Taylor vs Ramirez - UNDISPUTED - May 22 - Las Vegas - ESPN

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Taylor is probably the UKs top fighter so I'm hoping BT might pick this up, Bob Arum is saying this could be moved back to suit the UK viewers.
So nobody is giving Ramirez a chance then?

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Taylor is probably the UKs top fighter so I'm hoping BT might pick this up, Bob Arum is saying this could be moved back to suit the UK viewers.
So nobody is giving Ramirez a chance then?

Taylor is very good but hes not the UKs top fighter is he

Theres one two youd place above him isnt there?

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Technically he's gotta be right up there,
I just think he does everything very well and has that spite in him to get in the trenches when he has to.

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This is gonna be a better fight than Canelo v Saunders 😎

http://www.boxingtalk.com/Jose-Ramir...nderdog-status

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Vivas vs Coria

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Ramirez vs Tapia

Ramirez (6-1, 4 KOs) turned his career around following a shocking decision defeat to Adan Gonzales in his professional debut. He avenged that loss last July via shutout decision and most recently knocked out Brandon Valdes (13-1 at the time) in the sixth round. Ramirez makes his 2021 debut against Tapia (10-3, 3 KOs), a seven-year pro who has gone the distance against 2016 Olympic bronze medalist Vladimir Nikitin and pound-for-pound standout Shakur Stevenson.

Cortes vs Garza

Las Vegas native Andres Cortes (13-0, 7 KOs) will make his 11th consecutive hometown appearance, this time against Eduardo “Thunder” Garza (15-3-1, 8 KOs) in an eight-round junior lightweight tilt. Cortes made a memorable impression inside the MGM Grand Las Vegas Bubble last July, recovering from a fourth-round knockdown to outpoint Alejandro Salinas.

Muratella vs Gallegos

Raymond “Danger” Muratalla (11-0, 9 KOs), the Robert Garcia-trained lightweight prospect from Fontana, California, will fight Jose Luis Gallegos (20-10, 15 KOs) in an eight-rounder. Muratalla is coming off a third-round stoppage win over Luis Porozo last November on the Terence Crawford-Kell Brook card, his sixth consecutive knockout win.

Martinez vs Metcalf

Middleweight prospect Javier "Milwaukee Made" Martinez (3-0, 1 KO), who was once the top-ranked American amateur at 165 pounds, will fight veteran Calvin Metcalf (10-5-1, 3 KOs) in a six-rounder. Martinez last fought Feb. 20 and knocked out Billy Wagner in the first round.

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i like louie. he won both those last fights. another tough fight for him here

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Josh Taylor eyeing boxing immortality in undisputed Las Vegas clash with Jose Ramirez

'Tartan Tornado' is on the brink of becoming Britain's first four-belt world champion

Josh Taylor is itching to etch his name into the history books against Jose Ramirez by becoming Britain’s first undisputed world champion of the four-belt era.

Only four other male fighters from around the world — Oleksandr Usyk, Bernard Hopkins, Jermain Taylor and Terence Crawford — have held the WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO titles consecutively in their divisions.

And the 30-year-old 'Tartan Tornado' knows he will achieve boxing immortality if he can add 28-year-old American Ramirez’s WBC and WBO belts to the light-welterweight titles he already holds in Las Vegas on Saturday.

He said: “To be on the doorstep of achieving it is crazy.



“This is why I’m so motivated — my name will have some kind of greatness attached to it if I win this fight.

“Undisputed world champion in the four-belt era, the first person from Britain to do it, the first person in Scotland to do it, and there are only four other fighters in the world to have done it.

“It’s a really, really special club to be a member of and it’s one that puts my name in the history books so people will hopefully be talking about me when I’m long gone.”

Lennox Lewis was the last undisputed world champion from Britain after his 1999 victory over Evander Holyfield completed the set of WBC, WBA and IBF titles in the three-belt era.

While Taylor’s fellow Scot, Ken Buchanan, became Britain’s first undisputed world champion in 1971, when he held the WBC and WBA world lightweight titles.

Taylor added: “I never thought I’d hear my name mentioned in the same breath as Kenny’s as an undisputed world champion.

“Even when I turned professional, people were saying, ‘Can you be as good as Ken Buchanan?’

“I was, like, ‘Don’t disrespect the man, this is an all-time British great and you’re putting me in the same breath. Come on, that’s ridiculous’.

“But now it’s a realistic goal and I’m just a few days from achieving what he achieved.

“I’m close to Kenny as well, I’ve seen him a lot over the years.

“I’d love to go home and see him with the belts and say, ‘Look, I’m just like you, Champ’.”

Taylor only sees his clash with Ramirez, who is also unbeaten, ending one way.

He said: “I’ve visualised this fight over and over, thousands of times in my head, I’ve imagined it in lots of different ways, and every single time it’s me winning.



“My speed, power, skill, accuracy, boxing IQ, my brain will be different to anything he has faced before.

“The ball is in my court, the way I want to take the fight on, I’m better than him in every department and my skill levels will be the difference.

“He’s a very good fighter, he comes forward, puts the pressure on and he’s very good at what he does, so I’m not here disrespecting him.

“I just believe I’m better than him and he is going to have to prove me wrong.”

Ramirez v Taylor will stream live and exclusively in the UK on FITE for £9.99. Live coverage begins at 130am UK on Sunday, May 23.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxin...ality-24114870

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i like louie. he won both those last fights. another tough fight for him here

louie screwed again. it's always worth watching him fight