Josh Taylor: record, next fight and profile →
Josh Taylor’s first fight in the World Boxing Super Series will be held in his home country. Organizers of the WBSS announced Friday that Taylor’s 140-pound quarterfinal fight against American Ryan Martin will headline a November 3 card at SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland.
Ryan Burnett is likely to have his next fight away from Belfast. The WBA Super world bantamweight champion will come up against Nonito Donaire in the World Boxing Super Series quarter-final. Burnett, a previous owner of the IBF belt which is now held by fellow tournament participant Emmanuel Rodriguez, was pitted against the Filipino at the gala draw in Moscow, Russia in July.
Ryan 'Blue Chip' Martin will be facing the highly regarded Josh Taylor in the first round of the World Boxing Super Series junior welterweight tournament. Many believe that 'the Tartan Tornado' from Scotland is the favorite to win the Muhammad Ali Trophy.
World Boxing Super Series Season Two Draft Photos Gallery - The quarter-finals for Season II of the World Boxing Super Series were set for the tournament’s Super-Lightweight and Bantamweight brackets at a Draft Gala Friday night at the Rossiya Theatre in Moscow.
Regis Progais picked Terry Flanagan as his opponent Friday for the World Boxing Super Series’ 140-pound tournament. The top-seeded Prograis picked the unseeded Flanagan as part of the WBSS “Draft Gala” at Rossiya Theatre in Moscow. Once Prograis chose Flanagan, second-seeded Josh Taylor (13-0, 11 KOs) was left to select unseeded Ryan Martin (22-0, 12 KOs) as the Scottish southpaw’s opponent in the quarterfinals because the remaining two quarterfinals were predetermined.
Regis Prograis was ranked number two by the WBC last year when Terrence Crawford vacated all four 140-pound belts to move up to welterweight. The logical step was for Prograis to fight for the vacant belt against number 1 contender Jose Ramirez. But the sanctioning body inexplicably decreed that Ramirez would fight third-ranked Amir Imam for the belt and Prograis would be matched against fourth-ranked Victor Postol for the interim belt making him the mandatory challenger for the belt.
By Tris Dixon - IT is hard to sound level-headed while having the ambition to match Hall of Famers, but Scotland’s classy Josh Taylor somehow manages it. The southpaw super-welterweight, who won a fan-friendly battle with the world class Viktor Postol a couple of weeks ago, has thrown his name in the hat of the World...
The McGuigans, promoter Barry and trainer Shane, believe that their man Josh Taylor (13-0, 11 KOs) can not only win the forthcoming Second Series of the WBSS but they also feel that the tournament will turn the 27-year-old into a huge boxing star. The Edinburgh-based boxer
Undefeated WBC Super-Lightweight Mandatory Josh ‘The Tartan Tornado’ Taylor from Edinburgh, Scotland is ready for the 140lb edition of the World Boxing Super Series. “I am delighted to have had to the opportunity to join the competition,” said Taylor. “It’s a great chance for me to become world champion with multiple organisations. It is also a great honour to fight for the Ali trophy. In honour of the greatest boxer of all times.”
Last Saturday night at the SSE Hydrow in Glasgow, junior welterweight contender Josh Taylor (13-0, 11 KOs) picked up the biggest win of his pro career when he won a tough twelve round unanimous decision over former world champion Viktor Postol - who holds a knockout win over Lucas Matthysse and only tasted defeat at the hands of Terence Crawford.