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Taylor to Bow Out in Style at 'Cathedral of Irish Sport' in Dublin
Taylor will defend three junior welterweight belts and fight for the vacant WBC title in her final career bout.
- On September 5, Katie Taylor will face undefeated French boxer Flora Pili at Croke Park in Dublin, marking the 39-year-old's expected final professional bout.
- Promoter Eddie Hearn campaigned for years to bring the event to Croke Park, overcoming previous cost barriers that could have ended Taylor's career without this fight.
- Taylor defends her WBO, WBA, IBF and Ring Magazine titles while fighting for the vacant WBC Super Lightweight Championship in her third professional outing in Ireland.
- Tickets go on sale June 12, with Taylor calling the bout "the perfect way to end" her career at Ireland's national stadium.
- The bout marks the first professional boxing event at Croke Park since 1972, when Muhammad Ali famously fought Alvin 'Blue' Lewis at the venue.
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Taylor to bow out in style at 'Cathedral of Irish Sport' in Dublin
June 5 : Katie Taylor will get her fairytale ending after all, with the Irish boxing great set to hang up her gloves at Dublin's iconic Croke Park in what promises to be a spine-tingling finale to one of the sport's greatest careers.The 39-year-old undisputed super-lightweight champion will face France's Flor
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Emotional Katie Taylor gears up for last fight in ‘cathedral of Irish sport’
The Irish boxer will take on Frenchwoman Flora Pili on September 5 at Croke Park.
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