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Total Fights | 20 |
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Wins | 19 |
Losses | 1 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 5 |
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Title Defenses | 4 |
Title-Fight KOs | 1 |
KO Wins | 13 |
KO Losses | 0 |
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Seven years and 10 months into his professional boxing career, Josh Taylor has fought 20 times with 19 wins and a single loss.
Taylor's boxing record is currently 19-1, which includes five super-lightweight world-title wins and four successful title defense fights. He has a 65% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 13 of his total 20 fights being knockout wins, one of which was in a title fight. The only loss in Taylor's career is a 12-round unanimous decision loss to Teófimo López in a super-lightweight title fight.
His last fight was a 12-round unanimous decision defeat to Teófimo López on June 10, 2023. Taylor lost the super-lightweight WBO and The Ring titles to López in this fight. He is on a one-fight losing streak.
Taylor is next scheduled to rematch with Jack Catterall on May 25, 2024 at the First Direct Arena, Leeds, Yorkshire, U.K.
Some of Taylor's best fights and notable victories include wins over José Ramírez, Apinun Khongsong, Jack Catterall, Regis Prograis, Ivan Baranchyk, Miguel Vázquez, and Ohara Davies.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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21 | May 25, 2024 | 33 | Jack Catterall | NA | NA |
20 | Jun 10, 2023 | 32 | Teófimo López | Loss * | UD |
19 | Feb 26, 2022 | 31 | Jack Catterall | Win * | SD |
18 | May 22, 2021 | 30 | José Ramírez | Win * | UD |
17 | Sep 26, 2020 | 29 | Apinun Khongsong | Win * | KO1 |
16 | Oct 26, 2019 | 28 | Regis Prograis | Win * | MD |
15 | May 18, 2019 | 28 | Ivan Baranchyk | Win * | UD |
14 | Nov 3, 2018 | 27 | Ryan Martin | Win | TKO7 |
13 | Jun 23, 2018 | 27 | Viktor Postol | Win | UD |
12 | Mar 3, 2018 | 27 | Winston Campos | Win | TKO3 |
11 | Nov 11, 2017 | 26 | Miguel Vázquez | Win | KO9 |
10 | Jul 8, 2017 | 26 | Ohara Davies | Win | TKO7 |
9 | Mar 24, 2017 | 26 | Warren Joubert | Win | TKO6 |
8 | Jan 28, 2017 | 26 | Alfonso Olvera | Win | UD |
7 | Oct 21, 2016 | 25 | Dave Ryan | Win | TKO5 |
6 | Jul 30, 2016 | 25 | Evincii Dixon | Win | RTD2 |
5 | May 14, 2016 | 25 | Miguel Alberto González Mena | Win | TKO1 |
4 | Feb 27, 2016 | 25 | Lyes Chaibi | Win | KO2 |
3 | Nov 20, 2015 | 24 | Daniel Cosmin Minescu | Win | TKO1 |
2 | Oct 16, 2015 | 24 | Adam Mate | Win | TKO1 |
1 | Jul 18, 2015 | 24 | Archie Weah | Win | TKO2 |
* World-title fight
Josh Taylor (The Tartan Tornado) is a 33-year old Scottish professional boxer. He was born in Prestonpans, Scotland on January 2, 1991. He is a former super-lightweight world champion.
Taylor made his professional boxing debut against Archie Weah at the age of 24 on July 18, 2015, defeating Weah via 2nd round TKO. He went on to win 18 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 12 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 28 on May 18, 2019 after 14 professional fights, against Ivan Baranchyk for the super-lightweight IBF title. He defeated Baranchyk via 12 round unanimous decision to become the super-lightweight champion of the world.
Josh Taylor is a undisputed super-lightweight world champion, and has won five world titles at super-lightweight. For all the details about Taylor's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Taylor has had just a single loss in his professional boxing career so far.
His most recent fight was a super-lightweight title defense bout against American boxer Teófimo López on June 10, 2023. Taylor lost the fight via 12 round unanimous decision — and lost his WBO and The Ring titles. It's been 11 months and 9 days since this fight.
Taylor has had a total of six world-title fights till today, which includes winning five world titles and four successful title defenses. He won five of these fights and lost one.
Josh Taylor has fought for super-lightweight world titles in three fights and won all three of them. Till today, he has won five super-lightweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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May 22, 2021+ | José Ramírez | Super-lightweight | WBC, WBO | UD |
Oct 26, 2019^ | Regis Prograis | Super-lightweight | WBA (Super), The Ring* | MD |
May 18, 2019 | Ivan Baranchyk | Super-lightweight | IBF | UD |
Josh Taylor has had five super-lightweight world-title defense fights. He won four of them and lost once.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Feb 26, 2022 | Jack Catterall | Super-lightweight | WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, The Ring | SD |
May 22, 2021+ | José Ramírez | Super-lightweight | WBA (Super), IBF, The Ring | UD |
Sep 26, 2020 | Apinun Khongsong | Super-lightweight | WBA (Super), IBF, The Ring | KO |
Oct 26, 2019^ | Regis Prograis | Super-lightweight | IBF | MD |
Josh Taylor has lost one world-title defense fight, and lost two titles in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Jun 10, 2023 | Teófimo López | Super-lightweight | WBO, The Ring | UD |
Taylor has fought a total of 20 times till today, which includes 6 world-title fights at the super-lightweight division. He has put on some very good performances in these fights. These nine fights are the highlight of his career.
July 8, 2017: Josh Taylor puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating Ohara Davies via 7th round TKO.
November 11, 2017: Josh Taylor beats Miguel Vázquez via 9th round KO.
June 23, 2018: Josh Taylor beats Viktor Postol via 12th round unanimous decision.
November 3, 2018: Josh Taylor beats Ryan Martin via 7th round TKO.
May 18, 2019: Taylor wins his first world title by defeating Ivan Baranchyk via 12 round unanimous decision. He is now the IBF super-lightweight world champion.
October 26, 2019: Taylor becomes a unified super-lightweight world champion by beating Regis Prograis via 12 round majority decision. He now holds the IBF, WBA (Super), and The Ring super-lightweight world-champion belts.
September 26, 2020: Taylor successfully defends the WBA (Super), IBF, and The Ring super-lightweight titles against Apinun Khongsong, winning the fight via 1st round KO.
May 22, 2021: Taylor becomes the undisputed super-lightweight world champion by defeating José Ramírez via 12 round unanimous decision. He now holds the WBA (Super), IBF, The Ring, WBC, and WBO super-lightweight world-champion belts.
February 26, 2022: Taylor successfully defends the WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring super-lightweight titles against Jack Catterall, winning the fight via 12 round split decision.
Taylor has knocked out 13 of his 20 opponents so far. His KO ratio currently stands at 65%. Of his total 19 wins, 13 of them have been via KO (68.4%).
Taylor's first world-title win was the IBF belt at super-lightweight. He defeated Ivan Baranchyk via 12 round unanimous decision to win the title.
As of May 2024, Taylor has won five world titles at super-lightweight.
Taylor has had a total of five title defense fights so far. He was successful four times and lost one time.