Until now, josh Taylor, the current pro superlight supremacist, has not made it clear whether he will continue to compete in ultralight or advance to sub-middleweight and start a new journey in the future.
But the Big Four boxing groups aren't waiting for Josh Taylor to hesitate there, and they're already working on defending josh Taylor. Among them, the WBA has arranged a public bidding meeting, asking Josh Taylor and Alberto Puello from the Dominican Republic to conduct a public bidding for the WBA World Champion defense through a conference call on April 22.
On Monday, Carlos Chávez, chairman of the WBA Tournament Preparation Committee, has officially sent a notification letter to both teams containing all the bidding conditions. Carlos Chávez explained to reporters: "Because during the previous negotiation period, there was no progress in the negotiations between Josh Taylor and Alberto Puero, they could only bid in accordance with the WBA regulations. ”
It is reported that Top Rank (the top promotion company) behind Josh Taylor and MTK Global Boxing Promotion Company have said that they will represent Josh Taylor in the bidding, and Alberto Puero will be represented by the Dominican Republic's native Shuan Boxing promotion company.
Before the bidding session, the two boxers will first pay a participation fee to the WBA, and then the two sides will bid on the basis of $200,000, and the final amount of the bid will be used as a bonus pool for the appearance fee, of which 55% will be paid to the defending world champion Josh Taylor (regardless of the winner or loser) and 45% will be paid to Alberto Puero.
Alberto Puero, 27, was once the holder of the WBA's Ultra Lightweight Transition World Champion Gold Belt, but the WBA overhauled it over the past year, cutting off many levels of regular and transitional boxing titles. However, Alberto Puero's status as a mandatory challenger for the World Champion has not changed, considering that in December last year, "Tank" Gorvota Davis also gave up his WBA Ultra Lightweight Regular World Champion Golden Belt, and it is clear that he has no intention of participating in the super lightweight World Champion battle, then Alberto Puero is the only candidate for the world champion title in the WBA at this level.
If the match goes well, it will be Josh Taylor's second World Champion title defense in 2022. On February 26 of this year, Josh Taylor held a mandatory defense of the WBO Super Lightweight World Champion title in Glasgow, Scotland, but in this game that was originally predicted to be one-sided, Josh Taylor and the challenger Jack Cattler fought inextricably, and finally defeated his opponent to successfully defend the title with a very controversial disagreement.
Now it seems that as long as Josh Taylor does not announce that he is giving up his WBA super lightweight world champion title, his match against Alberto Puero will not be inevitable.
If I had put it at the beginning of this year, I would have predicted very firmly that Josh Taylor would easily defeat Alberto Puero and complete the defense of the title. But after watching Josh Taylor's botched performance in a battle with Jack Cattler, I don't dare to say who wins and who loses.
If Josh Taylor doesn't adjust in time, it's not impossible to be beaten by Alberto Puero and forced out of the ultra-lightweight. The author believes that this period should be the best time for Josh Taylor to retire, and he should emulate Terrance Crawford and directly announce his promotion to the sub-middleweight after winning the title of World Boxer of the four major organizations, leaving other latecomers with a glorious back that can only learn and catch up forever. And now, with a little carelessness, josh Taylor's glorious image of winning the first super lightweight world champion title since defeating Ivan Baranchik in May 2019 – the IBF World Champion Gold Belt will be wiped out in an instant.
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