Josh Taylor dropped a bombshell when he revealed he had never heard of opponent Ryan Martin prior to being drawn against the American in the World Boxing Super Series quarter-finals.
Edinburgh’s Lee McGregor admitted he was lost for words as he secured his fifth consecutive stoppage to land the Commonwealth bantamweight champion at London’s York Hall.
Lightweight boxer Thomas Dickson couldn’t hide his disappointment after his Scottish lightweight title duel with Andrew Mackay on Saturday was postponed.
Lee McGregor, Edinburgh’s IBF world youth bantamweight champion, has the opportunity to add a second belt when he boxes Cameroonian Thomas Essomba for the vacant Commonwealth title in October.
Featherweight Stephen Tiffney makes his long-awaited return to the ring tonight – eight months after suffering the first defeat of his professional career.
Josh Taylor has moved closer to fulfilling his world title dream after it was announced the WBC Silver super lightweight champion will enter the lucrative World Boxing Super Series (WBSS).
Josh Taylor has said he wants to fulfil a lifelong dream and bring the biggest boxing match Scotland has ever seen to Edinburgh Castle Esplanade in a show that would be “one for the history books”.
Josh Taylor took the biggest step of his career in setting up a world-title shot after beating Viktor Postol on points in Saturday night’s WBC Super-Lightweight final eliminator, but he was made to earn it across 12 rounds.
Promoter Barry McGuigan wants Lee McGregor to fight for the British title following his fourth-round stoppage of Goodluck Mrema to claim the vacant IBF Youth Bantamweight title on Saturday night.
