![]() ![]() "Jose Ramirez stops Maurice Hooker in six thrilling rounds, unifies 140-pound belts". ^ a b Salazar, Francisco (July 27, 2019).SCO - as the away boxer from Scotland References ^Note 3 For vacant WBC–USNBC light welterweight title Media coverage Country ^Note 2 For WBC Silver light welterweight title ^Note 1 For WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring light welterweight titles According to CompuBox statistics, Taylor landed 145 out of 530 (27%) punches compared to Ramírez' 134 out of 584 (23%). All three judges scored the bout in favour of Taylor with 114–112, giving the Scotsman a unanimous decision victory to become Scotland's second ever undisputed champion after Ken Buchanan. The next five rounds were closely contested, with both men finding success. He again made it to his feet, albeit slower than the first time, with 10 seconds left in the round. Taylor scored a second knockdown in the final 30 seconds of the seventh round after landing a left uppercut, leaving Ramírez visibly hurt. He made it back to his feet by the referee's count of two to see out the remainder of the round. In the sixth, a round which saw Taylor suffer a small cut to the corner of his left eye, the Scotsman landed a short left-hand counter on Ramírez' jaw, knocking the American to the canvas. Ramírez was the more active of the two in rounds one to four, landing 25 out of 75 punches compared to Taylor's 11 out of 45. At the beginning of March 2021, the fight was officially announced for May 22. In October, it was announced that Catterall had agreed to a "step-aside deal", with the promise of a chance to fight the winner of a proposed Ramírez vs. After nearly a year out of the ring, Taylor successfully retained his titles against the IBF's mandatory challenger, Apinun Khongsong of Thailand, via first-round knockout (KO) in September 2020, leaving Ramírez' mandatory defence against Catterall as the final obstacle to an undisputed fight. Taylor captured his unified titles in 2019 as part of the World Boxing Super Series tournament, defeating IBF champion Ivan Baranchyk via unanimous decision (UD) in May and WBA (Super) champion Regis Prograis via MD in October, winning the vacant Ring title in the process. Less than 48 hours after successfully defending his titles against the WBC's mandatory challenger, Viktor Postol, via majority decision (MD) in August 2020, Ramírez was ordered to face the WBO's mandatory challenger, Jack Catterall. Ramírez became a unified light welterweight champion after defeating Maurice Hooker via technical knockout (TKO) in July 2019, retaining his WBC title (held since 2018) and capturing Hooker's WBO version. Taylor defeated Ramirez via unanimous decision to become the undisputed light welterweight champion. The bout took place on May 22, 2021, at the Virgin Hotels in Paradise, Nevada. Josh Taylor, billed as Undisputed, was a unification professional boxing match contested between WBC and WBO champion, José Ramírez, and WBA (Super), IBF, and The Ring champion, Josh Taylor. Taylor won via 12–round unanimous decision WBA (Super), IBF, and The Ring light welterweight champion WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring light welterweight titles Both were looking for key punches for most of the rounds, with Taylor landing more of them.Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. A slow start in the twelfth, with Taylor hanging back and looking for counters. Ramirez unloaded with a lot of punches in the final minute. Taylor was landing good punches as Ramirez would charge in. Ramirez was landing his jab at the start of the eleventh. ![]() Taylor was targeting him with big shots that were landing off the jab. Ramirez was pressing to the body in the tenth, pushing Taylor back. ![]() In the ninth, it was close as the pace slowed down. Taylor controlled most of the eight and was landing solid punches on Ramirez. This time Ramirez was wobbly and hurt, but managed to last the final seconds of the round. In the final minute, a big uppercut dropped Ramirez for a second time. In the seventh, Taylor was landing more often and showing good defense. Taylor was being calculated and picking his punches from the distance. Josh Taylor, billed as Undisputed, was a unification professional boxing match contested between WBC and WBO champion, Jos Ramrez, and WBA (Super), IBF, and The Ring champion, Josh Taylor. But it was Ramirez who started firing shots once the action restarted when he got to his feet. They were trading on the inside, with Ramirez placing in the better punches.Īt the start of the sixth round, a hard counter hook dropped Ramirez. A cut opened up around the left eye of Taylor in the fifth. Taylor then put his punches together and fired back, Ramirez came roaring back with shots of his own.īoth had moments of success in the fourth, with both doing damage. ![]() Ramirez was unloading with pinches on Taylor, who was covering up. They were trading on the inside in the third. ![]()
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