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Katie Taylor's Final Fight at Croke Park: Taylor vs. Pili
Katie Taylor’s last walk will come on the grandest stage Irish sport can offer.
The undisputed icon of Irish boxing will close the book on a remarkable career at Croke Park, finally getting the stadium send-off she has chased for years, when she faces Flora Pili in what has been billed as her final fight.
No tune-up. No nostalgia tour. One more night under the lights in Dublin.
How to watch Taylor vs. Pili
The bout will not be shown on national television in the United States. The entire card streams live on DAZN.
Fans will need a DAZN subscription to watch:
- DAZN Standard: $24.99 per month on a 12‑month contract, or $249.99 for a full year.
- DAZN Standard flex option: $34.99 per month with no annual commitment.
- DAZN Ultimate: $49.99 per month on a 12‑month contract, or $449.99 per year.
DAZN Ultimate is the platform’s premium tier, including a minimum of 12 pay-per-view boxing events and more than 185 fights annually, with Taylor vs. Pili among the headline attractions.
Taylor vs. Pili: Date, start time, venue
- Date: Saturday, Sept. 5
- Main card start time: 2 p.m. ET
- Approximate main event ring walks: 5:30 p.m. ET
- Location: Croke Park, Dublin, Ireland
The main card is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. ET, with Taylor and Pili expected to make their ring walks at around 5:30 p.m. ET. As always, that timing hinges on how long the undercard bouts last.
For Taylor, this is more than just another main event. It is the realization of a long-held dream: fighting at Croke Park, the spiritual home of Irish sport, with the country watching and her career on the line.
Taylor’s last stand
Taylor enters the night with a 25-1 professional record, but the numbers barely scratch the surface of what she has done for women’s boxing. The 2012 Olympic gold medalist helped drag the sport from the margins to the mainstream, and she has rarely taken an easy road.
In 2023, she suffered her first professional defeat, a bruising loss to Chantelle Cameron. Many wondered if the aura had cracked. Taylor answered those doubts the only way she knows how: by coming straight back and beating Cameron to reclaim all the super lightweight belts.
She did not stop there. In July 2025, she edged Amanda Serrano again to complete a trilogy sweep in one of the defining rivalries of this era. Those nights cemented her legacy; Croke Park is about giving it a stage worthy of the story.
Taylor has been clear that emotion cannot lead the way once the bell rings.
“I don’t want to reflect too much on it because I have a job to do. It’s too dangerous of a sport to have your body in the ring and your heart out of it thinking of retirement,” she said. “I have got a job to do, I’m focused on the job, but I have allowed myself to think about it over the last few months.”
One more job. One more walk. One last attempt to deliver a vintage performance with a nation in her corner.
The full fight card, topped by Taylor vs. Pili, will unfold in the shadow of the Hogan Stand. For the Bray Bomber, there will be no hiding place and no second chances—only the final sound of the bell and whatever legacy she chooses to leave on that canvas.
