After observing the recent situation in professional boxing, I think that the days when Josh Taylor, the current superweight overlord of professional boxing, continue to stay in superlight. Because the major organizations have begun to pressure him, asking the British boxer, who is also the title of world champion of the four major organizations, to immediately begin to defend his title.
Just last week, TGB Promotions finally won the right to josh Taylor's WBA Ultra Lightweight World Champion (the current WBA's mandatory challenger is Alberto Pulow) for $200,000 through bidding.
Just before Josh Taylor could react, before he could formally acknowledge the defense. The WBC also issued a notice on April 29, 2022, asking Josh Taylor and Jose Zepeda, the WBC's mandatory challenger, to negotiate a mandatory defense, and it is reported that the final deadline given by the WBC is May 24, 2022, and if josh Taylor is still unable to reach an agreement with Jose Sepeda's team on the defense of the title, then the match will most likely be determined in the form of a public bidding.
José Sepeda, 32, from the United States, last competed on October 30, 2021, when Jose Sepeda defeated his opponent Josú Vargas in just 2 minutes in the first leg of the match, showing his superior strength. In fact, In 2019, Jose Sepeda challenged another king of the superlight at the time, Jose Ramirez, but unfortunately, Jose Sepeda eventually lost the world boxing title in a 0-2 divergent decision.
José Sepeda, who now owns the silver belt of the WBC World Champion, has been given a second chance to challenge the World Champion, and I believe that this time he will not easily waste the opportunity.
But will Josh Taylor accept the challenge of Jose Sepeda? In the WBO World Boxing Champions Forced Title Defense Battle in February this year, Josh Taylor won the victory over Jack Cattler, but Josh Taylor was very mediocre in the competition, and even suffered the first knockdown of his career. Although his opponent Jack Cattler lost the game, he was widely recognized by boxing fans and the media for his excellent performance in the game, and many boxing fans even called for another chance for Jack Cattler to end the dispute with a second battle.
Jack Cattler's astonishing performance seems to prove that there are many overlooked boxers in the ultra-lightweight category, and that what they may be missing compared to the current world champion is just a chance. At the same time, it is precisely because of Jack Cattler's performance that josh Taylor's subsequent defense of the title has a lot of uncertainty. Judging by Josh Taylor's performance in the last game, it will be increasingly difficult for him to continue to defend his title in the ultra-lightweight level, and it seems like it is only a matter of time before he gives up the title to advance to the sub-middleweight. The difference is that josh Taylor has a hard time getting the title of World Boxing Champion there.
Currently in the sub-middleweights, the world champion gold belt of the WBC, IBF and WBA is in the hands of Errol Spence Jr., while the world champion gold belt of WBO is in the hands of Terrance Crawford. In my opinion, the best outcome for Josh Taylor to advance to the sub-middleweight is to challenge Terrance Crawford to a showdown between the old and new superweight overlords, so that even if he can't win the title of World Champion in the end, at least in terms of financial gains, he can be guaranteed.
Then again, if Josh Taylor does eventually give up all his titles and choose to upgrade. Other organizations are hard to say, and within the WBC organization, it is likely that Jose Sepeda, the forced challenger and former world boxing champion José Ramirez, will fight for the vacant world champion gold belt, because José Ramirez is currently ranked second in the world at WBC.
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