Katie Taylor completed her final pre-fight weigh-in as a professional boxer on Friday, weighing in under the light-welterweight limit at Trinity College, Dublin, ahead of her undisputed title defence against France's Flora Pili at a sold-out Croke Park on Saturday. The 40-year-old Irish icon, who has never missed weight in 26 professional fights, drew large, adoring crowds throughout fight week as she prepares to retire from a career that began with Olympic gold in 2012 and helped transform women's boxing.

Both fighters made weight comfortably under the 10st (63.5kg) limit, with all 80,000 tickets for Saturday's Croke Park bout long sold out. Pili, 29, is unbeaten in 12 fights and has a chance to spring a major upset on the biggest night of her career, while Taylor, visibly emotional at times with her mother Bridgit in attendance, thanked fans for their support across the Rio and London Olympics and her professional career as she prepares for what she has called her "dream" farewell fight, expected to start around 22:00 BST.