'Let's go one more time' - Taylor bows out from boxing at 'dream' venue — SkimNews
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- Katie Taylor, 40, fights her final professional bout Saturday at Dublin's Croke Park, aiming to retire as a three-time undisputed world champion against unbeaten Frenchwoman Flora Pili
- Pili (139.9lbs) and Taylor (139.6lbs) made weight at Friday's weigh-in for the undisputed super-lightweight title fight in front of 80,000 fans — Taylor's first bout at Croke Park
- Her career accolades include Olympic gold at London 2012, co-headlining (with Amanda Serrano) the first women's card at New York's Madison Square Garden, and avenging her sole pro loss to Chantelle Cameron
- Taylor told fans: "This is what I was born for, this is what I was made for. Let's go one more time," adding she wants "a performance worthy of the support I have had"
- Former world champion Carl Frampton said on DAZN the Croke Park dream prolonged Taylor's career and warned: "she has to win first and we can't rule out Pili"
- Three-weight world champion Mikaela Mayer said: "Katie has always been very true to her word. If she says this is her last fight, I believe it to be"
Why it matters: Taylor, 40, is attempting to cap a defining career by retiring as a three-time undisputed champion at Croke Park — a venue she has never fought at — against an unbeaten challenger. A win crowns her exit from the sport she helped mainstream; a loss rewrites the fairy-tale ending in front of 80,000 Irish fans.
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