Katie Taylor's Farewell Fight at Croke Park
Katie Taylor’s last walk will be on home soil, under the Croke Park lights, with 80,000 voices trying to lift her into boxing history one final time.
On Saturday, the Irish icon faces France’s Flora Pili in Dublin in an undisputed super lightweight title fight that doubles as her farewell to professional boxing. A career that helped redefine the sport now funnels into one last night, one last ringwalk, one last roar.
The demand tells its own story. Tickets for the stadium show vanished in 30 minutes, a scramble that underlined Taylor’s place not just as a champion, but as a national figurehead. Croke Park has staged some of Ireland’s greatest sporting moments; on Saturday, it becomes the backdrop to a goodbye years in the making.
A global stage for a local hero
The setting is intensely local. The audience will be anything but.
Taylor vs. Pili will stream live worldwide on DAZN, with full coverage beginning around 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT. The main ringwalks are slated for 5:10 p.m. ET / 2:10 p.m. PT, when Taylor will emerge into the Dublin evening for the last time as an active fighter.
There is no pay-per-view surcharge this time. The entire card sits inside a standard DAZN subscription, a rare undisputed championship bout and a retirement fight rolled into a regular monthly plan.
Viewers can watch through DAZN’s annual options — $249.99 for the year or $24.99 per month — or opt for the Monthly Flexible Pass at $34.99, which can be cancelled at any time. No extra fees. No one-night-only premium. Just a straight subscription for one of the defining figures of modern boxing taking her final bow.
The final bell approaching
The stakes in the ring are clear: Taylor defends her status as undisputed super lightweight champion. The stakes beyond it are harder to measure.
For Taylor, this is the end of a road that began in small, often overlooked venues and grew into sold-out arenas and now a national stadium. For Pili, it is the chance to spoil the script, to turn a coronation into an upset and walk away with every belt on offer.
The date is set: Saturday, Sept. 5. The venue is Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland. The broadcast is DAZN, start time around 2 p.m. ET, main event ringwalks at 5:10 p.m. ET.
One night, one opponent, one more walk. After that, the noise stops and the record stands forever.
