Ireland’s boxing great Katie Taylor bows out as undisputed champion

The 40-year-old retained her WBA, IBF and WBO super-lightweight belts to become the undisputed champion for a third time.Published On 6 Sep 20266 Sep 2026Boxing great Katie Taylor has signed off on a glorious, title-laden career that blazed the trail for women’s boxing in her native Ireland and around the world with a win over France’s Flora Pili in Dublin.Taylor brought the curtain down with a points victory in front of 80,000 adoring fans at Croke Park on Saturday.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4South Africa’s former boxing champion Tete shot dead outside homelist 2 of 4Hrgovic wins IBF world heavyweight title as Itauma hospitalisedlist 3 of 4Tyson Fury confirms Anthony Joshua fight at NYC’s Madison Square Gardenlist 4 of 4Ireland’s Katie Taylor eyes fairytale finish to trailblazing boxing careerend of listThe 40-year-old retained her WBA, IBF and WBO super-lightweight belts and added the vacant WBC title to become the undisputed champion for a third time on Saturday.Taylor emerged for her final ring walk to a deafening reception from the sold-out crowd, with fireworks, light shows and chants of “Katie, Katie, Katie!” echoing around the home of Irish Gaelic sports.T...