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Josh James William Taylor is a Scottish professional boxer, born on January 2,
1991 in Prestonpans, Scotland. Nicknamed 'The Tartan Tornado' for his aggressive style,
Taylor's knockout-to-win percentage stands at 72%. He fights in the super-lightweight category and as
of January 2021; he is a unified champion. As of October 2021, Taylor is ranked as the
world's best active light-welterweight by BoxRec and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.
Taylor was a junior taekwondo champion, and turned to boxing at 15. He spent a short time
at Meadowbank ABC and then moved onto Lochend ABC under coach Terry McCormack of Edinburgh.
Taylor enjoyed a successful amateur career with a commonwealth Gold in his home country in 2014,
being the pick of the bunch. He had won a Silver medal the previous time around.
Taylor started his professional career in June 2015, signing with Barry McGuigan's
Cyclone Promotions and made his debut in July 2015, defeating Archie Weah with a second round
technical knockout. Taylor quickly rose up the ranks and made his mark in the sport.
He is the undisputed light-welterweight champion, having held the WBA (Super), IBF,
and Ring magazine titles since 2019 and the WBC and WBO titles after defeating José Ramírez in May
2021. At regional level, he held the Commonwealth light-welterweight title from 2016 to 2017,
and as an amateur, he won a silver medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and gold at
the 2014 edition. He is one of only 6 men to be a unified four belt world champion.
With his win over Ramírez, Taylor became the second Scotsman to be
an undisputed champion and the first Brit to do so in the four-belt era.
Nicknamed 'The Tartan Tornado' for his aggressive style, Taylor's knockout-to-win percentage stands
at 72%. As of October 2021, he is ranked as the world's best active light-welterweight
by BoxRec and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, as well as the fifth-best active boxer,
pound-for-pound, by The Ring, and sixth by the TBRB and the
Boxing Writers Association of America. Taylor's first defence of his undisputed
light-welterweight title had been scheduled for December 18, 2021,
against WBO mandatory challenger Jack Catterall. It was announced by Taylor on October 21 that he
had suffered an injury, and thus the fight would be postponed to February 26, 2022.
According to Sportekz, Taylor is worth an estimated $2 million as of 2022.
As a child, Taylor was passionate about motorcycle racing, and "dreamed about
being a world champion superbike racer or a world champion MotoGP racer"; he named
motorcycle racers Valentino Rossi and Steve Hislop as his childhood heroes.
Taylor has been a supporter of Hibernian F.C. since he was a child.
Taylor is engaged to Danielle Murphy.
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