Wednesday 23 November 2016 18:01, UK
Katie Taylor has her sights set on headlining a show in her own right in the future.
The five-time world and six-time European champion makes her pro debut against Pole Karina Kopinska on a stacked card at Wembley's SSE Arena, live on Sky Sports 2, on Saturday.
The 2012 Olympic champion fights again two weeks later on the undercard of Anthony Joshua's IBF title defence against Eric Molina and hopes she can replicate her dominance as an amateur in the paid ranks.
"I'd love to win a world professional title, hopefully unify the belts and become a multi-weight world champion," Taylor told Sky Sports News HQ.
"I hope I get to a stage when I'm actually headlining these shows as well, boxing in front of thousands and thousands of people here in Dublin maybe. That would be the absolute dream really.
"I feel like I have a good profile and a good following behind me and this is definitely the platform women's professional boxing needs.
"I'd love to bring the pro game into focus the way I did with the amateur game, I suppose, and help take it to the next level.
"I think this will be a new era for women's professional boxing and I really feel like I have the right team of people around me, with Matchroom Boxing, Eddie Hearn and Sky Sports to do that."
Last weekend saw American two-time Olympic gold medallist Claressa Shields make her professional debut on the undercard of Andre Ward's Las Vegas showdown with Sergey Kovalev.
Shields outpointed compatriot Franchon Crews in a four-rounder but Taylor hopes to dazzle on debut and says she will be looking for the knockout.
"It [professional boxing] is a lot more ruthless and this is prize-fighting at the end of the day," Taylor said.
"The spectators that come to amateur fight are boxing purists but the spectators that come to professional fights want to see knockouts.
"It's more ruthless but it's exciting as well and I hope to bring that to the professional game."
Katie Taylor v Karina Kopinska is part of a busy Wembley Arena bill, which also includes Ohara Davies v Andrea Scarpa, Martin J Ward v Ronnie Clark, and Ben Hall v Carson Jones, with live coverage starting at 8pm on Sky Sports 2.
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