Katie Taylor’s Last Dance
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Katie Taylor’s Last Dance

B1IntermediateSeptember 3, 202656 min
  • Interview
  • Sport

Has there ever been, or will there ever be, a bigger send-off than the one awaiting Katie Taylor at Croke Park on Saturday night? Buncey is joined by Stacey Copeland in Dublin as Taylor prepares to bring the curtain down on an extraordinary career. He sits down with the Irish sporting icon and also hears from her manager Brian Peters, promoter Eddie Hearn and trainer Ross Enamait.

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Kati Taylor in Dublin and Westlife and Nueva and 80,000 people everywhere you go pictures of Kati on the wall posters of different companies she works for. Kati Taylor, Kati Taylor, Kati Taylor. But it's the end, it's the last fight.

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And so therefore it's the last time I'll sit down and preview a Kati Taylor fight. I haven't previewed all 20 of the world title fights but I might have previewed about 16 or 17 of them. I'm joined in the shadow of Croke Park.

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We're in the shadows because it's pouring with rain, so we've got to get out of the rain by Stacey Copeland. Stacey, by the time we've finished this pod in about 55, 56 minutes time,

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