Josh Taylor (The Tartan Tornado) is a 33-year-old Scottish professional boxer. He is a former super-lightweight world champion with 5 world-title wins. 9 years, 5 months, and 4 days into his career, Taylor's record stands at 19-2, which includes 13 wins via KO, 1 of which was in a world-title fight.
Josh Taylor was born in Prestonpans, Scotland on January 2, 1991. He made his professional debut at the age of 24 years on July 18, 2015 against Archie Weah. Taylor defeated Weah via 2nd round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Taylor became a world champion at the age of 28 after 14 professional fights. He challenged Ivan Baranchyk for the IBF super-lightweight title and defeated the champion via 12-round unanimous decision, winning his first world title.
He then went on to successfully win the WBA, The Ring, WBC, and WBO super-lightweight world titles as well — and undisputed at super-lightweight.
Taylor's latest fight was a unanimous decision loss to Jack Catterall at age 33, on May 25, 2024.
Some of Josh Taylor's best fights so far have been against José Ramírez, Ivan Baranchyk, Regis Prograis, Ohara Davies, Viktor Postol, Miguel Vázquez, and Jack Catterall. For a complete list of Taylor's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Josh Taylor".
Taylor has just 2 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Josh Taylor Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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21 | May 25, 2024 | 33 | Jack Catterall 30 28-1 | loss | UD 12 |
20 | Jun 10, 2023 | 32 | Teófimo López 25 18-1 | loss | UD 12 |
19 | Feb 26, 2022 | 31 | Jack Catterall 28 26-0 | win | SD 12 |
18 | May 22, 2021 | 30 | José Ramírez 28 26-0 | win | UD 12 |
17 | Sep 26, 2020 | 29 | Apinun Khongsong | win | KO 1 |
16 | Oct 26, 2019 | 28 | Regis Prograis 30 24-0 | win | MD 12 |
15 | May 18, 2019 | 28 | Ivan Baranchyk 26 19-0 | win | UD 12 |
14 | Nov 03, 2018 | 27 | Ryan Martin 25 22-0 | win | TKO 7 |
13 | Jun 23, 2018 | 27 | Viktor Postol 34 29-1 | win | UD 12 |
12 | Mar 03, 2018 | 27 | Winston Campos | win | TKO 3 |
11 | Nov 11, 2017 | 26 | Miguel Vázquez 30 39-5 | win | KO 9 |
10 | Jul 08, 2017 | 26 | Ohara Davies 25 15-0 | win | TKO 7 |
9 | Mar 24, 2017 | 26 | Warren Joubert | win | TKO 6 |
8 | Jan 28, 2017 | 26 | Alfonso Olvera | win | UD 8 |
7 | Oct 21, 2016 | 25 | Dave Ryan | win | TKO 5 |
6 | Jul 30, 2016 | 25 | Evincii Dixon | win | RTD 2 |
5 | May 14, 2016 | 25 | Miguel Alberto González Mena | win | TKO 1 |
4 | Feb 27, 2016 | 25 | Lyes Chaibi | win | KO 2 |
3 | Nov 20, 2015 | 24 | Daniel Cosmin Minescu | win | TKO 1 |
2 | Oct 16, 2015 | 24 | Adam Mate | win | TKO 1 |
1 | Jul 18, 2015 | 24 | Archie Weah | win | TKO 2 |