Sports‘Every girl now wants to be a boxer’: Katie Taylor’s home town awaits her farewell bout

Katie Taylor is preparing for the final fight of her pioneering boxing career, defending her titles before an expected 80,000-strong crowd at Dublin’s Croke Park. Residents of her home town, Bray, praise the Irish champion’s determination and humility, and say she has inspired a new generation of girls to take up sport and boxing.

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TThe Guardian★★☆☆☆2026-09-05 04:00Original