the AFLW, she was Carlton Football Club’s leading goal-kicker in 2019, receiving the JLT Mark of the Year Award for two years running. In boxing, Tayla holds the Australian super welterweight title and is undefeated in eight professional fights.
Statue:
AFLW star Tayla Harris is once again the target of cowardly trolls after her iconic kick was immortalised with a bronze statue unveiled in Melbourne today.
The 3.3m tall statue depicts the photo of Harris that became the virtual face of the AFLW earlier this year, after Harris’ Instagram post containing the image was flooded with vile comments.
