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Katie Taylor eyes Croke Park after 'greatest night' of her career

Katie Taylor says that last night's victory over Chantelle Cameron was the highlight of her pro career, but promoter Eddie Hearn says that the best is yet to come.

The Bray woman took the fight on a majority decision to avenge May's defeat at the same venue. Going into the bout as the outsider, Taylor reminded everyone of why she's considered one of Ireland's greatest boxers ever with a controlled performance.

"It definitely feels like the greatest night of my career so far," she said afterwards.

"It was the longest six months waiting for this rematch. Over the last few months I've been going to bed thinking about this rematch.

"The pressure over the last few months, everyone writing me off... I can't believe so many people were writing me off, to be honest. This win meant so much to me, a two-weight undisputed champion in front of my home crowd.

"Coming off a loss you have to go the extra mile in training. Over the last few months I've put my body though torture in preparation for this rematch.

"We knew we were going to be well prepared stepping in here but I was nearly half-offended that people were writing me off so much. It's great to prove people wrong and I'm back on top again.

"It was definitely a special night."

On what might come next, Taylor was clear that she would love a big fight at Croke Park, with Cameron her likely opponent once more.

"I don't think women's boxing has seen a trilogy before," she pointed out.

"One of my favourite fighters is Marco Antonio Barrera. Barrera-[Erik] Morales is the best trilogy you could ever see so if we could have that type of trilogy it would be absolutely iconic for the sport.

"Even better if we did get it in Croke Park, 80,000 people. That's the stadium we've all wanted for the

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