The World Motivation
My first introduction to the legend of Ken Buchanan was through one of his sons, Raymond Fraser Buchanan. He was my very first boxing coach as a young 15 year old.
“My first introduction to the legend of Ken Buchanan was through one of his sons, Raymond Fraser Buchanan. He was my very first boxing coach as a young 15 year old.”
— Josh Taylor · Boxing
My first introduction to the legend of Ken Buchanan was through one of his sons, Raymond Fraser Buchanan. He was my very first boxing coach as a young 15 year old.
You have dreams of fighting in Vegas and the MGM Grand, where the likes of Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao fight, when you first turn professional.
For me, he was the greatest Scottish fighter we've had. Others may argue differently - we've had Benny Lynch and Jim Watt, of course - but I think Ken Buchanan is the best ever. He was a hero down in Leith, a hero in Edinburgh and a hero in the whole of Scotland.
When I'm training for a fight I don't see folk for months, sometimes a whole year.
Boxing is sort of an inevitability. We know they are going to be pounding each other.
For sure, the UFC and MMA became way bigger than boxing.
Boxing's not going to retire me; I'll retire from boxing. That's where most people make mistakes. They normally stay in the game a bit too long.
I just love boxing. I'm in love with the sport.
A lot of writers, probably because they're sensitive, which makes them want to be writers, have fears about their masculinity, so they overcompensate by having an interest in boxing and tough-guy things.
I was making great strides in my career and, in 2019 in Glasgow, I won my first world title with a victory against Ivan Baranchyk. Then, in my next fight, I became a unified world champion with a win against Regis Prograis at the O2 Arena in London.