Taylor KOs Khongsong, immediately calls out Ramirez

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27/09/2020

Taylor KOs Khongsong, immediately calls out Ramirez

Josh Taylor KO1 Apinun Khongsong ... Josh Taylor retained his WBA and IBF junior welterweight world titles with a first-round knockout of Thailand's Apinun Khongsong at London's York Hall. The time of the stoppage was 2:41, as Taylor (17-0, 13 KOs) ended the championship dreams of Khongsong (16-1, 13 KOs) with a short left hand to the liver. The Scottish Taylor now hopes for a four-belt unification fight vs. WBC/WBO champion Jose Ramirez in early 2021 for the undisputed championship. Taylor said, "One hundred percent, I want Ramirez next. He's a very good champion, unbeaten like myself, hungry, on top of his game. I thought the {Viktor} Postol fight, it wasn't a very good performance at all. I do feel he can perform better than that given the circumstances. Again, I wasn't impressed with what I've seen from him. Again, I want that fight now. I believe I'll whoop his ass all day long.  I've never seen anything from him that I haven't seen before, so yeah, I want that fight as soon as possible. Obviously, I know the situation with {Ramirez's WBO} mandatory, but hopefully, we can sort of get that worked out. I would like, for selfish and personal reasons, to get that fight next. I deserve it. I've been in big fight after big fight for my last four fights. Not ducked anyone. Never ducked a tournament like someone else. I'm game. I'll fight the best whenever they want. To be honest, I would rather wait until the fans are back for that fight. It's a huge fight. It's one of the biggest fights at the minute for all the belts." source: top rank