Katie Taylor hopes for a final fight in Dublin before retiring.\u00a0Sarah Stier\/Getty Images for Netflix \u00c2\u00a9 2024<\/p>\n
Katie Taylor has said she will retire this year after one more fight in Dublin.<\/p>\n
Two-weight undisputed champion Taylor (25-1, 6 KOs) has said she wants to fight at Dublin’s Croke Park but details on an opponent and date have not been confirmed.<\/p>\n
“I just want to fight in Dublin to end my career,” Taylor told RTE.<\/p>\n
“Obviously we’re still hoping for Croke Park, we’re hanging on to a bit of hope that it can happen.<\/p>\n
“If it doesn’t happen there are plenty of options there. I have obviously fought in the 3Arena a couple of times, the Aviva Stadium is also there.<\/p>\n
“Croke Park would the top of the list.<\/p>\n
“Fighting my last fight in our most iconic arena, how special would that be?<\/p>\n
“I think it would be absolutely remarkable if I was able to do that. I’m not sure if it is going to happen or not.<\/p>\n
“Either way, I’ll be ending my career here and I’m very, very excited about that.”<\/p>\n
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Taylor is now 39 and hasn’t fought since beating Amanda Serrano last year.<\/p>\n
The only blemish on her professional record was a loss, in Dublin, to Chantelle Cameron three years ago but Taylor avenged that result in a rematch.<\/p>\n
She entered pro boxing after a stellar amateur run which saw her claim the 2012 Olympic gold medal, and five world championships.<\/p>\n
Taylor has been part of the generation to take women’s boxing to new highs.<\/p>\n
Although her next fight isn’t officially planned, she has made her intention clear to write one final chapter in her home country before hanging up the gloves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Katie Taylor hopes for a final fight in Dublin before retiring.\u00a0Sarah Stier\/Getty Images for Netflix \u00c2\u00a9 2024 Katie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503590,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-503589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503589"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503589\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}