As the saying goes, all good things must come to an end, but this isn’t just “good”; it is something special. Something that the world of boxing has never witnessed in its 5,000+ years of existence. This Saturday night, a trailblazer bows out of the sport in the most spectacular setting imaginable, as Katie Taylor brings an end to her illustrious 28-year career as a boxer in front of a sold-out crowd, just an hour down the road from where she was born and raised, at Croke Park in Dublin.

For quite literally over a century, American boxers have dominated the heavyweight division. From the likes of Jack Johnson to Jack Dempsey to Gene Tunney to Joe Louis in the first half of the 20th century, then to the likes of Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Joe Frazier and Larry Holmes, and then to Mike Tyson, the 20th century was well and truly the century of the American heavyweight.

Widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time, and with good reason, “Iron” Mike Tyson won multiple world titles over the course of a controversial career.

Born on August 12th 1988 in Wythenshawe weighing just a pound, Tyson Luke Fury has been defying the odds since he entered the world and if you’d told anyone at that point that he would go on to stand at 6’9”, weigh 19 stone and become one of the best heavyweight boxers of all time, they’d have probably laughed at you.

A ballet dancer as a child, Vasyl Lomachenko’s journey to becoming one of the most decorated amateur and professional boxers of all time was like no other.

The fact Floyd Mayweather rang the final bell on his boxing career with an unblemished record, remaining undefeated in 50 professional bouts, tells us everything we need to know about his commitment to the cause.