Katie Taylor will close the book on a remarkable career tonight, stepping through the ropes for the final time in front of 80,000 fans at Croke Park. One last ring walk. One last roar from a city she helped turn into a boxing capital.
She doesn’t bow out quietly. She never has.
In the main event, Taylor faces Flora Pili for the undisputed super lightweight championship, with her WBA, IBF and WBO titles on the line and the vacant WBC belt completing the set. Victory would make her a three-time undisputed world champion, a staggering achievement in any era, in any weight class.
This is not just another defence. It’s a coronation and a goodbye rolled into one night.
A Stage Fit for a Career
Croke Park, steeped in Irish sporting history, becomes the backdrop to Taylor’s final act. The crowd will not just be watching a title fight; they’ll be saying farewell to the fighter who dragged women’s boxing into the mainstream, who headlined arenas and stadiums that once shut their doors to her side of the sport.
The atmosphere will carry more than anticipation. It will carry gratitude.
Taylor has promised this is the end. No tease of a comeback, no hedging about “seeing how I feel.” She walks in as champion, and whatever happens, she walks out as a retired fighter.
How to Watch the Farewell
The card begins at 2:00 pm ET, with DAZN carrying the action via subscription streaming and RTÉ broadcasting in Ireland. Croke Park in Dublin hosts what promises to be one of the most emotionally charged nights of the boxing year.
Patrick Stumberg will be on the call with round-by-round coverage of the main event and full updates from the undercard as the evening builds toward Taylor’s final ring walk.
The Main Event: Taylor vs Pili
At the top of the bill, Katie Taylor vs Flora Pili is scheduled for 10 two-minute rounds at super lightweight. All the marbles sit on the table: Taylor’s WBA, IBF and WBO titles, plus the vacant WBC belt to crown an undisputed champion.
For Taylor, it’s the chance to leave the sport exactly as she lived in it — chasing the hardest challenges, stacking up history. For Pili, it’s the opportunity of a lifetime, a shot not only at the belts but at upsetting the script on a night seemingly written for the Irish icon.
One woman defends a legacy. The other tries to rewrite it.
The Supporting Cast
The undercard carries its own weight, with a distinctly Irish flavour and plenty of intrigue before the main event takes over the night.
On the main card:
- Dave Allen vs Thomas Carty, heavyweights, 10 rounds A clash of big men with contrasting trajectories, with Carty looking to make a statement and Allen always dangerous when the lights burn brightest.
- Paddy Donovan vs Tyrone McKenna, welterweights, 10 rounds A stylish, high-energy matchup between two men who know how to entertain and who understand what it means to perform on a big Irish stage.
- Taylor Bevan vs Emmet Brennan, super middleweights, 10 rounds A meeting of hungry contenders, each trying to turn a coveted slot on Taylor’s farewell card into a launchpad for bigger nights of their own.
Preliminary bouts begin at 11:00 am ET and are free to stream, setting the rhythm for a long, charged day of boxing in Dublin.
By the time the main event ring walks begin, the sun will be dipping, the noise rising, and an entire stadium will stand to watch Katie Taylor answer the bell one last time.
The belts are on the line. So is the ending to one of boxing’s defining careers.
