Friday, November 15

The British Josh Taylor makes history by beating José Ramírez on points and now has all the titles


Taylor wins undefeated duel in Las Vegas by decision to join a short list of fighters who have held the belts of the four organisms

Josh Taylor celebrates after sending José Ramírez to the canvas in round 6.

Photo: David Becker / Getty Images

Ricardo López Juárez

There is a new undisputed champion in boxing after the British Josh Taylor will dominate the Mexican-American fighter José Ramírez on Saturday to win by decision and take over all the world monarch belts of .

The three judges scored the fight held in Las Vegas 550 – 112 in favor of Taylor , who now has a record of 18 – 0 after taking Ramírez’s undefeated (26-1). Thus, the so-called “Tartan Tornado” becomes the only fighter who owns all the bands of his weight at this time.

Since the beginning of the era out of four recognized world bodies (WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO) there had only been four undisputed champions with all four belts : Bernard Hopkins (medium), Jermain Taylor (medium), Terence Crawford (super lightweight) and Oleksandr Usyk (cruiser ).

They are joined by Taylor, from 30 years, who also won the prestigious magazine sash The Ring.

THE DEFINITION OF A WHOLE MOOD !!!!

👑👑 @ JoshTaylorBoxer 👑👑 pic.twitter.com/WtIdnrLtGf

– Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) May 21, 2021

Anthony Joshua (full ), Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez ( super middleweight), Jermell Charlo (super middleweight) and Teófimo López (lightweight) currently have three of the four world titles. “Canelo” will seek in September to conquer the only belt he is missing against Caleb Plant.

Taylor, who already held the WBA and IBF crowns, began to control the intense fight in the sixth round when he put Ramírez on the canvas , former WBC and WBO champion, with a left kick straight to the jaw.

WE HAVE OUR FIRST KNOCKDOWN! @ JoshTaylorBoxer puts down Ramirez in the opening seconds of Round 6 with a big left upstairs. # RamirezTaylor | LIVE NOW on ESPN pic.twitter.com/snfwmLkfpW

– Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) May 23, 2021

In the next chapter, the Scottish-born man repeated the dose, this time with a precise uppercut that came very close to knocking out the Californian, who survived the round aided by the complacency of referee Kenny Bayless , who gave him plenty of time to recover.

The final: 30 of that 7th round from ringside.

Goodness. 😳 # RamirezTaylor | LIVE NOW on ESPN pic.twitter.com/Zn 996 xmbzA

– Top Rank Boxing (@trboxing) May 23, 2021

The Top Rank function broadcast by ESPN was held before fans in the arena of the Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, formerly called the Hard Rock Hotel.