kiddy Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 49 minutes ago, dundeefc1783 said: 2 hours ago, Detournement said: @kiddy He would be crazy not to go for a defence in Scotland (if Sturgeon allows it). Make some money and raise his profile in the UK. Go up to 147 next year. Think he possibly has a mandatory against Catterall unless he vacates and moves up Catterall, you are joking. That he's ranked by the WBO, above Prograis, Zepeda, Pedraza & Postol, having fought nobody of note, whilst Taylor has just rinsed the whole division; says more about promoter manipulation than anything else. That Lopez & Crawford are both WBO Champions, in the adjacent divisions, would tend to suggest that these Super Fights are the more likely possibility, & where the major money, exposure & notoriety, would be. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Domestic world title fights are class. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 27 minutes ago, John Lambies Doos said: 45 minutes ago, GiGi said: If Taylor was a Hearn fighter he'd be a household name no doubt. But he's chased the best consecutively to mop up his entire division in a couple of years and there's no way Hearn would have risked those fights ahead of easy money. That's the difference. This, Fury wasn't a household name when he fought klitscho. He was fighting for a title and linear championship yet build up and marketing was very underwhelming Aye he became a household name due to sexism and homophobia. There may be hope for Taylor yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 25 minutes ago, John Lambies Doos said: 42 minutes ago, GiGi said: If Taylor was a Hearn fighter he'd be a household name no doubt. But he's chased the best consecutively to mop up his entire division in a couple of years and there's no way Hearn would have risked those fights ahead of easy money. That's the difference. This, Fury wasn't a household name when he fought klitscho. He was fighting for a title and linear championship yet build up and marketing was very underwhelming I suppose that's why Taylor signed with Top Rank, with the major money/fights taking place in the States. I think the time for fights at Easter Road/the Castle have gone. Crawford's not the 'unknown' who fought Burns at the Hydro anymore & Lopez is a superstar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 FWIW, I read that ESPN were pushing Taylor Ramirez like hell in the States. Josh might soon give no fucks about UK exposure. He will become a huge name in the states. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMDP Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 52 minutes ago, kiddy said: I suppose that's why Taylor signed with Top Rank, with the major money/fights taking place in the States. I think the time for fights at Easter Road/the Castle have gone. Crawford's not the 'unknown' who fought Burns at the Hydro anymore & Lopez is a superstar. He has a mandatory against Catterall next, which would be the likely fight at the castle/easter road. I actually had Taylor winning a bit wider 115-111. Thought it was a very good performance but he made it a bit closer than it had to be with coasting the last couple. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 (edited) Buzzing right now, a Lochend ABC boy is boxings number 1 p4p. Edited May 23, 2021 by Boostin' Kev 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dundeefc1783 Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Catterall, you are joking. That he's ranked by the WBO, above Prograis, Zepeda, Pedraza & Postol, having fought nobody of note, whilst Taylor has just rinsed the whole division; says more about promoter manipulation than anything else. That Lopez & Crawford are both WBO Champions, in the adjacent divisions, would tend to suggest that these Super Fights are the more likely possibility, & where the major money, exposure & notoriety, would be. Believe he stepped aside from a mandatory to allow that fight to happen so imagine he was given some reassurances that's he next 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Aye he became a household name due to sexism and homophobia. There may be hope for Taylor yet.Don't dispute that, but he's now more known due to him being the best heavyweight on planet and his mental health awareness campaigns 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GiGi Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Thoughts on Davison as a trainer? Not sure McGuigan would have had him try to just survive the last few rounds when he was ahead. Probably closer than it had to be. Feel like Taylor could have bossed the last couple of rounds if he wanted to. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detournement Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 32 minutes ago, GiGi said: Thoughts on Davison as a trainer? Not sure McGuigan would have had him try to just survive the last few rounds when he was ahead. Probably closer than it had to be. Feel like Taylor could have bossed the last couple of rounds if he wanted to. Did he not do the same thing versus Prograis? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Prestonpans represent, boxings p4p number 1. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted May 23, 2021 Share Posted May 23, 2021 Bet @IrishBhoyis raging on social media right now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Just watched the fight, scored it 115-111 for Taylor. Superb performance from Taylor, weathered Ramirez early work and delivered superb, accurate punches. Agree with whoever said the red helped Ramirez with the counts. The second knockdown in particular, if Baylis hadn’t given him the extra seconds wiping his gloves and having a look at him I think Taylor would’ve stopped him. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merkie84 Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 Just watched the fight back. Very good performance and a very entertaining fight. Where does it rank in amount the all time fights by Scottish fighters? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 On 23/05/2021 at 14:27, JMDP said: He has a mandatory against Catterall next, which would be the likely fight at the castle/easter road. I actually had Taylor winning a bit wider 115-111. Thought it was a very good performance but he made it a bit closer than it had to be with coasting the last couple. I was away at the weekend so didn't see it live but I've just scored it and I had Taylor winning by 4 too but there were a few close rounds. However Taylor definitely dominated the middle rounds and thought he was just that bit better. Ramirez was game though. Given what was at stake I think coasting against a shot Ramirez in the last few rounds was understandable even if it meant giving up the points. I thought it was interesting that pre match a lot of the pundits had Ramirez has the more powerful and formidable banger but it never looked that way to me. Even in the rounds where Ramirez caught Taylor with good shots, Taylor didn't really look in trouble. On the other hand Ramirez was knocked down twice and probably had the ref to thank for going the distance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 I see Eddie's got Ritson a final eliminator for Taylor's IBF belt.Added to Catterall's WBO mandatory challenge that'd be the Easter Road & Castle fights covered then.Zepeda's ranked 1 by the WBC & Puello?, the WBA. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Easter Road - Crawford. He’d happily come over here. Edinburgh Castle - a fun one, like Pacq, Prograis or one of Ritson/Catterall. Vegas - another fun one like Mikey Garcia or Tank. Finish career off with Lopez, probably Vegas. Really don’t think he needs to do more than a handful more fights. No tattoo again this year so no seats up at Edinburgh castle this summer so that’s maybe one for next year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 There's no fear any of the big fights will happen in Edinburgh. It would take filling Murrayfield, for your Crawfords/Lopez/Spence's of this world to come over & Taylor just doesn't have that sort of pulling power, yet.Cattrall or Ritson is your max for ER or the Castle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 There’s no tattoo this year so that probably rules out a fight at the castle soon (no stands erected). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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