From breaking new ground at the National Stadium to selling out Croke Park, Taylor has made history throughout a storied career Katie Taylor, pictured ahead of her first bout against Manada Serrano at Madison Square Garden in April 2022, will take her final bow at Croke Park on Saturday night. Photograph: Melina Pizano/Matchroom Boxing/Inpho Katie Taylor after winning the first ever female amateur boxing event in Ireland, held at the National Stadium in October 2001. Photograph: Morgan Treacy/Inpho Taylor with her gold medal from the 2006 World Champions in New Delhi, the first of her five World Championship titles. Photograph: Cathal Noonan/Inpho Taylor speaking at a press conference in August 2009 after the announcement that women's boxing would be included at the 2012 Olympics in London. Photograph: Cathal Noonan/Inpho Taylor celebrates after winning her third World Championship title in 2010 against China's Cheng Dong. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho Two years later, Taylor added another World Championships gold in Qinhuangdao, China. Photograph: Donall Farmer/Inpho At her first Olympics Games, the first to feature women's boxing, Taylor was the Irish flagbearer during the London 2012 opening ceremony. Photograph: Anthony Au-Yeung/Photosport/Inpho