Katie Taylor's Croke Park Fight Draws Peak Audience of 1.6 Million on RTÉ

Katie Taylor's unanimous points victory over Flora Pili at Croke Park attracted a peak RTÉ television audience of 1.6 million viewers and an average of 973,000, with an additional 552,000 streams on the RTÉ Player. The event, held before 80,000 fans, marked the first boxing match at Croke Park since Muhammad Ali's 1972 fight. Taylor retained her WBA, IBF, and WBO super-lightweight titles and claimed the vacant IBO and WBC belts. RTÉ director of video Steve Carson called it a national moment. DAZN served as the global broadcaster, partnering with RTÉ for Irish coverage. The viewership exceeded the peak audience for the 2026 World Cup final.

Peak RTÉ audience of 1.6 million tuned in to watch the Bray boxer’s Croke Park showdown with Flora PiliThe televised event had an average audience of 973,000, along with 552,000 streams on the RTÉ Player, the broadcaster said on Monday.

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Sports streaming service DAZN was the global broadcaster of Taylor’s final fight, working with RTÉ on the Irish coverage. The peak figure of 1.6 million for Taylor’s fight was greater than the viewership for the 2026 World Cup final peak . RTÉ director of video Steve Carson said Taylor’s final fight “was a national moment that will be remembered for many years to come”.

“RTÉ Sport felt it was important to be able to bring live coverage from Croke Park to viewers and listeners, free-to-air, right across the country,” he added in a statement. Rules for seeking Irish citizenship to be tightened under new planAustrian headscarf ban for under-14s faces test as schools reopen

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