The final curtain call on Katie Taylor's stellar boxing career takes place on Saturday, where she takes on French opponent, Flora Pili, and here is all you need to know.
it may have taken a while to get there, but it is here. Katie Taylor takes on Flora Pili at Croke Park, which was confirmed back in June, following an agreement with Matchroom Boxing.
This fight will take place in front of 80,000 fans, allaying any fears that this fight would not sell out to full capacity. Having seen the original 40,000 sell out following a pre sale, the remaining 40,000 sold on general sale in less than 20 minutes.
The main event of Taylor v Pili is expected to take place at approximately 10.08pm, as part of a card featuring nine fights.
The first fight between Paul Ryan and Paddy Gallagher is expected to take place at 4.05pm at Croke Park.
The main undercard is to take place at 7pm, with Taylor Bevan taking on Emmet Brennan at super middleweight.
It has been confirmed that Katie Taylor's fight will be shown free-to-air on RTÉ television, with coverage beginning at 8pm. The fight will be also shown worldwide on streaming platform, DAZN.
Ahead of this fight, Katie Taylor said that she is "still pinching" herself as she makes final preparations before her final ring walk at Croke Park tomorrow. More on this from Nova here.
