Taylor twice had Ramírez on the canvas and won by unanimous decisionJosh Taylor’s historic victory over José Ramírez in Las Vegas not only saw him unify the super-lightweight division but also placed the Scot at No 4 in the sport’s pound-for-pound ratings, ahead of fellow Britons Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua and greats Manny Pacquiao and Terence Crawford. Taylor is the first fighter from the United Kingdom to hold all four belts in the same division — he added his opponent’s WBC and WBO belts to the WBA and IBF titles he already owned — and is the first Scot to unify a weight category since Ken Buchanan in 1971. SponsoredNow only Canelo Álvarez, a four-weight world champion, Errol Spence Jr, undefeated IBF and WBC welterweight king and the similarly unblemished Teófimo López, who holds the

Source: The Times May 23, 2021 23:03 UTC