Josh Taylor: record, next fight and profile →
WBO junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor will be looking for a lot of payback when he faces Jack Catterall in a rematch, which is targeted to take place in the first quarter of 2023.
WBO junior welterweight Josh Taylor has fired shots at his rival Teofimo Lopez. Taylor, who at one time had every world title at 140-pounds, is getting ready to make a rematch defense against Jack Catterall in early 2023.
Promoter Ben Shalom wants to roll out an improved judging protocol for the upcoming junior welterweight title bout between Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall.
FLEMINGTON, New Jersey – Teofimo Lopez will have plenty of appealing options within the 140-pound division if he defeats Sandor Martin on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden.
The date of the Josh Taylor-Jack Catterall rematch will change yet again. Promoter Bob Arum has confirmed to BoxingScene.com that Taylor and Catterall will not fight February 4, as planned. Their second fight for Taylor’s WBO junior welterweight title will instead take place either later in February or at some point in March.
Regis Prograis is convinced he is a much improved fighter from the version he was in 2019. He can’t say the same for longtime nemesis Josh Taylor. Prograis, the newly crowned WBC 140-pound titlist from New Orleans, thinks Scotland’s Taylor, the WBO titlist, has plateaued as a fighter, saying he has not seen any tangible improvement from the Scotsman since their highly
Josh Taylor remains unbeaten and was boxing’s fully unified 140-pound champion before he gave up three of his four world titles. Three years after Taylor edged Regis Prograis in their title unification fight, though, Prograis feels he has surpassed the
While fully focused on the powerful southpaw he’ll encounter Saturday night, Regis Prograis sees Jose Zepeda as his conduit to the rematch he wants with another left-handed opponent. Prograis is holding out hope that Josh Taylor will beat Jack Catterall in their rematch and
Junior welterweight contender Jack Catterall does not believe a new trainer will make Josh Taylor a better fighter. Taylor was trained for much of his career by Shane McGuigan. He would part ways with McGuigan and begin working with Ben Davison.
Teofimo Lopez Sr. was incredulous when the scorecards were initially read. Having promised boxing fans around the world that his son, Teofimo Lopez, would make quick work of George Kambosos Jr. during their showdown in November of 2021, the loquacious trainer and father was taken aback when Kambosos was given the nod.