![]() Ramírez crumpled slowly but, when he hit the canvas, it was with a heavy thud. As Bayless stepped towards the fighters and slapped Taylor on the arm to complete the break, the Scot unleashed a short and brutal uppercut. In the seventh round, the fighters stepped back from a clinch while the referee Kenny Bayless was slow to separate them. The Mexican-American was up at the count of two but it was a clear psychological boost for Taylor who, with blood trickling from a minor cut under his left eye, had fought patiently until then. Ramírez was not hurt badly by a left counter which put him down early in the sixth round. I’m so, so happy.”Ī tense and absorbing contest, which an aggressive and strong Ramírez had edged for the first five rounds, was changed utterly by two knockdowns that showed Taylor’s clinical brilliance. “I’ve dedicated my life to this moment,” Taylor said. He had a good coach out there.He had just become the first British fighter, and only the fifth man in the modern four-belt era of boxing, to be the undisputed world champion of his division after he added Ramírez’s WBC and WBO junior-welterweight titles to the WBA and IBF straps he already owned. There’s a lot of fighters at 147.” On whether Taylor’s clinching bothered him For me, the way I look at it, those are things I gotta work on, maybe, to be a little more careful and sometimes, be a little dirty! But those are things I gotta learn and move forward.” On how Josh Taylor might do against Terence Crawford When I’m in there it’s a whole different view than what you guys are seeing from the outside in. I stepped back, but he threw an uppercut. “I felt like (Bayless’) job was to break us. They’re gonna ride with me no matter what.” On the seventh round knockdown But overall, I feel like I have a great family, a good family - not a team, but a good family. “Wishing I could go back and do it again! A little differently. I’m very blessed I made it this far.” On how he’s feeling after a first loss I don’t want to take nothing away from the fight or the winners. But other than that, he fought the way I expected him to fight.” On criticism of referee Kenny Bayless He changed his strategy a couple times to where he was being very, very patient, and I think that helped him. I think that worked pretty good for him, because boxing me, with a lot of punches - I can box, too, so I was able to pull back and also counter-punch. “He was exactly the fighter - honestly, I thought he would be a little bit more aggressive, but he seemed like he was pacing himself. Josh Taylor is a good fighter.” On any “one thing” he underestimated with Taylor When I put him on the ropes, I wish I would have done a little bit more. I felt like I did what I could at the moment. It can work both ways, to build confidence and build strategy and make me a better fighter.” On what he felt he could have done better A fight like this, I can really see what I did wrong and also see what I did right. ![]() ![]() Pros react to Taylor’s win over Ramirez, new undisputed champ On whether he’ll watch the fight back That was my mistake, I had to try to take control of the fight multiple times because of my lack of discipline during the clinching.” It’s hard to beat a guy that has confidence and try to take control of the fight. Obviously his confidence grew after the flash knockdowns. ![]() I felt like I was winning most of the rounds, to be honest. But I knew that fight wasn’t going to end in the third round. I got him with a good body shot with an uppercut to the gut, and that started the whole thing. I felt like I landed some good shots and I felt like I hurt him, but I knew Josh Taylor was well-prepared. “I wasn’t close to stopping him, I’m not gonna lie to you guys. But I wanted to show the next round that I was still in the fight, I was far away from giving up.” On how hurt he felt Taylor was in the third round It don’t matter how much more you do, once they score a knockdown against you, I gotta let that round go. Then I was like, shit, you know, I lost the round. “In the fifth round I felt, like, ‘Man, I’m doing really well,’ again in the sixth round I felt like I was in it, too, until the knockdown came. “That’d be nice, of course, but I think Josh Taylor now has options, you know? But I would love to.” On fighting back from the knockdowns Highlights: Taylor becomes undisputed champ with win over Ramirez On a possible rematch ![]()
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