{"id":878132,"date":"2026-09-03T03:12:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T03:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/878132\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T03:12:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T03:12:33","slug":"katie-taylor-makes-young-fans-dream-come-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/878132\/","title":{"rendered":"Katie Taylor Makes Young Fans Dream Come True"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irish-boxing.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Katie Taylor<\/a>\u00a0stepped inside the ropes for the penultimate time before her last dance this Saturday at Dublin\u2019s iconic Croke Park \u2013 and then made one young girl\u2019s dream come true.<\/p>\n<p>Just days before Taylor\u2019s own fairytale story comes to an end in front of 80,000 fans \u2013 live worldwide on\u00a0DAZN\u00a0and non-exclusively in Ireland on\u00a0RT\u00c9\u00a0\u2013\u00a0the legendary Irish fighter invited an aspiring fighter\u00a0to join her in the ring at Wednesday\u2019s Open Workout.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor was welcomed to a thunderous reception from the sold-out crowd in attendance at The Helix as she was put through her paces by trainer Ross Enamait.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Then she ushered in the young schoolgirl, who was reduced to tears after meeting her idol and Ireland\u2019s greatest ever sportsperson, in a fitting moment which highlights the incredible legacy Taylor will leave behind when the curtain falls down on her illustrious career this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Taylor takes on\u00a0France\u2019s undefeated\u00a0Flora Pili\u00a0with the Undisputed Super Lightweight Titles on the line.<\/p>\n<p>As a monumental night at Croke Park awaits, delivered by\u00a0Eddie Hearn\u2019s Matchroom Boxing\u00a0in association with\u00a0Aiken Promotions\u00a0and\u00a0Brian Peters,\u00a0Pili\u00a0showed she is ready for the biggest night of her life as he share a glimpse of her skills in the ring, whilst the undercard were involved too as they get set for tomorrow\u2019s Press Conference.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Taylor vs Pili is sponsored by Title Event Partners\u00a0Lidl Ireland, along with sponsors\u00a0Paddy Power, Domino\u2019s Ireland, Everlast, That Prize Guy, Ten Percent Club, ALP\u00a0and\u00a0Riyadh Season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Katie Taylor\u00a0stepped inside the ropes for the penultimate time before her last dance this Saturday at Dublin\u2019s iconic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":878133,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,8200,85],"class_list":["post-878132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-katie-taylor","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878132","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=878132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/878133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=878132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=878132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=878132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}