Barry McGuigan has told Josh Taylor to forget what he knows about Mexican fighters ahead of next week’s fight in Edinburgh.
Taylor defends his WBC Silver super-lightweight title against Miguel Vasquez in front of the Channel Five cameras on Saturday, November 11.
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Vazquez was an outstanding world lightweight champion – he made six defences of the IBF strap between 2010 and 2014 – but by his own admission, he’s no Marco Antonio Barrera or Erik Morales.
“People may complain about my style,” he said once, “but I base my style off the fact I don’t want to get hit.”
McGuigan said of the 30 year old: “He’s the most un Mexican Mexican fighter you will ever see.
“He is a Mexican who doesn’t fight like a Mexican at all.
“He’s on his toes, flies around the ring, but he’s tough and he can punch.
“I wanted to give Josh a different sort of test.
“He has got someone who has fought the best in the world – people like Timothy Bradley and ‘Canelo’ – and has never been stopped.
“Josh will need to be thinking his way through the whole fight and will get hit and have to hit back.
“It’s a proper test and I think Josh will…
“It’s a proper test and I think Josh will win emphatically. I think he will stop him.”
Taylor’s emphatic stoppage of Ohara Davies this summer put him at No 6 in the WBC rankings and should he beat Vazquez, there’s a chance he will then challenge for European honours.
Anthony Yigit defends the belt against Joe Hughes in Leicester on Saturday, December 2.
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Hughes, an honest pro from Malmesbury in Wiltshire, admits his shot has “come out of the blue,” but feels he deserves a change of luck after drawing with Tyrone Nurse for the British title in April.
“100 percent I thought I won that fight,” said the 27 year old.
“The pIan was to try to get myself into position to fight for the British title again – that’s always been the goal – and then this came up.”
Chantelle Cameron is pencilled in to fight in Leicester – five junctions up the M1 from her Northampton home – provided she beats Edith Ramos for the IBO Intercontinental lightweight title in Edinburgh.
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The obvious target for Cameron is Katie Taylor, crowned WBA champion on the Anthony Joshua-Carlos Takam undercard in Cardiff.
“I’m Irish and don’t want to be accused of treachery,” said McGuigan, “but for me, Chantelle is the No 1 female fighter out there.
“I know Katie beat her in the amateurs, but the pros is Chantelle’s game.
“I’m sure she will win a number of world titles.”
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