As promoter Eddie Hearn tries to quantify the impact Katie Taylor has made throughout her career, there is a smile and shake of the head as he says, “the whole story, you couldn’t make it up.”
On Saturday night, Taylor will make her final walk to the ring when she takes on Flora Pili at Croke Park, with the chance to become undisputed light-welterweight champion once again.
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While Taylor entered professional boxing in 2016 with an Olympic gold medal, five world and seven European amateur titles to her name, there were no guarantees that star power could flourish in the paid code where women’s boxing remained firmly in the shadows.
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