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NO WAY, JOSE!

OUTSTANDING

GOOD

FAIR

DISAPPOINTING

RUBBISH

LAS VEGAS

MAY

TAYLOR-RAMIREZ

JOSH TAYLOR turned away and raised one hand when Jose Carlos Ramirez went down in a heap at the start of round six. The fight was over, one punch had changed it all.

It was the type of moment, a flash of brilliance that never leaves the mind; Taylor was falling behind, not by much, but there were enough signs that Ramirez was causing Taylor a lot of problems.

Five rounds down, a couple of rounds behind and the bell sounded for round six and the four belts, the place in history, the fight to become only the fifth man in the modern era to hold all those titles was forgotten. Now, it was just a fight.

Ramirez came at Taylor at the start of the round, pushing him back and then, under a canopy of lights, behind a wall of smart seating and in the middle of the intensity, Taylor dipped to his

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