Katie Taylor retires as undisputed champion after final Dublin win
Katie Taylor retired on top after a points victory over Flora Pili in front of a packed Croke Park, ending her career as a three-time undisputed champion.
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Katie Taylor has retired from professional boxing as a three-time undisputed world champion after a dominant points win over France's Flora Pili in Dublin. The 40-year-old Irish fighter was given a hero's send-off by a crowd of more than 80,000 at Croke Park, a venue previously headlined by Muhammad Ali in 1972.
Taylor claimed the vacant WBC super lightweight title to add to her three other belts, sealing a unanimous decision after a fight that went the distance. She finished her 10-year professional career with a record of 26 wins and one defeat, having earlier won Olympic gold in 2012 and headlined a sold-out Madison Square Garden in 2022.
Speaking after the fight, Taylor said it was the highlight of her career: "What a way to end this amazing journey. It's been an absolute dream. This is definitely the highlight of my whole career and I'm ending my career on top, which is what every athlete wants to do."
The build-up was a carnival, with Westlife performing and Taylor parading her belts as fireworks lit the Dublin sky. In the final seconds she threw a flurry of punches, smiling as the bell ended her time in the ring. She then placed her belts in the centre of the ring, an image her team called iconic.
Taylor began her career pretending to be a boy to compete, and went on to transform women's boxing. She has been widely hailed as the greatest female boxer in history and one of Ireland's greatest sporting figures.
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Sky News focused on the emotional spectacle of the night, the atmosphere at Croke Park, and Taylor's down-to-earth personality, including her love of chocolate and her relationship with promoter Eddie Hearn. They also highlighted her decision to put her belts down in the ring as a poignant symbol of the end.
- “This is the final time. I'm doing a ring wall. This is the final time. I will hear the national anthem all of those things But she did and and she won”
- “I will not be going back is what she said”
- “She's really poignant like that's it iconic. That's it. Yeah, that's that's the end new chapter”
BBC ONE West placed Taylor's retirement in historical context, comparing her to Muhammad Ali and emphasising her pioneering role in women's boxing, from her early days pretending to be a boy to her Olympic gold and Madison Square Garden landmark. The report stressed her legacy beyond titles.
- “What a way to end this amazing journey. It's been an absolute dream. This is definitely the highlight of my whole career and I'm ending my career on top”
- “Katie Taylor has taken women's boxing to places it's never been before”
- “This humble fighter changed everything”
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