{"id":616587,"date":"2026-09-06T20:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T20:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/616587\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T20:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T20:40:10","slug":"viewers-spot-unexpected-face-ringside-at-croke-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/616587\/","title":{"rendered":"Viewers spot unexpected face ringside at Croke Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Katie Taylor\u2019s emotional Croke Park finale had more than 80,000 fans watching on Saturday night \u2013 but some viewers were keeping an eye on the action outside the ring too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/extra.ie\/2026\/09\/06\/sport\/katie-taylor-retirement-plans\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Bray woman<\/a>, 40, bowed out at the very top, beating Flora Pili on points in front of an electric Croker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But among those watching from ringside was a rather unexpected face  \u2013 the man known online as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/extra.ie\/2025\/08\/06\/obsessed\/ibiza-final-boss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Ibiza Final Boss\u2019.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His appearance did not go unnoticed, with eagle-eyed viewers taking to X after spotting him enjoying a prime view of Taylor\u2019s final fight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One person wrote: \u2018Katie Taylor\u2019s final fight and the Ibiza final boss is sat 2 seats down from Barry and Eddie Hearn?!? Someone make it make sense.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another joked: \u2018Ibiza Final Boss managed to get in on the act too.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A third viewer appeared to do a double take, asking: \u2018Is that the Ibiza Final Boss sitting in the front row of the Katie Taylor fight\u2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jack.kayy1\/?hl=en\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Ibiza Final Boss became one of the most recognisable faces of <\/a>summer 2025 after footage of him partying on the island went viral online. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His distinctive look \u2013 complete with a bob haircut, thick gold chain, sunglasses, black vest and Louis Vuitton crossbody bag -quickly turned him into a social media sensation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Ibiza-Boss-Feat.jpg\" alt=\"Ibiza Boss. Pic: zerosixwest\/Instagram\" class=\"wp-image-1672014\"  \/>Ibiza Boss. Pic: zerosixwest\/Instagram<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A video featuring him was shared by Zero Six West Ibiza as people tried to identify the mystery man, with the clip eventually racking up more than 16 million views and prompting a flood of memes and comments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was eventually identified, bringing an end to the mystery surrounding the man behind the now-famous Ibiza nickname.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The unusual sighting on Saturday night also sparked some discussion about the celebrity turnout around the ring, with one viewer writing: \u2018Serious lack of \u2018celebrity\u2019 ringside at #CrokePark. Paddy Pimblett the only one I recognise.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They added that they hoped it was a sign the prime seats had gone to Taylor\u2019s family and friends.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Katie Taylor\u2019s emotional Croke Park finale had more than 80,000 fans watching on Saturday night \u2013 but some&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616588,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60],"class_list":["post-616587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616587"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616587\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}