"Jose Ramirez stops Maurice Hooker in six thrilling rounds, unifies 140-pound belts". ^ a b Salazar, Francisco (July 27, 2019).SCO - as the away boxer from Scotland References ^Note 3 For vacant WBC–USNBC light welterweight title Media coverage Country ^Note 2 For WBC Silver light welterweight title ^Note 1 For WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring light welterweight titles According to CompuBox statistics, Taylor landed 145 out of 530 (27%) punches compared to Ramírez' 134 out of 584 (23%). All three judges scored the bout in favour of Taylor with 114–112, giving the Scotsman a unanimous decision victory to become Scotland's second ever undisputed champion after Ken Buchanan. The next five rounds were closely contested, with both men finding success. He again made it to his feet, albeit slower than the first time, with 10 seconds left in the round. Taylor scored a second knockdown in the final 30 seconds of the seventh round after landing a left uppercut, leaving Ramírez visibly hurt. He made it back to his feet by the referee's count of two to see out the remainder of the round. In the sixth, a round which saw Taylor suffer a small cut to the corner of his left eye, the Scotsman landed a short left-hand counter on Ramírez' jaw, knocking the American to the canvas. Ramírez was the more active of the two in rounds one to four, landing 25 out of 75 punches compared to Taylor's 11 out of 45. At the beginning of March 2021, the fight was officially announced for May 22. In October, it was announced that Catterall had agreed to a "step-aside deal", with the promise of a chance to fight the winner of a proposed Ramírez vs. The undefeated Scottish star can become the first fighter in the light welterweight. 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. Josh Taylor has the chance to make history in his massive title fight with Jose Ramirez on Saturday night. 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 I'll risk $50 to potentially win $350.Virgin Hotels Las Vegas, Paradise, Nevada, U.S. I'll also lay a half-unit on Ramirez to win solely by unanimous decision at +700. I'll put a half-unit on Ramirez at +350, so I'll risk $50 there for the potential to make $175. You can bet on him by decision at +350, and you'll cash if he wins by majority decision, split decision, technical decision or unanimous decision. I'll also play Ramirez by decision, and this time, BetMGM has props. I'll lay one unit on him at +185, risking $100 to win $185. So my play here is to take Ramirez because of the value. I see it as more of a situation of Taylor as a 6-5 favorite, but he's more than double that. I have a slight lean toward Taylor, but I think the line is weighted too heavily in his direction. They're both smart fighters and unlikely to get themselves in enough trouble to be finished, so I will lay two units on the fight going 11 full rounds or more. Otherwise, Taylor has gone to decision against Postol, Ivan Baranchyk and Prograis. Khongsong was totally undeserving of his mandatory status and was dispatched in one round. Taylor's knockout percentage is 76.5, but going back in his last five fights over three years, he's had two KOs, over Ryan Martin and Apinun Khongsong. He's gone the distance with Amir Imam, Antonio Orozco, Jose Zepeda and Viktor Postol. Ramirez's knockout percentage is 65.4, but in his last five fights over three years, the Hooker knockout is his only finish. Josh Taylor celebrates his win over Regis Prograis on Oct. (L-R) Jose Ramirez celebrates his TKO against Maurice Hooker on July 27, 2019.
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