![]() ![]() After nearly a year out of the ring, Taylor successfully retained his titles against the IBF's mandatory challenger, Apinun Khongsong of Thailand, via first-round knockout (KO) in September 2020, leaving Ramírez' mandatory defence against Catterall as the final obstacle to an undisputed fight. Taylor captured his unified titles in 2019 as part of the World Boxing Super Series tournament, defeating IBF champion Ivan Baranchyk via unanimous decision (UD) in May and WBA (Super) champion Regis Prograis via MD in October, winning the vacant Ring title in the process. Less than 48 hours after successfully defending his titles against the WBC's mandatory challenger, Viktor Postol, via majority decision (MD) in August 2020, Ramírez was ordered to face the WBO's mandatory challenger, Jack Catterall. Ramírez became a unified light welterweight champion after defeating Maurice Hooker via technical knockout (TKO) in July 2019, retaining his WBC title (held since 2018) and capturing Hooker's WBO version. Taylor defeated Ramirez via unanimous decision to become the undisputed light welterweight champion. The bout took place on May 22, 2021, at the Virgin Hotels in Paradise, Nevada. ![]() Josh Taylor, billed as Undisputed, was a unification professional boxing match contested between WBC and WBO champion, José Ramírez, and WBA (Super), IBF, and The Ring champion, Josh Taylor. Taylor won via 12–round unanimous decision ![]() WBA (Super), IBF, and The Ring light welterweight champion WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring light welterweight titles Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. ![]()
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