WBA, IBF junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor is fully focused on his upcoming showdown with mandatory challenger Apinun Khongsong of Thailand, which takes place on September 26.

The contest will be his first ring appearance in eleven months, since he defeated Regis Prograis in a fireworks clash in the final bout of the World Boxing Super Series junior welterweight tournament.

Taylor is staying very focused on his scheduled assignment to avoid a scenario like last month's shocker in Brentwood - where WBC mandatory challenger Dillian Whyte was brutally knocked out by a single uppercut from Alexander Povetkin.

After his mandatory, then Taylor will focus on a potential full division unification against WBO, WBC champion Jose Ramirez.

"I keep getting asked about the Ramirez fight, unification fights, moving up to 147 and fighting Terence Crawford and Manny Pacquiao, but that's all down the line," Taylor told BBC Scotland.

"I've got to fully focus on Apinun Khongsong because, if I don't, something like what happened to Dilian Whyte could happen to me. That would throw my career, my goals and ambitions up in the air.

"Khongsong is coming here to whip away my belts - it's the chance of his life to get two belts. He'll be coming here to give it his all, but I'm fully focused on him and there is no way I'm going to overlook this guy."

One of the reasons Taylor went to Top Rank is to secure big fight opportunities.

"That's why I signed with Top Rank because all these fights should be easy to make. They've also said fighting in Scotland is not off the table, so that's what I want to do," Taylor said.

"To see my name in bright lights at the MGM Grand or Madison Square Garden, every fighter dreams of that. But having a fight at Edinburgh Castle or Easter Road would just be amazing for Scottish sport. Especially a fight at the Castle with that backdrop, it would be an iconic moment in Scottish sporting history."