'40 is the new 30, isn’t it?': ageless Katie Taylor firing and ready for final fight

Both fighters strutted their stuff for maybe 2-300 people at The Helix theatre on Dublin’s northside on Wednesday evening and the speed of the home favourite’s jabs looked as sharp as ever before. She looks ready, and she sounds ready.
ONCE UPON A TIME: Katie Taylor with her coach Ross Enamait. Pic: ©INPHO/Gary Carr

ONCE UPON A TIME: Katie Taylor with her coach Ross Enamait. Pic: ©INPHO/Gary Carr

The lasts are piling up, the work all but done. Tuesday’s last press conference was followed 24 hours later by Katie Taylor’s last public workout. One last weigh-in, one last ring walk, and it’ll be time for her last fight.

Croke Park, in front of 82,000 people. A first. Even now. Even for this trailblazer. This builder of dreams.

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