Josh Taylor: record, next fight and profile →
Josh Taylor will return to the ring next month. The Commonwealth super-lightweight champion was last in action over eight rounds in Las Vegas. Taylor (9-0, 7 KOs) strode to a points decision at the MGM Grand, as part of the undercard to stablemate Carl Frampton’s defeat at the hands of Leo Santa Cruz.
MGM Grand, Las Vegas - 2012 Olympian Josh Taylor (8-0, 7 KOs) went the distance for the first time in his career, with an eight round unanimous decision over tough as nails Alfonso Olvera (8-3-1, 3 KOs) in a super lightweight contest. The scores were 79-72, 78-73, 78-73.
LAS VEGAS – Saturday night’s scheduled eight-round super lightweight matchup between Josh Taylor and Alfonso Olvera will air as the opening bout on SHOWTIME EXTREME at 8 p.m. ET/PT preceding the David Benavidez vs. Sherali Mamadjanov eight-round super middleweight bout taking place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
LAS VEGAS - Undefeated featherweight world champion Carl Frampton and former three-division world champion Leo Santa Cruz went face-to-face Thursday at the final press conference before they enter the ring for their highly anticipated rematch that headlines a Premier Boxing Champions event this Saturday, January 28 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and live on SHOWTIME.
A winner of 19 in a row, featherweight world champion Lee Selby (23-1, 8 KOs) will fight for the second time in the United States when he battles former world champion Jonathan Victor Barros (41-4-1, 22 KOs) live on SHOWTIME EXTREME Saturday, January 28 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Josh Taylor will return to the ring next month. The Commonwealth super-lightweight champion, who took out Dave Ryan inside five rounds back in October to land the vacant belt, exclusively live on Channel 5, has been added to a Stateside card topped by one of his gym-mates.
Meadowbank Sports Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom - Josh Taylor 10st - 6-0, 6KOs vs. Dave Ryan 9'13- 17-9, 4KOs - As expected a cagey opening in the red hot furnace of Edinburgh's Meadowbank Arena. The fight opened up at the end of the first with both fighters landing telling blows however the more effective seem to come from Taylor.
Junior welterweight Min-Wook Kim had “Snyper” on his trunks, which was fitting as he dropped Louis Cruz with a single shot — and then did the same thing two more times to finish Cruz off. Each knockdown came on right hands.
Josh Taylor and Conrad Cummings will box Stateside next month. The Cyclone Promotions-promoted duo, who campaign at super-lightweight and middleweight respectively, will return to the ring on July 30.
Scotland’s 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medalist Josh Taylor, Cardiff’s 2014 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist Nathan Thorley and former World Series of Boxing (WSB) star Conrad Cummings are all set to feature on the massive undercard for the Lee Haskins v Ivan Morales IBF world bantamweight title showdown at Cardiff’s brand new Ice Arena Wales on Saturday May 14, live on Channel 5.