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Boxing 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.
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that → sign → Dublin
Taylor brought the curtain down with a points victory in front of 80,000 adoring fans at Croke Park on Saturday.
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Taylor → bring → Saturday
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Taylor → shoot → career
The 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.
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old → retain → 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.
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fireworks → emerge → sports
She used her superior movement and timing to control much of the early and middle rounds, but the resilient Pili refused to fade.
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Pili → use → rounds
The previously unbeaten 29-year-old French challenger came back strongly in the seventh, giving Taylor her most difficult round, before the Irishwoman steadied herself in the eighth and reasserted control.
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Irishwoman → come → control
As the crowd erupted into chants of “Ole! Ole! Ole!”, Taylor raised her arms and embraced Pili after the final bell.
The judges awarded Taylor a unanimous decision.
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judges → erupt → decision
Afterwards, Taylor thanked her family, including her father, who taught her “how to fight”, and hugged her tearful mother.
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who → thank → mother
The victory completed a remarkable journey for Taylor, who began boxing at a time when girls were barred from amateur competition in Ireland and sometimes entered bouts simply as “K Taylor”.
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girls → complete → Taylor
She went on to win Olympic lightweight gold at London 2012, when women’s boxing made its games debut, before turning professional four years later.
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boxing → go → debut
Taylor finishes her professional career with 26 victories and one defeat, having won world titles at lightweight and super-lightweight.
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Taylor → finish → lightweight
Her farewell also brought top-level boxing back to Croke Park for the first time since Muhammad Ali defeated Al “Blue” Lewis in 1972.
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Ali → bring → 1972