Josh Taylor (boxer)

Josh Taylor
Personal information
Nationality  Scotland
Born (1991-01-02) 2 January 1991[1]
Prestonpans, East Lothian[2]
Weight 64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Lightweight
Club Lochend ABC[3]
Medal record
Men's Boxing
Competitor for  Scotland
Commonwealth Games[3]
2014 Glasgow Light welterweight
2010 Delhi Lightweight
Commonwealth Youth Games[3]
2008 Pune Lightweight

Josh Taylor (born 2 January 1991) is a Scottish professional boxer. Taylor was an amateur[3][4] until June 2015. During his amateur career he won the gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the light welterweight division.

Career

Taylor won a silver medal in the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, where he was beaten by Thomas Stalker in the lightweight final by 11–3.[5] Following the European Qualifying Event in Trabzon, Turkey, the ACB Lochend boxer qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[6] Taylor became the first lightweight Scottish boxer to qualify for the Olympics since Dick McTaggart, who won a gold medal in Melbourne in 1956 and a bronze in Rome at the following games.[7]

He reached a Commonwealth Games final again in 2014,[8] this time at light welterweight. Taylor won the gold medal, defeating Junias Jonas of Namibia in the final.[9]

Taylor started his professional career in June 2015[10][11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Biography Preview". AIBA. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "Josh Taylor". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Josh Taylor". gbboxing.org.uk. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Confident Josh Taylor dreams of Olympic glory". BBC Sport (BBC). 19 April 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "England's Thomas Stalker kicks off gold rush for home nations' boxing stars". Daily Mail. 13 October 2010. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  6. ↑ "Josh Taylor books his place at London 2012". gbboxing.org.uk. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  7. ↑ "Scotland's Josh Taylor secures London 2012 boxing spot in qualifiers". The Guardian. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  8. ↑ Glasgow 2014: Josh Taylor into the 64kg final with unanimous win, BBC Sport
  9. ↑ Dirs, Ben (2 August 2014). "Glasgow 2014: Northern Ireland win first golds as Scots also shine". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Josh Taylor: Commonwealth gold medallist targets success as pro". BBC Sport. BBC. 23 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  11. ↑ Lewis, Jane (14 October 2015). BBC Sport. BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/boxing/34532302. Retrieved 14 October 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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