Katie Taylor Croke Park farewell fight tickets sell out

Tickets for Katie Taylor's final professional boxing match sold out rapidly this week, with the remaining general admission seats for her September 5 bout at Croke Park being claimed within half an hour on Friday morning. The event, which will see the Irish champion defend her undisputed super-lightweight titles against undefeated French challenger Flora Pili, is now essentially sold out, capping an extraordinary week of ticket demand.

Promoters reported that over 40,000 tickets were purchased during presale events held on Wednesday, which were available to members of the Matchroom Fight Pass program, Lidl Plus app customers, and local residents. A virtual queue of tens of thousands formed during those sales. The remaining tickets were released for general sale at 9 a.m. on Friday and were gone within 30 minutes, fulfilling promoter Eddie Hearn's prediction of a quick sell-out. In a social media post, Hearn called the presale demand "incredible."

The fight at the 82,300-capacity stadium marks a historic return for boxing to the venue, the first since Muhammad Ali defeated Al "Blue" Lewis there in July 1972. Organizers have stated the capacity for this event will be just over...