Former amateur star, Josh Taylor has made great progress over the course of 2017. He started off the year with a record reading 7-0-0 and he started the year by recording a decision victory against Alfonso Olvera.
‘The Tartan Tornado’ then followed that up by forcing stoppages of Warren Joubert, bitter rival O’Hara Davies and Miguel Vazquez.
He has now locked his eyes on bigger prizes in the new year. It is fair to say the Scotsman fancies his chances against one of the standout fighters in the sport today in the form of the concussive, heavy-handed 3-weight world champion, Mikey Garcia.
“I’d like to fight them all and everyone keeps ruling out Mikey Garcia but I think I would do awesome against Garcia.”
“I’ve got too much speed for him, my footwork is better than his,” Taylor added.
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“He hits really hard and comes at you like a train but I’ve been sparring with people two or three weights above me at middleweight so I’m used to the heavy-handed guys already.”
“Let’s be honest before that big fight, I will be a bag of nerves in the changing room but once I step through those ropes, I’ll be full of confidence and it will be the best fight of my career.”“I had offers from Eddie Hearn, Frank Warren and MTK Global but a phone call from Barry persuaded me that he was the man to go with,” Taylor said.”
“My dad said it was the team to go with because it’s a close-knit group.”
“I was going to the boxing writers’ dinner in 2014 to collect Amateur Boxer of the Year on the train and I got a call from a withheld number.”
“This was five weeks after the Commonwealth Games and my dad said, ‘Hurry up! Answer it. It might be important.”
’I answered and all I needed to hear was, ‘hello Josh, it’s Barry McGuigan.’
“My jaw dropped and I went back to my dad with a big smile to tell him Barry McGuigan wants to sign me.”
“That was my mind made up then. I didn’t need to speak to anyone else.”
“It’s only January and there is calm before the storm but Taylor says he is prepared to ride some big waves this year.”
“My dream is within my grasp but I’m just enjoying this fast ride that has happened so quickly,” he said.
“It’s a really exciting year and I am prepared to jump in(to) the deep end if I have to.”
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