{"id":617363,"date":"2026-09-07T16:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T16:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/617363\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T16:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T16:54:11","slug":"tv-audience-for-katie-taylors-final-fight-nearly-double-that-of-all-ireland-hurling-final-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/617363\/","title":{"rendered":"TV audience for Katie Taylor\u2019s final fight nearly double that of All-Ireland hurling final \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/katie-taylor\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/katie-taylor\/\">Katie Taylor\u2019s<\/a> final fight drew a peak audience of 1.6 million viewers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/rte\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/rte\/\">RT\u00c9<\/a> has said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The Bray, Co Wicklow native <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/sport\/boxing\/2026\/09\/06\/katie-taylor-im-ending-my-career-on-top-im-ending-as-the-undisputed-champion\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/sport\/boxing\/2026\/09\/06\/katie-taylor-im-ending-my-career-on-top-im-ending-as-the-undisputed-champion\/\">signed off on a hugely successful career<\/a> by beating French fighter Flora Pili at Croke Park in Dublin to become a three-time undisputed world champion. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The televised event had an average audience of 973,000, along with 552,000 streams on the RT\u00c9 Player, the broadcaster said on Monday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The average audience represented a 74 per cent share of the available viewing audience. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Taylor secured a unanimous points victory against Pili in front of 80,000 fans. The victory saw the 40-year-old retain her WBA, IBF and WBO super-lightweight belts, and add the vacant IBO and WBC titles. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Before Saturday, the last boxing fight at Croke Park saw Muhammad Ali defeat Al \u2018Blue\u2019 Lewis in front of 18,000 fans in 1972. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Sports streaming service DAZN was the global broadcaster of Taylor\u2019s final fight, working with RT\u00c9 on the Irish coverage. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The peak figure of 1.6 million for Taylor\u2019s fight was greater than the viewership for the 2026 World Cup final peak (1.16 million). <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">It also outstripped figures for the All-Ireland hurling and football finals. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/sport\/gaelic-games\/2026\/07\/19\/limerick-hallmark-their-greatness-with-devastating-all-ireland-final-defeat-of-galway\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/sport\/gaelic-games\/2026\/07\/19\/limerick-hallmark-their-greatness-with-devastating-all-ireland-final-defeat-of-galway\/\">Limerick\u2019s win over Galway in the hurling final<\/a> had a peak of 862,000 viewers on RT\u00c9. A peak of 1.1 million people tuned in for Mayo\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/sport\/gaelic-games\/2026\/07\/26\/kerry-v-mayo-live-updates-follow-the-action-from-the-all-ireland-football-final\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/sport\/gaelic-games\/2026\/07\/26\/kerry-v-mayo-live-updates-follow-the-action-from-the-all-ireland-football-final\/\">football final victory<\/a> over Kerry. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">RT\u00c9 director of video Steve Carson said Taylor\u2019s final fight \u201cwas a national moment that will be remembered for many years to come\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cRT\u00c9 Sport felt it was important to be able to bring live coverage from Croke Park to viewers and listeners, free-to-air, right across the country,\u201d he added in a statement. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Katie Taylor\u2019s final fight drew a peak audience of 1.6 million viewers, RT\u00c9 has said. 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