Katie Taylor retired from professional boxing with a record of 26 wins and one defeat after beating Flora Pili in her final fight at Croke Park on 5 September 2026.
The Irish great dominated Pili over ten rounds to win by unanimous decision, with the judges scoring the contest 100-90, 100-90 and 98-91. The victory also earned Taylor the vacant WBC super-lightweight title alongside her WBA, IBF and WBO belts, allowing her to finish her career as undisputed champion for the third time.
It was a fitting end to a career that included undisputed titles in two weight divisions, three victories over Amanda Serrano, Olympic gold and an immediate revenge win over Chantelle Cameron after the only professional defeat of her career.
Taylor left her gloves in the ring following the victory and retired at 40 years old, closing out one of the most influential careers in modern boxing.
What Is Katie Taylor’s Boxing Record?
Katie Taylor’s professional boxing record currently stands at:
- Fights: 27
- Wins: 26
- Losses: 1
- Knockout wins: 6
- Professional debut: 2016
- Final fight: Flora Pili
- Final division: Super-lightweight
- Status: Retired
- Only professional loss: Chantelle Cameron
Taylor spent much of her professional career fighting away from home, with several of her biggest nights taking place in London, New York and Texas.
Her final appearance eventually brought everything back to Ireland. Taylor beat Flora Pili in front of around 83,000 supporters at Croke Park, taking her final professional record to 26-1 before retiring as undisputed super-lightweight champion.
Who Is the Only Boxer to Beat Katie Taylor?
Chantelle Cameron is the only professional boxer to defeat Katie Taylor.
They first fought at Dublin’s 3Arena in May 2023. Taylor moved up to super-lightweight to challenge Cameron for the undisputed championship, but the homecoming did not go as planned.
Cameron applied pressure throughout the fight, made the exchanges physical and won a majority decision after ten rounds. Two judges scored the contest 96-94 in Cameron’s favour, while the third had it level.
For Taylor, it was the first professional defeat of her career after 22 consecutive wins. Six months later, she asked for exactly the same fight again.
The rematch produced one of the defining performances of Taylor’s career. She changed her approach, boxed with far more urgency and beat Cameron by majority decision to become undisputed super-lightweight champion.
That remains the only blemish on Taylor’s record, and she avenged it at the first opportunity.
Why Was There Never a Katie Taylor vs Chantelle Cameron Trilogy?
A third Taylor vs Cameron fight looked almost inevitable after the pair split their first two meetings.
Taylor herself called for the trilogy immediately after winning the rematch, with Croke Park initially discussed as the dream venue. It never came together.
Cameron has since continued her career and remains one of the leading fighters in women’s boxing, while Taylor eventually chose unbeaten mandatory challenger Flora Pili for her farewell fight.
That means the rivalry finishes at 1-1.
It is one of the few loose ends in a career where Taylor generally settled the major questions inside the ring. Cameron can always say she was the only professional fighter to beat her, while Taylor can point towards winning the rematch with all four super-lightweight belts at stake.
What Is Katie Taylor’s Record Against Amanda Serrano?
Katie Taylor has a perfect 3-0 record against Amanda Serrano. Their rivalry became one of the most important in the history of women’s boxing.
The first meeting took place at Madison Square Garden in April 2022 and became the first women’s fight to headline the famous New York arena. Taylor survived a difficult middle section before winning a close split decision. They waited more than two years for the rematch.
Taylor beat Serrano again in November 2024, this time by unanimous decision on the enormous Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson card in Texas. It was another fiercely contested fight, with Serrano applying pressure for much of the contest while Taylor found enough clean work to take all three scorecards.
The trilogy returned to Madison Square Garden in July 2025.
Rather than producing another all-out war, the third fight was more tactical. Taylor controlled distance better and picked her moments, taking a majority decision to complete a remarkable 3-0 sweep.
Serrano never managed to beat Taylor, but the score does not quite capture how competitive the rivalry was.
It now deserves a place alongside the feuds covered in our guide to the greatest boxing rivalries of all time.
What World Titles Has Katie Taylor Won?
Taylor’s collection of world titles stretches across two divisions.
She first became a professional world champion at lightweight, winning the WBA title in 2017 before gradually adding the IBF, WBO and WBC belts.
Her 2019 victory over Delfine Persoon made her undisputed lightweight champion, placing all four major belts in her possession.
Taylor later moved up to super-lightweight and eventually repeated the achievement.
After losing her first attempt against Cameron, she won the rematch in November 2023 to become undisputed at 140lb. In doing so, she joined the small group of boxers to become undisputed champion in two divisions during the four-belt era.
Taylor completed the achievement once more in the final fight of her career.
She entered Croke Park holding the WBA, IBF and WBO super-lightweight titles, with the vacant WBC belt also on the line against Flora Pili. Her unanimous-decision victory added the missing belt and made Taylor an undisputed world champion for the third time.
She therefore retired holding all four major titles at 140lb, completing one final championship milestone before leaving professional boxing.
Our pound-for-pound boxing rankings explain how achievements across different divisions are weighed when comparing the best fighters in the sport. For more on what holding every major belt means, our undisputed champions in boxing guide explains the four-belt era in more detail.
Katie Taylor’s Amateur Career
Long before the professional world titles, Taylor had already built one of the great amateur careers.
She won five consecutive World Championship gold medals, six European Championship titles and Olympic gold at London 2012. The Olympic victory was particularly important.
Women’s boxing had only been added to the Olympic programme for the first time at London 2012, and Taylor arrived as one of Ireland’s biggest medal hopes. She beat Russia’s Sofya Ochigava in the lightweight final to take gold in front of a loud Irish contingent at the ExCeL Arena.
Taylor remained amateur for another Olympic cycle before turning professional in 2016. At the time, women’s professional boxing was still nowhere near its current commercial level.
That changed dramatically during the decade that followed.
How Much Did Katie Taylor Change Women’s Boxing?
It is difficult to separate Taylor’s record from the wider effect her career had on the sport.
When she turned professional, women regularly appeared far down boxing undercards. Major arena headliners were unusual and the biggest fights rarely received the same promotional backing as equivalent men’s contests. Taylor gradually helped change that.
Her first fight with Serrano sold out Madison Square Garden and proved that a women’s world-title fight could headline one of the most famous sporting venues on earth. Their second meeting attracted a huge global audience through Netflix, while the trilogy returned to Madison Square Garden as the headline bout of an all-women’s card.
Her career ultimately ended in front of around 83,000 people at Croke Park, where Taylor defeated Flora Pili and retired as undisputed champion. The farewell also drew a peak television audience of 1.6 million on RTÉ, showing just how far her reach had grown by the end of her career.
It is a remarkable progression from the landscape Taylor entered when she turned professional in 2016.
Taylor was obviously not responsible for that change alone. Serrano, Claressa Shields, Cameron and several others have played major roles in pushing the sport forward.
Taylor was, however, at the centre of many of its biggest nights.
How Old Is Katie Taylor?
Katie Taylor is 40 years old. She was born on 2 July 1986 in Bray, County Wicklow.
The length of her career makes her recent results particularly impressive. Her trilogy victory over Serrano came only days after her 39th birthday, yet she was still competing against another elite world champion over ten rounds.
Taylor retired from professional boxing following her victory over Flora Pili at Croke Park.
After the final decision was announced, she laid her gloves in the centre of the ring and completed a lap of honour with her championship belts. Taylor has spoken about potentially remaining involved in boxing in some capacity, but her competitive career is now over.
What Was Katie Taylor’s Final Fight?
Katie Taylor’s final professional fight came against Flora Pili at Croke Park on 5 September 2026.
Taylor controlled the contest throughout and won by unanimous decision, with two judges scoring the fight 100-90 and the third returning a 98-91 card.
Pili entered unbeaten at 12-0 and was 11 years younger than Taylor, but the difference in experience quickly showed. Taylor used her movement, hand speed and timing to dictate most of the exchanges before producing one final burst of combinations in the closing seconds of round ten.
The victory also completed the undisputed super-lightweight championship. Taylor successfully defended her WBA, IBF and WBO belts while winning the vacant WBC title, making her a three-time undisputed world champion.
Around 83,000 supporters were inside Croke Park for the farewell, bringing boxing back to the stadium for the first time since Muhammad Ali fought Al ‘Blue’ Lewis there in 1972.
Is Katie Taylor Retired?
Yes. Katie Taylor retired from professional boxing after beating Flora Pili at Croke Park on 5 September 2026.
The fight had been announced in advance as the final appearance of her career, and Taylor followed through on that plan after recording her 26th professional victory.
She left boxing as a three-time undisputed champion with a final professional record of 26-1, having avenged the only defeat on her record and won each of her three fights against Amanda Serrano.
Taylor has suggested she would like to remain involved in boxing in some capacity, but she has not indicated any intention to fight professionally again.
What Are Katie Taylor’s Biggest Wins?
Choosing one is difficult because different fights mattered for different reasons.
The first Serrano victory probably had the greatest cultural impact. Headlining Madison Square Garden felt like a turning point for the sport and the fight itself lived up to the occasion.
Beating Delfine Persoon in 2019 made Taylor undisputed lightweight champion for the first time.
The Cameron rematch might be her best performance under pressure. She had just suffered the first defeat of her professional career, moved straight back into the same fight six months later and produced the adjustments needed to reverse the result. Then there is the Serrano trilogy.
Three fights against one of the best female boxers of her generation resulted in three Taylor victories, even though every meeting presented different problems.
That collection of results explains why even her final 26-1 record does not quite capture the scale of the career.
The victory over Flora Pili belongs on the list for a different reason. It was not her toughest opponent or closest fight, but becoming undisputed for a third time in front of 83,000 people at Croke Park gave Taylor the ending she had spent years trying to secure.
What Was Katie Taylor’s Final Boxing Record?
Katie Taylor retired with a final professional boxing record of 26 wins and one defeat from 27 fights.
Six of those victories came inside the distance.
Her only defeat was the majority-decision loss to Chantelle Cameron in May 2023, which Taylor avenged six months later to become undisputed super-lightweight champion.
The final win came against Flora Pili at Croke Park, where Taylor swept the scorecards and added the WBC belt to her collection.
The numbers are remarkable, but Taylor’s wider legacy is probably even bigger than the record itself.
She helped take elite women’s boxing from undercards to sold-out stadiums and Madison Square Garden main events, while remaining at championship level almost until her 40th birthday.
Croke Park gave the career its final result. A unanimous-decision win, four super-lightweight world titles and a final record of 26-1.
For the major fights coming after Taylor’s retirement, follow our boxing schedule 2026 or keep up with the latest results, fighter news and previews through the BetVictor boxing news hub.
