Terence Crawford vs. Josh Taylor.

In just 18 fights Taylor has unified all four belts

Has beaten five former or current world champions in 18 fights to Crawford's 8 in 37 fights. Crawford didn't even beat a world champion until his 23 fight

He equaled the 37-0 Crawford's best win in just his 13th fight because Taylor was only 12-0 when he fought Postol

And when he fought Postol he

Had only fought one world class opponent before (a past prime Vazquez)

Had taken part in zero world title fights

Had never been past 9 rounds before Was giving away 4'' in reach

And would've weighed about the same as Postol

Whereas, conversely, when Crawford fought Postol he was 28-0

Had fought 6 or 7 world class opponents

It was his 7th world title fight

Had been into the 10th or further 5 times including the full 12 twice

Had a slight reach advantage over the Ukrainian (Crawford has never once been at a reach disadvantage in any of his fights against world class competition)

And had a 5lb weight advantage over Postol

And on top of that he spent the entire fight on his bicycle stinking out the joint like he was in against a murderous puncher.

JCR was 25-0 when he fought Postol

Had fought 3 or 4 world class opponents

It was his 5th world title fight

Had been 10 round or more four times including going the full 12 three times

And was only giving away an inch in reach

Baranchyk, Rougarou, JCR, Khongsong, and even Davies are all legit bangers and he's fought four of them in back to back in his last four fights in JCR, Rougarou, Baranchyk, and Khongsong and not come close to hitting the canvas once


Even Ohara Davies who isn't one of Taylor's top 7 wins KO'd Maurice Hooker in the gym

Taylor won a world title in 15th fight and unified two of the belts in his 16th

Crawford didn't even win his first world title until his 23rd fight

Taylor just unified a division in 18 fights, Crawford didn't even win a world title until his 23rd fight

And even more impressive

Taylor didn't even take up boxing until he was 15 y/0

Whereas, Crawford and JCR were both 7 y/o when they took up the sport

Taylor's last six opponents

JCR 26-0
Khongsong 16-0
Prograis 24-0
Baranchyk 19-0
Martin 22-0
Postol 29-1

And he also has wins over these two

Davies 15-0
Vazquez 39-5

He already did very well against Porter in the gym when he was over in the US and he also bashed up Porter's and Crawford's daddy Ugas during those sessions too, sending him to hospital.

And Taylor was just a seven fight novice back then too.

Excerpt from a Jan, 2017 article

'Josh Taylor, the fast-rising Edinburgh starlet in the McGuigan stable headed by Carl Frampton, is taking his inspiration and plenty of freely given advice from Scottish legend Ken Buchanan.

Taylor, the Commonwealth Games champion, takes on Mexico's Alfonso Olvera on the undercard of the Frampton-Leo Santa Cruz rematch in Las Vegas having knocked out all his first seven professional opponents.

There are reports of the light-welterweight seriously troubling former world champion Shawn Porter in sparring here and he says: 'If I can emulate Mr Buchanan by coming back to America and taking world titles home to Scotland I will be very happy.'

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David ''The Hayemaker'' Haye has seen him do some amazing things behind closed doors

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Miguel Vazquez: ‘Josh Taylor is the most powerful opponent I’ve fought’

“It was a unique experience to face such a strong opponent like Taylor and I would be honoured to come back to the UK and fight as many times as I can,” the Mexican said. “He’s a very strong fighter. He has all the tools that a fighter needs.”


Of all the opponents he has fought, and that includes a very young Canelo Alvarez, Vazquez says, “Timothy Bradley has been the most outstanding, technically speaking. But the most powerful was actually Josh Taylor.”

Crawford is a superb fighter but it's time to put some respeck on Josh Taylor's name

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