Katie Taylor's dad teases Croke Park fight for daughter is close in training clip
Katie Taylor’s father has teased that his daughter’s Croke Park fight is closer than ever in a training clip on social media.
It’s the fight that the country wants, and many feel that our greatest fighting champion deserves — with talks of a fight in GAA HQ for Katie Taylor, which would be her swansong, seemingly getting closer and closer.
After Katie’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, teased that he had a positive talk with members of the GAA about a potential Katie fight, Katie’s father and coach Pete shared a clip of himself and his daughter training for what could indeed be her final fight in Croker.
Katie Taylor’s father has teased that his daughter’s Croke Park fight is closer than ever in a training clip on social media. Pic: INPHO/Morgan Treacy
‘Training hard for Croke Park… and it’s bringing me right back to the road to the Olympic Games,’ Pete wrote on Instagram alongside the clip.
‘Same early mornings. Same obsession with getting better. Same belief that one moment can change everything.
‘Funny how life comes full circle,’ he remarked, before adding: ‘Now we wait and hope Croke Park gets the green light.’
Pete shared a clip of him and Katie training, saying they were ‘training hard’ for a Croke Park superfight. Pic: Pete Taylor/Instagram
Eddie Hearn, who’s managed Katie throughout her pro career, teased that we could be getting a Croke Park fight — which would be, he said, her final fight — after having a positive meeting at GAA HQ last month.
‘Some day at @crokepark_official today,’ Eddie wrote. ‘A positive meeting and a huge swell of public support to give @katie_t86 and the Irish people a moment in time they will never forget. Work to be done, but we are ready to do that work!’
Eddie received another swell of support from Irish fighters, including Katie herself, who commented: ‘Thank you, Eddie! Ireland is behind you, let’s bring it home.’
Rumours that a fight between Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury would happen in Croke Park as a result of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East have also intensified, with Katie potentially being on the undercard.
However, Pete — who’s been training his daughter as a boxer since she was a child, including her 2012 Olympic triumph — hit out at the idea of having Katie fight in any position other than the main event, calling a potential undercard spot an ‘insult.’
