Jaw-dropping European win
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Josh Taylor’s split from the McGuigans — “The hottest love has the coldest end.”
WITH the seemingly shock announcement that Scotland’s Josh Taylor has decamped from Cyclone Promotions — headed up by Barry McGuigan — and signed with Top Rank in the US and MTK Global as his new promoter and manager respectively, we are now looking at the prospect of him fighting for the undisputed super-lightweight title against Jose Ramirez sooner rather than later.
Ramirez currently holds the WBC and WBO titles at super lightweight, while Taylor has the WBA and IBF titles. Even more significantly, Ramirez is also a Top Rank fighter, which means that this is a fight that can now be made with the minimum of fuss and negotiation.
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