![]() ![]() Fury was ringside, cheering on Taylor with a front-row seat to enjoy his accuracy and aggression. Taylor does not enjoy the same fame or wealth as the biggest boxing stars from the United Kingdom - the two rival heavyweight world champions, Fury and Joshua - but there should be no argument that by becoming undisputed champion, Taylor is also the U.K.'s best pound-for-pound boxer, ahead of Fury and Joshua. Taylor's triumph is one the best performances by a British boxer ever on American soil, and will set up bigger, money-spinning fights for him. Two of boxing's best operators, undefeated and competing for the highest stakes, and then living up to the pre-fight hype. Ramirez (26-1, 17 KOs), 28, from Avenal, California, who was the WBC and WBO champion, then came roaring back in the eighth, and finished strong by working his way back from the brink and grabbing rounds late in the fight.Īt a time when YouTubers, novice boxers and retired legends in their fifties have become the major stories of the last year or so in boxing, at least from a mainstream perspective, occasions like Taylor-Ramirez are just the pick-me-up the sport needed. Taylor (18-0, 13 KOs), 30, from Edinburgh, Scotland, who entered the ring as the WBA and IBF champion, made more progress in the seventh when he uncorked a stunning left uppercut to send Ramirez down for a second referee's count. The sixth round was a belter and ultimately swung the fight, as Taylor sent Ramirez sprawling face-first into a corner when the Scot slipped a shot and landed a blistering left to Ramirez's chin. Taylor wrote his name into the history books by becoming the first British boxer to win all four major world titles, in a high-quality clash that swung both ways at the Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas. Anthony Joshua for all four world heavyweight titles. It was just what boxing needed to improve its credibility after the disappointment and frustration resulting from the collapse earlier this week in confirming Tyson Fury vs. The fact that it was a breathtaking, back-and-forth encounter made it even more special as Taylor, who floored Ramirez in the sixth and seventh rounds, won by scores of 114-112 on all three judges' scorecards. When Taylor was announced as the undisputed junior welterweight world champion, it was a moment to savor. Jose Ramirez played out in thrilling fashion to produce that rare and sacred thing in boxing: an undisputed world champion. In a week in which one four-belt world title fight hit the canvas amid an interminable negotiating period, Josh Taylor vs. ![]() Taylor-Ramirez fallout: Rematch possibilities, and could a Terence Crawford fight could be next? Jonathan Almacen, junior flyweights, Johannesburg, South Africa.You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser Hironori Miyake, junior featherweights, Osaka, Japan Hekkie Budler vs. Lukasz Rozanski, heavyweights, Lomza, Poland Tomoki Kameda vs. Carlos Molina, middleweights, Coventry, England (Channel 5 in U.K.) Artur Szpilka vs. Armando Torres, junior flyweights, Tampa, Fla. Lundy (31-8-1, 14 KOs) has won two consecutive fights since losing back-to-back to Zaur Abdullaev and Avery Sparrow.Īlso fighting this weekend: May 21 – Jonathan Gonzalez vs. The fighters went down a combined eight times before Zepeda (33-2, 26 KOs) scored a fifth-round knockout. Also on the card, Zepeda, who faces Hank Lundy, is coming off the 2020 Fight of the Year against Baranchyk. Ramirez looked so-so against Postol, although he had been out of the ring for 13 months. Two of his defenses have come by majority decision, against Jose Zepeda in February 2019 and against Postol last August. He has successfully defended four times and added a second title by stopping Maurice Hooker in six rounds in July 2019. Ramirez, also a complete fighter, won his first belt by defeating Amir Imam by a unanimous decision in March 2018. Taylor also has victories over Miguel Vazquez, Viktor Postol, Ryan Martin and Ivan Baranchyk (to win his first world title). ![]() He successfully defended once 11 months later in the same town, stopping Apinun Khongsong in the first round. Taylor, a superb boxer-puncher from Scotland, has the most-significant victory of the two: He defeated previously unbeaten Regis Prograis by a majority decision to unify two titles in October 2019 in London. Taylor and Ramirez, both of whom are former Olympians, undefeated as professionals and hold two of the four major titles, will fight to determine the No. Background: It doesn’t get much better than this.Hank Lundy, junior welterweights Elvis Rodriguez vs. Pound-for-pound ranking: Taylor, Honorable Mention. ![]() At stake: Taylor’s WBC and WBO, and Ramirez’s IBF and WBA titles. ![]()
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