Katie Taylor's rematch against Amanda Serrano will not take place in Croke Park, promoter Eddie Hearn has confirmed.
The promoter was speaking ahead of Serrano's fight against Erika Cruz and confirmed the news. Taylor and Serrano met at Madison Square Garden last year in front of a sell out crowd.
And the two were set to meet in Croke Park but Hearn has said the fight will no longer happen at GAA HQ and will take place somewhere else in Ireland. Speaking to Ariel Helwani, Hearn confirmed the news, saying: "The cost of hire and everything involved in the event is three times higher nearly than staging it in Wembley Stadium.
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"Ultimately Katie Taylor has financial demands for this fight and so does Amanda Serrano and we want to make sure we deliver on that. We're so far out on that possibility on the cost of running that show and we're out of time on delivering that date to the broadcaster.
"Now we'll be in a big arena in Dublin and then hopefully in September we revisit Croke Park." And Hearn confirmed when Taylor's homecoming will be.
He said: "It's frustrating but I promised Katie Taylor she'd be in Ireland for the next fight and it would be the most sensational atmosphere wherever she is. Sooner or later you have to make a decision and make a move and the move is we have to go May 20th and unless we go now it's going to be another moment that we miss a fight for Katie in Ireland and I'm not prepared to do it anymore.
"We keep working towards Croke Park, maybe Taylor-Serrano III in September but for now her next fight is in Ireland. She'll be at the show on Saturday and if Serrano is to win it looks almost certain we'll get that rematch in Ireland. "
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