Josh Taylor: page 40

Josh Taylor: record, next fight and profile →

Latest Josh Taylor news

Josh Taylor Drops Jose Ramirez Twice, Wins Decision To Unify 140

Josh Taylor Drops Jose Ramirez Twice, Wins Decision To Unify 140

Keith Idec

•May 22, 2021

By Keith Idec - LAS VEGAS – The two knockdowns Josh Taylor scored Saturday night enabled him to make history. The two-point advantage Taylor gained by dropping Jose Ramirez once apiece in the sixth and seventh rounds represented the difference on all three scorecards in their 12-round, 140-pound title unification fight inside The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. Judges Tim Cheatham, Dave Moretti and Steve Weisfeld scored their fan-friendly fight exactly the same, 114-112 for Taylor.

Read more

Josh Taylor vs. Jose Ramirez - LIVE BoxingScene Scorecard

Josh Taylor vs. Jose Ramirez - LIVE BoxingScene Scorecard

BoxingScene Staff

•May 22, 2021

Josh Taylor, Jose Ramirez Scorecard BoxingScene Live - WBC/WBO champion Jose Ramirez and WBA/IBF champion Josh Taylor were all business Friday, when the boxers made weight for Saturday's undisputed junior welterweight world title showdown at The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas. (photos by Mikey Williams)

Read more

Josh Taylor: I Really Am Confident In Getting The KO Of Jose Ramirez

Josh Taylor: I Really Am Confident In Getting The KO Of Jose Ramirez

Keith Idec

•May 22, 2021

LAS VEGAS – Josh Taylor obviously doesn’t love the reality that the same three judges who scored Jose Ramirez’s majority-decision victory over Viktor Postol will work their fight Saturday night.

Read more

Zepeda: Ramirez-Taylor Is A 50-50 Fight; I Want Ramirez To Win To Get The Rematch

Zepeda: Ramirez-Taylor Is A 50-50 Fight; I Want Ramirez To Win To Get The Rematch

Keith Idec

•May 22, 2021

LAS VEGAS – Jose Zepeda’s promoters at Top Rank Inc. encouraged him to take more time off. The top-rated junior welterweight contender endured such a brutal battle versus Ivan Baranchyk on October 9, no one would’ve blamed Zepeda for staying out of the ring for several more months. The 31-year-old Zepeda, a southpaw from La Puente, California, insisted on returning to the ring sooner, thus he’ll face Philadelphia’s Hank Lundy on Saturday night.

Read more

Josh Taylor: Ramirez Didn't Think Postol Was Same Fighter, Thought That He Was Old

Josh Taylor: Ramirez Didn't Think Postol Was Same Fighter, Thought That He Was Old

Keith Idec

•May 22, 2021

LAS VEGAS – Jose Ramirez admits he wasn’t at his best when he beat Viktor Postol by majority decision August 29. The COVID-19 pandemic caused two postponements of their mandated 140-pound title fight, which forced Ramirez and Postol to train three times for it. Ramirez told BoxingScene.com that he was “mentally exhausted” by the time they fought for his WBC and WBO championships.

Read more

Jose Ramirez Never Let Go of His Roots, Molded His Mental Strength

Jose Ramirez Never Let Go of His Roots, Molded His Mental Strength

Francisco Salazar

•May 22, 2021

You can get Jose Ramirez out of the agricultural fields, but you can never take the agricultural fields out of Jose Ramirez.  Whether it was the brutal summer heat in July or the cold days of January, a hard day’s work in the agricultural fields awaited Ramirez as a teenager. 

Read more

Robert Garcia: Ramirez Beating Taylor Would Be My Biggest Win as Trainer

Robert Garcia: Ramirez Beating Taylor Would Be My Biggest Win as Trainer

Francisco Salazar

•May 22, 2021

Trainer Robert Garcia has not seen a more-motivated and hungrier version of Jose Ramirez until the lead up to Saturday’s clash against Josh Taylor. In other words, if Ramirez fights to his potential, Taylor is in for a long night. 

Read more

Josh Taylor: Ramirez Was Very, Very Fortunate To Come Away With Decision Against Zepeda

Josh Taylor: Ramirez Was Very, Very Fortunate To Come Away With Decision Against Zepeda

Keith Idec

•May 22, 2021

Jose Ramirez should consider himself lucky he’s still officially undefeated. That’s Josh Taylor’s takeaway from Ramirez’s last fight against a southpaw. Taylor thinks Jose Zepeda won eight rounds against Ramirez in a 12-round, 140-pound title fight Ramirez won by majority decision in February 2019.

Read more

Jose Ramirez: When People Have A Little Doubt, I Continue Winning

Jose Ramirez: When People Have A Little Doubt, I Continue Winning

Jake Donovan

•May 22, 2021

Even in a perceived coin flip fight, Jose Carlos Ramirez has come to realize that the oddsmakers and industry insiders have made a decision regarding the biggest fight of his pro career. The unbeaten, unified junior welterweight titlist is the betting underdog heading into his four-belt undisputed championship with Josh Taylor (17-0, 13KOs). BetMGM has Avenal, California’s Ramirez at +185 to emerge from their May 22 headliner with his unblemished record and title reign still intact. It’s the first time in his career where the unbeaten 28-year-old will not enter as the betting favorite, though far from the first time in where the public has doubted his chances.

Read more

Barrios: I'm Picking Ramirez To Win By Decision, His Relentlessness Is Going To Overwhelm Taylor

Barrios: I'm Picking Ramirez To Win By Decision, His Relentlessness Is Going To Overwhelm Taylor

Jake Donovan

•May 22, 2021

If there is any fight on the current schedule that Mario Barrios is looking forward to more than his own, it’s the one where he envisions himself facing the winner. The unbeaten secondary WBA junior welterweight titlist is among the sport’s most interested observers for this Saturday’s showdown between Avenal, California’s Jose Ramirez. (26-0, 17KOs) and Scotland’s Josh Taylor (17-0, 13KOs). All four major belts are at stake in their ESPN-televised main event, which airs live from The Theater at Virgin Hotels Las Vegas.

Read more