Jaw-dropping European win
Taylor a near punch perfect performance to beat the slick Prograis
Josh Taylor Boxing
Johnny Sexton appointed as an assistant coach
I RETAIN a vivid memory of the wet and miserable Saturday morning in the midwinter of 2010 (or was it 2009?), when the skinny and callow figure of Josh Taylor arrived at Arthur’s Seat in Edinburgh to join in the regular strength and conditioning workout that I would put his fellow Lochend Boxing Gym stablemate, John Thain, through in those days.
Josh arrived in a beat-up nondescript car and who could possibly have imagined the journey he would take from there to here, headlining a stacked card on Saturday night at the O2 in London for the unified world super lightweight title, Ring Magazine belt, and the World Boxing Super Series Muhammad Ali?
Standing between Taylor and the keys to the kingdom of world boxing renown is Regis Prograis, the current number one to Taylor’s number two in world super lightweight rankings.
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