What many are calling the hottest ticket in combat sports this year has proved to be exactly that as tens of thousands of fans swamped the box office to buy their tickets for Katie Taylor’s farewell fight.
After months of negotiations, Croke Park in Ireland was confirmed as the venue for the Irish star’s farewell fight on September 5 against France’s Flora Pili, ticking off the most significant item on Taylor’s bucket list before the 39-year-old calls it a career.