Katie Taylor looks to take another step towards dominating women’s professional boxing tonight as she defends her IBF and WBA World Lightweight titles against WBC World super-featherweight champion, Eva Wahlstrom at Madison Square Garden.

When tickets went on sale for UFC 205, the cheapest was available at $105, and that only gave fans something similar to a barstool at the very back of the arena.

High among the rafters at Madison Square Garden, tens of thousands of balloons, red, white and blue, strain against nets waiting to drop on to a cheering crowd below.