Comments Thread For: Josh Taylor On Challenging Crawford: It's A Massive Fight; I Believe He's The Best Welterweight

[Blackstarr]

I disagree. Taylor is too smart to take Bud on in his first fight at WW, but give him two fights to grow into the weight and that's an extremely close fight in a year. Of course, Bud will be 35-36 by then. Not saying that Bud still wouldn't be the favorite, but Taylor is an elite fighter who would give Bud the toughest night of his career. Not sure if you've followed his career, but JT beat far better guys at 140 than Bud did.

I wouldn’t be be sure about this, and for me it’s not a case of being ‘smart’. Josh Taylor is one of those throwback fighters with an unshakeable belief in himself, who would call out and fight anybody. This guy entered the super six as a 13-fight novice after fighting Postol in his 12th, and then unified the whole 140 division by his 18th fight.

He’s not going to sit around waiting for the no.1 fighter to get old as others have done, and it definitely wouldn’t surprise me one bit if he jumps straight in with Crawford.

[Sctrojan]

Do you mind being a bit more specific? What race was he referring to as ‘orange’, I’m pretty confused..asian?

I would've thought Asian as well but the bouncer appeared to be Middle Eastern. In his rant, Taylor told him his nose ring looked "gay" as well.

[NachoMan]

I wouldn’t be be sure about this, and for me it’s not a case of being ‘smart’. Josh Taylor is one of those throwback fighters with an unshakeable belief in himself, who would call out and fight anybody. This guy entered the super six as a 13-fight novice after fighting Postol in his 12th, and then unified the whole 140 division by his 18th fight.

He’s not going to sit around waiting for the no.1 fighter to get old as others have done, and it definitely wouldn’t surprise me one bit if he jumps straight in with Crawford.

Yeah, you might be right, I hope do. I think this is a fantastic matchup.

[NachoMan]

I would've thought Asian as well but the bouncer appeared to be Middle Eastern. In his rant, Taylor told him his nose ring looked "gay" as well.

Well nose rings are gay so what the problem is?

[Greenfield02]

Taylor is a solid JW, not a WW, Taylor barely beat Proagris and Ramirez, which both should get a rematch or at least one of them before Taylor even moves up. Crawford needs to focus on the WW division, I know Spence is out of commission, but there's 3 fights that are more competitive and would do more for Crawford to distinguish himself as the best WW. Ennis, Ortiz and Ugas, those are the fights Crawford needs to focus on and stop chasing smaller guys. So no to Taylor, styles makes fights and Taylor's style suits Crawford perfectly, Crawford wins easy, no to Thurman, he's washed up and has done nothing of note lately, and no to Garcia for the same reason as Thurman. So let's see without Bobby in Crawford's year, if he chooses the path he has chosen before that has done nothing for his legacy, or does he actually change things up and chases greatness, stay tuned but don't hold your breath....

[KP1]

Do you mind being a bit more specific? What race was he referring to as ‘orange’, I’m pretty confused..asian?

Calling someone an orange **** or something similar is a derogatory term against Protestants, it’s like calling a Catholic a Fenian ****.

Theres a lot of it in Scotland.

[Sctrojan]

Well nose rings are gay so what the problem is?

Lol...no argument here.

[Oldskoolg]

He got hammered one night out on the town and called a bouncer "a big orange ****" or something along those lines. He met the guy in person and apologized to him so I wouldn't read too much into it. Every single one of us that has had to much to drink has said and done ignorant shiet,not an excuse but doesn't represent who you are for the most part imo.

“In vino, veritas…….”

[richardt]

Taylor would be fortunate to last 12 rounds. Crawford is on another level altogether, despite Taylor's solid overall skills.

[Rodtang]

I disagree. Taylor is too smart to take Bud on in his first fight at WW, but give him two fights to grow into the weight and that's an extremely close fight in a year. Of course, Bud will be 35-36 by then. Not saying that Bud still wouldn't be the favorite, but Taylor is an elite fighter who would give Bud the toughest night of his career. Not sure if you've followed his career, but JT beat far better guys at 140 than Bud did.

Not sure if you've followed OLDSKOOLGs career. If he doesn't like your point he won't reply. He must be a politician.