Josh Taylor: record, next fight and profile →
ATLANTA – Gervonta Davis impressed Mario Barrios last Saturday night. The junior lightweight and lightweight champion’s power obviously was effective in his 140-pound debut. Davis knocked down Barrios three times – twice in the eighth round and once in the 11th round – on his way to an 11th-round, technical-knockout victory at State Farm Arena.
ATLANTA – Gervonta Davis doesn’t need Josh Taylor to do big business. Leonard Ellerbe realizes that blunt assessment won’t satisfy devout boxing fans that would love to see Davis remain at 140 pounds to challenge the undefeated, undisputed junior welterweight champion in Davis’ next fight. But Ellerbe, the CEO of Mayweather Promotions, Floyd Mayweather himself and others involved in Davis’ career are more concerned with continuing to build Davis into a star that transcends boxing.
IBF, WBA, WBO, WBC junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor confidently explains that he's beaten a better level of opposition when reviewing the opponents on Terence Crawford's unbeaten record.
Josh Taylor’s undisputed title win continued this morning – as he was on hand to display his world title belts to the British media for the very first time.
Teofimo Lopez finds it amusing that Josh Taylor couldn’t keep his name out of his mouth for the longest time. Now, according to Lopez, Taylor has apparently changed his tune.
By Cliff Rold - Even with a COVID postponement of the lightweight title clash between Teofimo Lopez and George Kambosos, June 19, 2021 is as high volume a day as boxing has had in recent memory. ESPN, DAZN, and Showtime all have cards along with Fite.TV streaming an independent pay-per-view offering of the exhibition variety.
IBF, WBC, WBA, WBO junior welterweight champion Josh Taylor is still undecided when it comes to his next career move. Last month in Las Vegas, Taylor scored two knockdowns to secure a twelve round decision over Jose Ramirez to unify the entire junior welterweight division.
Bob Arum envisions Gervonta Davis becoming “a really good fighter.” The 89-year-old promoter just doesn’t think Davis belongs in the 140-pound division. Baltimore’s Davis will make his debut at the junior welterweight limit June 26, when he’ll battle WBA world super lightweight champion Mario Barrios at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
Brutal honesty is what Lewis Ritson promises and that is what he gives. The former British lightweight champion has a final eliminator to earn the right to face Josh Taylor on Saturday. But ask if he would ideally fight the undisputed super-lightweight champion and the answer is ‘no’.
Josh Taylor has reflected on the incredible whirlwind that he has been through over the past fortnight – after making history and becoming undisputed super-lightweight champion.