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Katie Taylor's Final Fight at Croke Park for Super Lightweight Championship
Katie Taylor’s last walk will be on the biggest stage her country can offer.
On Saturday, the Irish icon steps out at Croke Park in Dublin to face France’s Flora Pili for the undisputed super lightweight championship, in what has been confirmed as Taylor’s final fight as a professional. An 80,000-seat cathedral of Irish sport sold out in half an hour for her farewell. That tells its own story.
This is not just another title defence. It is a full stop at the end of one of the defining careers in modern boxing, played out in front of a crowd that has followed her from small halls to global arenas and now back home, one last time.
A farewell on home soil
Taylor, already an undisputed champion at lightweight, climbs through the ropes on Saturday as the face of Irish boxing, closing a journey that began long before the bright lights of Croke Park. The stakes are simple: all the belts at 140 lbs on the line, a proud French challenger in Pili in the opposite corner, and a nation watching to see if their standard-bearer can sign off as champion.
The atmosphere will be ferocious. Croke Park, more used to the colours of Gaelic games, will turn into a cauldron for boxing’s most decorated Irish fighter. Every ring step, every exchange, will carry the weight of a career and a country.
How and when to watch
For those not lucky enough to hold one of those precious tickets, the fight goes out live around the world.
- Date: Saturday, Sept. 5
- Location: Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland
- Coverage begins: 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT
- Main ringwalks (Taylor vs. Pili): 5:10 p.m. ET / 2:10 p.m. PT
- Broadcast: DAZN (streaming)
The entire Taylor vs. Pili card is included as part of a standard DAZN subscription. No pay-per-view surcharge, no one-off event fee. Viewers can access the show with a regular annual plan or a monthly option, including a flexible monthly pass that can be cancelled at any time.
Once the undercard clears and the lights dim, attention will narrow to two fighters and one question: can Katie Taylor leave Croke Park — and the sport — with every super lightweight belt still in her hands?
