Josh Taylor, a Scottish professional boxer, has held the IBF, Ring magazine, and WBO titles since 2019. He is the current undisputed light welterweight world champion. He held the WBA (Super) title from 2019 to May 2022 and the WBC belt from 2021 to July 2022. From 2016 to 2017, he held the Commonwealth light-welterweight title.

Quick Facts of Josh Taylor

As an amateur boxer, Josh Taylor also took home gold in the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the light-welterweight division and silver at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in the lightweight division. He became the second Scotsman and the first British person to hold the title of undisputed champion in the four-belt era with his victory over José Ramrez in 2021.

He is referred to as “The Tartan Tornado” because to his violent boxing technique. BoxRec and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board have him as the top active light-welterweight in the world as of May 2022. His boxing record at the time of writing showed that he had fought 19 times and won every one of them via knockout.

How much is the net worth and Salary of Josh Taylor ?

As of 2022, Josh Taylor, a talented boxer, had a $4 million net worth. His main source of wealth is his boxing career.

He bought some expensive cars and motorcycles with his money. He leads a luxurious life. Also he makes thousands of dollars each year.

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What is Josh Taylor Famous For?

• being a Scottish boxer.
• holding the IBF, Ring magazine, and WBO titles since 2019, making him the undisputed world champion in the light-welterweight division.

Josh Taylor Age and Nationality

He was born in Prestonpans, Scotland, on January 2, 1991. He is of Scottish-White ancestry and Scottish nationality. And he is 31 years old in 2022. And he calls his mum Diane Taylor. He has not provided any details about his education.

The Professional Career of Josh Taylor

• The junior taekwondo championship was won by Josh.
• He moved to boxing when he was 15 years old.
• He began at Meadowbank ABC and then transferred to Lochend ABC, where Terry McCormack of Edinburgh served as his coach.
• When Thomas Stalker defeated him 11-3 in the lightweight Commonwealth Games final in Delhi in 2010, he won silver.

• The ACB Lochend competitor qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London following the European Qualifying Event in Trabzon, Turkey, but lost to number two seed Domenico Valentino in the round of 16.
• Later, he qualified for the Olympics, being the first lightweight Scottish boxer to do so since Dick McTaggart in 1956, who won gold in Melbourne and a bronze in Rome.
• He made a second trip to the Commonwealth Games final in 2014.
• In the final, he defeated Junias Jonas of Namibia to claim the gold medal.
• In the World Boxing Series, he additionally represented the British Lionhearts.
• He started his professional career in June 2015 after signing with Barry McGuigan’s Cyclone Promotions.
• He was then trained by Shane McGuigan.

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• He made his debut in July 2015, knocking out Archie Weah in the second round by a technical knockout.
• In his eighth match, he defeated Dave Ryan in the fifth round to claim the Commonwealth light-welterweight championship.
• In the previous year, 2014, he held the title.
• His first seven opponents were eliminated. Alfonso Olvera, who fought Taylor over the course of eight rounds on January 28, 2017, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, put an end to his string of knockout victories. He prevailed by unanimous decision (UD), twice with scores of 79-72 and once with a 78-73.
• He first successfully defended his Commonwealth title on March 24, knocking out Warren Joubert in the sixth round.

• Josh Taylor’s subsequent matchups will be against Viktor Postol, Miguel Vázquez, and Ohara Davies.
• On June 30, 2018, Taylor entered the eight-man competition alongside other light welterweights Ryan Martin, Terry Flanagan, Regis Prograis, Eduard Troyanovsky, Anthony Yigit, Ivan Baranchyk, and WBA champion Kiryl Relikh.
• On December 18, 2021, at Glasgow’s SSE Hydro, he was scheduled to make his first defense of his undisputed light-welterweight title against WBO-mandated challenger Jack Catterall.
• Taylor announced on October 21 that he had hurt himself, and the fight was moved to February 26, 2022.

Who is the wife of Josh Taylor?

Danielle Murphy, Josh Taylor’s former stunning girlfriend and wife, is a married woman. In the end, on December 2, 2020, Josh proposed to Danielle after being together for more than ten years, and she accepted. Since then, their friendship has deepened more than ever. The happily married couple is enjoying themselves.

Following an altercation while out partying in Edinburgh in December 2019, Taylor was taken into custody and charged with using threatening or abusive behavior. After being asked to leave a nightclub, he commented that a bouncer’s “nose ring is homosexual” and called the bouncer a “gay-looking cunt” and a “big orange-looking cunt.”

At Edinburgh Sheriff Court, he later entered a guilty plea and received a £350 fine. “I genuinely apologize for my idiotic conduct,” he subsequently wrote on Twitter. Being crowned the unified world champion this year has been an exciting experience for me, but on this particular occasion, I’ve gone too far.

Height of Josh Taylor

Josh Taylor is 1.78 meters or 5 feet 10 inches tall. He weighs 60 kg in total. His maximum reach is 69. 12 inches. His hair is dark brown, and he has blue eyes. He has an athletic and bodybuilder build. On numerous body parts, he also has tattoos.

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• Taylor, who cites Valentino Rossi and Steve Hislop as his childhood idols, was a fan of motorcycle racing as a child and “dreamed of
• being a world champion superbike racer or a world champion MotoGP racer.”
• He has supported Hibernian F.C. since he was a youngster.
• He was a Scotsman at birth.
• He started boxing when he was fifteen.