Joshua James Wiliams Taylor vs. Haizel Ekow Tabiri-Essuman

Taking place May in Glasgow. Ten rounds scheduled at welterweight.

Taylor, who at one time or another wore all the major championships at 140lbs (including the WBC, Ring Magazine, lineal, WBO, IBF, and WBA), is coming off a pair of consecutive defeats in the division. He went 0-1 in both of the last two calendar years. This will be his first time campaigning at the 147lb limit since he beat Alfonso Leonel Olvera in 2017.

Essuman is based in Nottinghamshire, but hails from Botswana - the country's most successful professional boxer ever, by far (they surprisingly have actually had several Olympians). His top amateur victories - Lewis Ritson and Ted Cheeseman - might still just overshadow his best work on the domestic scene in the UK since turning pro.

Age, height, and reach are pretty much each a wash.

Zero common opponents - no shock, as Taylor has fought mostly at super lightweight and Essuman has boxed as high as junior middle and even middleweight.