Josh Taylor vs Ekow Essuman this weekend!

Taylor fought

10th fight 15-0 Ohara

11th 39-5 Miguel Vazquez

13th 29-1 Postol

14th 22-0 Ryan Martin

15th 19-0 Baranchyk for the world title

16th 24-0 Rougarou to become unified

17th 16-0 Khongsong

18th 26-0 JCR to become undisputed in the US with a US ref and 3 US judges

19th 26-0 Catterall

20th 18-1 Teofimo in Teofimo's backyard coming off 16 months of inactivity and multiple injuries. Taylor was the champion not Teofimo

21st 28-1 Catterall

7 world champions in 21 fights

Postol is still to this day a top 3 win for Crawford who was 28-0 and he'd fought six world title fights at the time.

Crawford didn't even win a world title until his 23rd fight. Taylor was undisputed in 18 fights

Andre Ward was an Olympic gold medalist but he didn't even become a world champion until his 21st fight

In 63 combined fights both Crawford and Ward have fought outside their home country combined once. Taylor has fought outside the UK x 4 in 21 fights and Crawford had to travel for that fight because Burns was the champion and wanted to fight at home

Taylor had an extremely steep learning curve and regardless of what you think of him he was undisputed in 18 fights, fought undefeated opponent after undefeated opponent, or fighters with excellent records with 1 loss, and took risks like countless others would never have taken so early in their careers, even so called greats who never dared travel to fight in their opponent's backyards once, let alone with a home ref and 3 home judges

 

I don't care how many hairs there are in your wig, you're still a bald coot

 

I think he's done at the top level. A combination of factors. Lifestyle. Leaving Shane McGuigan. Loss of confidence. Injuries etc.