Josh Taylor is a professional boxer from Scotland who was born on January 2, 1991. Taylor has fought in 20 professional bouts and is known as “The Tartan Tornado” due to his aggressive boxing style. He has won 19 out of the 20 fights, with 13 coming via knockout.
In his boxing career, Josh Taylor suffered only one defeat, which was against Teófimo López, who was declared winner by unanimous decision after 12 rounds.
Achievements Of Josh Taylor In The Boxing World
He was the World Boxing Council (WBC) champion between 2021 and 2022, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) champion between 2021 and 2023, the International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Association (WBA) (Super version) titles between 2019 and 2022.
Taylor also achieved the Ring magazine title between 2019 and 2023. He was also the former undisputed super lightweight champion. From 2016 to 2017, he was the Commonwealth light-welterweight champion at the regional level.
As an amateur, Josh took home two medals: light welterweight from the 2010 Commonwealth Games and light welterweight from the 2014 competition.
Taylor became the sixth male boxer to unify all four major titles in the light-welterweight division by reigning as the undisputed champion from May 2021 to May 2022. Following his victory over José Ramírez in 2021, Taylor became the first Briton and the second Scot to hold the title of undisputed champion in the four-belt era.
Everything To Know About Taylor’s Only Loss
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In New York, Josh Taylor lost the last of his world titles to Teofimo Lopez, who emerged victorious as the new WBO light-welterweight champion.
Since a contentious defence against Jack Catterall 15 months ago, the 32-year-old Scot has forfeited three of his titles, and he lost the fourth in a fierce match at Madison Square Garden.
The champion’s strong start was pushed back by American Lopez, who went on to dominate the fight and hand Taylor his first loss in 20 professional fights.
With the victory, Lopez, 25, was crowned a two-weight world champion.
Although the Edinburgh fighter was fortunate to have a generous judge rule against Catterall, the Brooklyn fighter’s scorecards read 115-113, 115-113, and 117-111, indicating that he would never be as fortunate twice.
Josh Taylor suffered his first and only defeat of his career. On June 10, 2023, Taylor was defeated by American boxer Teófimo López by unanimous decision after 12 rounds. Taylor was 32 and had a 19-0 record when defending his super-lightweight WBO and The Ring titles. López had an 18-1 record and was 25 years old.
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