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★★★★☆ MAIN EVENT
★★☆☆☆ UNDERCARD
THE United Kingdom has few fighters like Josh Taylor. If he’s not the best boxer in the country right now, he’s on a shortlist of two. His track record is astonishing. He’s been having great fight after great fight, beating top of the line opposition. The world champion at super-lightweight, yet he’s still only had 18 professional fights. The combined record of his last six opponents is an astonishing 136-1. (That one loss they had came against Terence Crawford by the way.)
Those most recent results include overcoming Viktor Postol, a stirring victory over Ivan Baranchyk as well as two outstanding performances to beat Regis Prograis and Jose Ramirez. In the course of that not only did he establish himself as the pre-eminent fighter in the division, the super-lightweight world champion, and unified all four major 140lbs belts as well as winning the World Boxing Super Series. His career statistics speak for themselves and, beyond the numbers, in the course of his rise, while
