KATIE TAYLOR’S next fight is “unlikely” to take place at Croke Park, revealed Eddie Hearn.
The 38-year-old had been hoping that her next fight – likely a trilogy against Amanda Serrano – would take place at GAAHQ.
However, in an update on Friday, her promoter Eddie Hearn admitted that it is more likely to happen in America, instead.
He said: “I think it’s unlikely that her next fight will be at Croke Park, if I’m honest.
“Because of the demand in America to see this fight, the next one could be stateside.
“But we’ll see.”
Taylor’s hopes of a date on Jones’ Road were all-but gone when Croke Park stadium director Peter McKenna revealed Hearn and Matchroom Boxing had not approached them.
The promoter had previously suggested a trilogy bout at GAA HQ in 2025.
But McKenna said he has not spoken to the promoter since last October – and dismissed the Bray icon fighting at Jones’ road in 2025.
He said: “No. Being honest, Eddie hasn’t been in touch with us.
“The last time I talked to Matchroom was I’d say probably October of last year.
“It flashes up every so often but no, we haven’t been contacted.
“It’s trying to find out where would be the slot.
“I think the difficulty there is that what’s the style of the event? And what time of the year it would be on?
“We have Oasis and Robbie Williams. So, the calendar, really there’s not a lot of space to say, ‘Yeah, I could fit it in on that weekend’, or whatever.
“The approach seems to be megaphone diplomacy, throw everything at it and something will happen in that sense.
“Katie Taylor is a magnificent athlete and I think everyone is very, very proud of what she’s achieved as an athlete.
“But to fill Croke Park with 80,000, you need an undercard, you need a whole razmatazz to go with it. Those things can’t be done in a short period of time.
“Even getting an event management plan together, getting the city council to approve it and so on.
“There’d be a fair bit of work in that. So I think it’s a kite flyer rather than a genuine (thing), so I can’t see it happening because we haven’t heard about it, bar reading in the papers.”
