Probox TV Live Fights and smaller Cards, Official Boxing Thread --- 5/24/25 - Josh Taylor vs. Ekow Essuman

[Lurking Class Hero]

Taylor was like a top 5 fighter in all of boxing at his peak and ruled a division....man stayed at 140 too damn long it seems

He was such a strange fighter to me. He never really passed my eye test, but it's hard to deny a guy who's undisputed.

 

[patscorpio]

He was such a strange fighter to me. He never really passed my eye test, but it's hard to deny a guy who's undisputed.

Honestly if I never saw him wrap up a division in hard consecutive fights I wouldn't believe it either lol..he owns some zeros too

 

[UpAndComing]

Taylor was like a top 5 fighter in all of boxing at his peak and ruled a division....man stayed at 140 too damn long it seems

Facts. After he "won" against Jack Catterall by a controversial decision, that should have been a sign that he should have moved up to Welterweight

 

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Watched the fight yeah taylor was getting the shyt beaten out of him in the second half after a competitive first half..that was a hard fight man

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Facts. After he "won" against Jack Catterall by a controversial decision, that should have been a sign that he should have moved up to Welterweight

He was already too big/having issues with the weight before the first Catterall fight. That fight is what declined his career and it never recovered if you look at the performances since. As you said he should of moved up after. But he was with Arum and how much BS did Arum feed him to stay at 140 so he could hand the belts over to another Arum fighter I.e Lopez.

I suspect Taylor got caught up in the party lifestyle. Just didn't go to the extreme of someone like Scott Harrison.

 

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[UpAndComing]

He was already too big/having issues with the weight before the first Catterall fight. That fight is what declined his career and it never recovered if you look at the performances since. As you said he should of moved up after. But he was with Arum and how much BS did Arum feed him to stay at 140 so he could hand the belts over to another Arum fighter I.e Lopez.

I suspect Taylor got caught up in the party lifestyle. Just didn't go to the extreme of someone like Scott Harrison.

Damn, Didn't even see that connection . Bob Arum the snake strikes again

 

[Derek Lee]

I'm pissed that I didn't place a bet on Essuman to win by decision. Auto-betting anybody that faces Prograis, Ramirez and Taylor next. All three are cooked

 

[patscorpio]

I'm pissed that I didn't place a bet on Essuman to win by decision. Auto-betting anybody that faces Prograis, Ramirez and Taylor next. All three are cooked

Same..its crazy that 140 generation is virtually over

 

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