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Katie Taylor will end her professional boxing career on Saturday night at Croke Park, taking on undefeated French fighter Flora Pili in a super lightweight bout. Taylor defends her WBO, WBA, IBF and Ring Magazine titles while fighting for the vacant WBC super lightweight championship. The 82,000-capacity stadium sold out in 30 minutes during the initial sale. Coverage airs on RTÉ2 in Ireland and Dazn in the UK, with Taylor and Pili scheduled to enter the ring around 10.10pm.
Katie Taylor will take on undefeated French fighter Flora Pili in her final professional fight at Croke Park on Saturday night. Photograph: Alan Betsonis fighting Flora Pili at Croke Park on Saturday in her final fight as a professional boxer, as she defends her WBO, WBA, IBF and Ring Magazine titles, while fighting for the vacant WBC super lightweight championship.
Taylor and Pioli are expected into the ring about 10.10pm, but timings are subject to change, depending on the undercard fights. Here are those bouts:The fight will be available to watch free-to-air on RTÉ2, with coverage starting at 8pm and going to 11.30pm. For viewers in the North and the rest of the UK, it is broadcast on Dazn. You can also follow live coverage on The Irish Times on our live blog.
General sale tickets for the fight sold out the 82,000 capacity stadium in half an hour in June. A limited number of tickets of additional tickets were released in early August, with a search on Ticketmaster finding some pitchside seats available for €766 each. For the initial sale, prices were from €38.70, with family tickets priced at €125.50.
Taylor and Pili will meet on Tuesday at the The Helix on DCU campus, followed by an open workout at the same venue on Wednesday. On Friday, the two fighters will weigh in at Trinity College. It won’t be easy against the French woman, who is 11 years younger than Taylor and is unbeaten in her 12 fights so far.
She won the IBO super lightweight championship and is ranked second best in the weight behind Taylor by the WBC and IBF. This will be her most high-profile fight so far. Yes, Taylor is in great company following in the footsteps of the “greatest” Muhammad Ali, who came to Croke Park to fight Alvin ‘Blue’ Lewis in 1972.
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