Katie Taylor begins new chapter with professional opener at Wembley

Five-time world amateur champion Katie Taylor has drawn a line under her glittering amateur career in order to turn professional with Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Sport.

Taylor, who won gold at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, has been in talks with Hearn about turning over following her disappointment in Rio.

Despite being favourite to clinch gold in Brazil, the 30-year-old was narrowly beaten by Mira Potkonen of Finland in the quarter-final and it will prove to be the last amateur action of her career. It came after a difficult year for the Bray native, who was also beaten in the World Championships and suffered defeat to Azerbaijan’s Yana Alekseevna at an Olympic qualifying tournament.