Once Upon A Time ep1 | Katie Taylor Original Podcast Series

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Jane (1:27)

One of the biggest legends to ever come out of this country.

Katie Taylor (1:30)

Fashion performance by a special fighter.

SPEAKER_1 (1:33)

And the reigning number one player is the undisputed lightweight champion.

Scott Hamilton (1:38)

The biggest fight in the history of this country. Hello and welcome to Once Upon A Time, a Matchroom Boxing podcast, original audio docu-series focusing on Katie Taylor's final fight at Croke Park in Dublin on September the 5th, live on DAZN.

This five-parter looks back on various parts of Katie's life, including her early upbringing, amateur accolades, football career, Olympic triumph, legendary professional resume, potential roles within the sport, further down the line and much more. Now, where else to begin apart from speaking with Katie herself? The two-time, two-weight undisputed world champion has simply changed the game, a true trailblazer of the sport and modern-day legend. Matchroom's Jamie Ward caught up with Katie out in Connecticut. As she come to the realisation, this would be the last training camp of her illustrious career.

Katie Taylor (2:25)

I think I have some gain actually. I'm obviously just right now preparing to win the fight and preparing for a career best performance. I have thought about making my final walk to the ring and just thinking about how I'm going to be able to control the emotions. I think that's a very, very important part of this night, controlling the emotions and just making sure I step into the ring and look at my very, very best. It's very important to win this fight. That's the most important part about this night. But I think over the last few weeks, I've just been reflecting on the last 825 years and my whole boxing career.

I'm just amazed at this amazing career I've had. I'm so grateful for the career I've had, so grateful for the amazing support I've had, the highs and lows of it. I think that's why I want to put on a performance worthy of everyone's support on September the 5th, just because they've supported me and backed me along the way, every single step of the way during the hard times, during the disappointments as well as the high moments. For that, I'm very, very grateful.

Jane (3:33)

How was the bus tour? A little bit of a rough and rolled trip for you.

Katie Taylor (3:38)

Yeah, it was great fun, the bus tour.

I keep telling people that the bus wasn't actually my idea. My face being plastered along this big bus, but it was great fun. I think over those few days, I got a sense of the excitement around this event.

Every radio interview I did and every single person I met along that way seemed to be buzzing about this event. That's when I thought, I was thinking, maybe this show can actually sell out. Maybe this clip is going to be bigger than I actually thought, because I didn't really know how the ticket sales were going to go, to be honest, until I was on that bus tour. I felt the excitement of everybody. I felt like this was like a national event, and people were genuinely super excited for me. And that's when I realized this is going to be a huge moment.