It’s official. Katie Taylor will defend her undisputed lightweight world title against Karen Elizabeth Carabajal at the OVO Arena Wembley in London on Saturday, October 29, live worldwide on DAZN (excluding Australia and New Zealand).
Taylor (21-0, 6 KOs) cemented herself as the best female fighter on the planet by besting Amanda Serrano in an epic fight for history on an iconic night at New York’s sold-out Madison Square Garden earlier this year. .
The Irish superstar retained her undisputed world lightweight title after a Fight of the Year contender with Puerto Rico’s Serrano, the first women’s boxing match to headline the famed MSG in its 140-year history.
Argentina’s Carabajal (19-0, 2 KOs) is undefeated in her 19 professional contests since surrendering in August 2013 and the 32-year-old from Buenos Aires is a former Latin, South American and Argentine WBC super featherweight champion. and she is promoted by Argentine legend Marcos Maidana.
Joining Taylor on the undercard will be Caoimhin Agyarko and new Matchroom signing Gary Cully.
Belfast’s emerging light middleweight Agyarko (12-0, 7 KOs) fights on his second Taylor card as he defends his WBA international title against undefeated Peter Dobson of New York (16-0, 9 KOs) in his third fight 2022, while Irish lightweight contender Gary Cully (14-0, 8 KOs) fights under the Matchroom promotional banner for the first time, with his opponent to be announced soon.
Irish boxing’s favorite non-Irish fighter Kiko Martinez is also featured challenging Jordan Gill for the EBU European Featherweight title.
