{"id":526585,"date":"2026-03-10T10:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/526585\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T10:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T10:26:11","slug":"eddie-hearn-pushing-croke-park-fight-for-katie-taylor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/526585\/","title":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn Pushing Croke Park Fight For Katie Taylor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Eddie Hearn says staging Taylor\u2019s farewell at Croke Park is now a priority as the Irish star approaches the closing chapter of her career. The stadium has long been Taylor\u2019s dream venue, but the 82,000-seat arena has never hosted one of her professional fights.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just want to fight in Dublin to end my career. Obviously, we are still hoping for Croke Park, hanging on to a bit of hope that it can happen,\u201d Taylor said to RTE.<\/p>\n

\u201cFighting my last fight in our most iconic arena, how special would that be? I think it would be absolutely remarkable if I was able to do that. I\u2019m not sure if it\u2019s going to happen or not. Either way, I\u2019ll be ending my career here, and I\u2019m very excited about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taylor has fought in Ireland only twice as a professional, both bouts coming in 2023 against Chantelle Cameron at Dublin\u2019s 3Arena. Cameron won their first fight by majority decision to hand Taylor the only defeat of her career before Taylor reclaimed the undisputed junior welterweight championship six months later in their rematch.<\/p>\n

The 38-year-old Irish star remains one of the most accomplished fighters in women\u2019s boxing history. Taylor won Olympic gold at the 2012 Summer Olympics before turning professional and quickly collecting world titles across two divisions. She became undisputed lightweight champion in 2019 and later repeated the feat at 140 pounds.<\/p>\n

Much of Taylor\u2019s recent profile has been built through her rivalry with Amanda Serrano. Their first fight at Madison Square Garden in 2022 was widely celebrated and helped elevate the visibility of women\u2019s boxing. Taylor later completed the trilogy with a majority decision win in July, moving her record to 25-1 (6 KOs).<\/p>\n

The possibility of a stadium farewell has become a focus for her longtime promoter. Hearn acknowledged that turning the idea into reality would require significant work, but believes the moment would be historic for Irish sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s a shitload of work to make sure that one of the greatest athletes of all time gets her ultimate dream. And I have to deliver Croke Park. I have to,\u201d Hearn said on The Ariel Helwani Show.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I don\u2019t give this everything, if I don\u2019t try my very hardest to make this a reality, I\u2019m not doing Katie justice, and I\u2019m not doing myself justice. Because this would be the greatest sporting event ever in the history of Ireland.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hearn said discussions with Croke Park officials have taken place previously and have resumed again as Taylor\u2019s career nears its conclusion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis time there\u2019s more momentum,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

No opponent has been identified for Taylor\u2019s final fight. Hearn said the focus remains on determining whether the stadium plan can be secured before moving forward with matchmaking.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou obviously want to have an opponent that is compelling, is competitive, there\u2019s a storyline behind,\u201d Hearn said. \u201cNothing really discussed or spoken about an opponent. It\u2019s really trying to get the conversations with Croke Park into that being a possibility before we move forward with that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Olly Campbell is a boxing journalist who has covered the sport since 2014, providing ringside reporting and technical analysis of major bouts. His work focuses on fighter tendencies, tactical adjustments, and the details that shape high-level competition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eddie Hearn says staging Taylor\u2019s farewell at Croke Park is now a priority as the Irish star approaches…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":526586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-526585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=526585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/526585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=526585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=526585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=526585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}