Josh Taylor returns to his home country this weekend in a must win fight against British and European mainstay Ekow Essuman.
Taylor returns in a fight which is a real crossroads in his career and in his title aspirations. The Scotsman is at the end of a bad 3 fight streak including a loss to Teofimo Lopez and Jack Catterall, he also beat Catterall in one of the most controversial decisions in British boxing history. Taylor is at the latter end of his unbelievable career which has seen him become the only British undisputed champion at his weight class and beaten the likes of Regis Prograis, Jose Carlos Ramirez and Ivan Baranchyk. A loss to Essuman could see an end to Taylors career but a win could kick start an Indian summer for the Scotsman.
Ekow Essuman on the other hand is looking to push onto world honours after an impressive British and European run. Essuman has only the one loss on his record to the tough and very unorthodox Harry Scarf but has since bounced back by taking the unbeaten record of both Owen Cooper and Ben Vaughn. The Botswana born Welterweight will be going into the lions den with the Scottish fans being behind the hometown hero Josh Taylor. A win for Essuman over the decorated Taylor will push him to heights he hasn’t seen in his career.
Josh Taylor Homecoming Vs Ekow Essuman Undercard-
The undercard provides just as much intrigue and excitement as the main event.
Nathaniel Collins takes on Lee McGregor in a massive WBC Silver Featherweight title bout, Collins is unbeaten and looking to take a great step in his career and McGregor is just the right litmus test for Collins and is on a great run after defeating Issac Lowe.
Aloys Jr also returns against David Jamieson. Aloys the Animal lost his first ever professional fight but has now bounced back to a 9-1-0 record with 8 coming by finish and has linked up with famed trainer Ben Davison. Jamieson has teetered around British level for a while now with his three losses coming to Mikael Lawal (Twice) and Chev Clarke. The bout provides both with opportunities to prove that the records dont show the full picture.
Elsewhere in the Davison stable hyped Heavyweight Moses Ituama makes his return to the boxing ring after previously blowing Demsey McKean away within a round in Saudi Arabia. Itauma takes on Mike Balogun who is a great test for Ituama with his only loss on a 21-1-0 record coming to strong contender Murat Gassiev.
The card also sees a Scottish area title on the line when Aston Brown takes on Reece Porter.
As Queensbury tradition the card will also see a lot of prospects take the next step in there careers including; Luke McCormack (Davison trained), Marcus Sutherland, Lee Welsh, Drew Limond and Luke Bibby.
It also sees the debut of Reece Lynch and Alex Arthur.
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