‘Every girl now wants to be a boxer’: excitement in Katie Taylor’s home town for her valedictory bout

Irish boxing legend Katie Taylor is set to fight in front of approximately 80,000 fans at Croke Park in Dublin in what is described as her valedictory — likely final — bout. The fight has generated enormous excitement in her home country, with locals crediting Taylor for inspiring a new generation of female boxers. An open workout event in Dublin this week drew young fans eager to meet the champion.