TV audience for Katie Taylor’s final fight nearly double that of All-Ireland hurling final
Katie Taylor’s final boxing match drew a record-breaking peak audience of 1.6 million viewers in Ireland, surpassing major sporting events like the All-Ireland hurling and football finals. The fight was broadcast free-to-air on RTÉ and globally via DAZN.
Why it matters
The massive viewership highlights the cultural significance of Katie Taylor's career and the continued power of live sports broadcasting.
Katie Taylor’s final fight drew a peak audience of 1.6 million viewers, RTÉ has said.
The Bray, Co Wicklow native signed off on a hugely successful career by beating French fighter Flora Pili at Croke Park in Dublin to become a three-time undisputed world champion.
The televised event had an average audience of 973,000, along with 552,000 streams on the RTÉ Player, the broadcaster said on Monday.
The average audience represented a 74 per cent share of the available viewing audience.
Taylor secured a unanimous points victory against Pili in front of 80,000 fans. The victory saw the 40-year-old retain her WBA, IBF and WBO super-lightweight belts, and add the vacant IBO and WBC titles.
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