Josh Taylor Defeats Jose Ramirez, Wins Undisputed 140lb Title – Post Presser & Video Highlights

Tartan Twister Josh Taylor Defeats Ramirez, Wins Undisputed Junior Welterweight Title

By Robert Brizel, Head Actual Fight Media Boxing Correspondent

Las Vegas, NV (Could 23, 2021)– With lineal World Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury at ringside, The Tartan Twister, Josh Taylor, decked Jose Carlos Ramirez twice within the ESPN most important occasion at Virgin Resorts Las Vegas, Nevada, on Saturday evening, Could 22, 2021, to win the undisputed World Junior Welterweight (Tremendous Light-weight) championship. Taylor turned solely the sixth man in historical past to carry the World Boxing Affiliation, World Boxing Council, World Boxing Group, and Worldwide Boxing Federation unified titles.

Taylor, 18-0 with 13 knockouts, Haddington, Scotland, United Kingdom, impressed by former Scottish World Light-weight champion Ken Buchanan as a youth, dropped Ramirez, now 16-1 with 17 knockouts, Avenal, California, within the sixth and seventh rounds to attain two essential 10-8 rounds and win the title. Ramirez, who has no knockouts in his profession previous the sixth spherical, did seem to win the tenth, eleventh and twelfth rounds by barely outworking the holding Taylor, however Ramirez didn’t have sufficient left to make something occur.

Taylor appeared to win rounds one, two, six, seven, eight and 9. Ramirez appeared to win rounds three, 4, 5, ten, eleven, and twelve. A brief left by Taylor dropped Ramirez with ten seconds left within the sixth spherical. A pinpoint Taylor left uppercut off a clinch caught a sleepwalking Ramirez and despatched him to the canvas, and buried him on the scorecards. Ramirez was touchdown energy photographs, and was method forward on the punch rely early within the bout, significantly in spherical three when he threw 31 extra punches than Taylor.

Taylor had superior foot motion, and whereas Ramirez banged quick and laborious early and put the stress on Taylor, the knockdowns took wind out of Ramirez. He might rally on technical ability, however he couldn’t do something greater than that after getting knocked to the canvas twice, together with banging his head backwards. Taylor appeared to come back into the Las Vegas bout searching for a knockout, and got here shut twice, presuming he wouldn’t get the scorecards with the Professional-Ramirez crowd. He had Tyson Fury cheering for him at ringside, and the knockdowns appeared to silence the gang, apart for a number of boos after the choice was introduced. Taylor did good counter work, and stored the tremendous combat shut all through.

There was no dangerous blood within the week earlier than the bout between the 2 combatants, and there was good sportsmanship between the 2 gents contained in the ring after the bout. Apart from Taylor being warned by referee Kenny Bayless for holding and leaning on the again of Ramirez down a number of occasions, the bout was clear, and a profitable ESPN High Rank occasion. The prefight proceedings together with Tyson Fury signing on the dotted line for his third trilogy combat with Deontay Wilder.

As Fury famous on ESPN, he alone is the principle motive for producing public curiosity in boxing immediately. His presence might solely assist Taylor’s confidence, within the gentle of the in any other case verbally hostile crowd to the visiting Briton. No one in the home quarreled the choice of the three judges, which was in 114-112 mutual settlement on all three scorecards, and the scorecards had been generally settlement on the mark, particularly as a result of Taylor, who gained the bout, clearly didn’t win the final three championship rounds.

Consequence: Josh Taylor Win 12 Jose Carlos Ramirez, Junior Welterweights

Taylor retains World Boxing Affiliation Tremendous World Tremendous Light-weight title

Taylor retains Worldwide Boxing Federation World Tremendous Light-weight title

Taylor wins World Boxing Council World Tremendous Light-weight title

Taylor wins World Boxing Group World Tremendous Light-weight title

Scoring: 114-112, 114-112, 114-112 for Taylor. Referee: Kenny Bayless

Actual Fight Media scored the bout 114-112 for Taylor. Scoring appeared impartial and truthful.

Taylor knocked Ramirez down in rounds six and 7

World Boxing Group World Welterweight champion Terence Crawford may very well be subsequent for Taylor, now that it has been introduced World Boxing council and Worldwide Boxing Federation World Welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. shall be preventing World Boxing Affiliation Tremendous World Welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao, who final appeared within the ring in 2019 when he defeated Keith Thurman to win the WBA title earlier than the pandemic started.

Within the co-main occasion, Jose Zepeda gained a detailed however unanimous choice over veteran Henry Lundy to defend his World Boxing Council Silver Tremendous Light-weight title, and a shot on the winner of the principle occasion. The combat gave the impression to be nearer to a draw, and Lundy gave the impression to be forward 4 rounds to a few after seven rounds. Nonetheless, regardless of showing to win spherical 9, Lundy light over the past three rounds on the punch rely, although showing to win spherical 9, although the spherical was shut. Zepeda clearly outworked Lundy, who was not shifting a lot in spherical ten. Nonetheless, Lundy appeared to win rounds one, three, six, seven and 9. Zepeda appeared to win rounds two, 4, 5, eight and ten.

The southpaw Zepeda, age 31, 34-2 with 26 knockouts, La Puente, California, got here excessive with overhand lefts and rights, and did some high quality physique work within the later rounds. Lundy, age 37, 31-9-1 with 14 knockouts, switched off from orthodox to southpaw, and had good head and physique motion, sufficient to maintain Zepeda off steadiness and cautious. Zepeda fell to the canvas in spherical three after the fighters’ legs tangled, dominated a slip by referee Celestino Ruiz. Zepeda bled from a reduce on the proper test. The reduce was not an element.

At greatest, Zepeda shouldn’t have gotten greater than 96-94 on the scorecards, versus successful the final seven rounds on the scorecards. Nonetheless, Las Vegas is Las Vegas, and after a strong six rounds forward on the punch rely, Lundy fell behind and received outworked. Lundy did sufficient to maybe earn the draw. The second half of the combat didn’t do it for him. Zepeda appeared to take the perspective he would merely win on the scorecards, and didn’t take any actual probabilities with Lundy, who weighed in at 139 kilos and arrivied in shocking prime situation. Zepeda made weight at 140 kilos on the second alternative. Regardless of the case, the scorecards weren’t indicative of what a detailed combat Lundy fought. At greatest, Zepeda gained six rounds to 4, not eight rounds to 2. So it was. Zepeda, after shedding a choice to Ramirez, will most likely grow to be the necessary challenger for unified 140 pound champion Josh Taylor later in 2021, maybe in Nice Britain.

Consequence: Jose Zepeda Win 10 Henry Lundy, Tremendous Lightweights

Zepeda retains World Boxing Council Silver World Tremendous Light-weight title

Scoring: 98-92, 98-92, 98-92 Zepeda. Referee: Celestino Ruiz

Virgin Resorts Las Vegas ESPN Undercard Outcomes

Javier Ramirez KO 4 Calvin Metcalf, Middleweights (1:33)

4-0 Milwaukee, Wisconsin southpaw Ramirez knocks out 10-6-1 Metcalf of Missouri

Robeisy Ramirez Win 6 Ryan Lee Allen, Featherweights

2012 Olympic Video games Cuban Gold Medalist Ramirez wins sixth straight over 15-5-1 Allen

Andres Cortes Win 8 Eduardo Garza, Lightweights

Las Vegas light-weight prospect Ramirez wins fourteenth straight over 15-4-1 Texan Garza

Raymundo (Hazard) Muratalla TKO 5 Jose Gallegos, Tremendous Lightweights (1:40)

Californian tremendous light-weight prospect Muratalla wins twelfth straight over 20-11 Gallegos

Jose Enrique Durantes Vivas Win 8 Luis Coria, Tremendous Featherweights

20-1 Mexican American Vivas wins in a thriller by 75-74, 75-74, 75-74 on the scorecards

Kenneth (Bossman) Sims Jr. Win Majority Choice 8 Elvis Rodriguez, Tremendous Lightweights

16-2-1 Chicago fighter Simms scores a significant upset over beforehand undefeated Dominican

Scoring: 78-74, 78-74 Sims. 76-74 Draw. Dominican Southpaw Rodriguez falls to 11-1-1.

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