In an dialog with Battle Hype, Josh Taylor talks about his upcoming showdown with Teofimo Lopez and explains why he feels he has the definitive edge over his opponent. Taylor, who admits to having suffered from a little bit of complacency after turning into undisputed champion, says he’s again to his previous methods and able to placed on a present towards Lopez. Take a look at a few of what he needed to say beneath.
Taylor on how he’s feeling heading into the battle with Lopez
“I’m completely 100%. I’ve simply had a few runs, it occurs to the very best of us, you get injured, you get this and that. Look, that final one was fairly a nasty damage, however the different ones had been kind of niggly ones. So I’m totally recovered now, managed the damage very well, obtained some good specialist guys round me to assist handle it and alter my coaching camp to get my conditioning. You realize, working, changing it with completely different treadmills fairly than exhausting surfaces. So I’ve altered my coaching and I’m in tip prime situation.
“I feel the explanation why I obtained these accidents earlier than was as a result of I used to be exterior the gymnasium, after the Ramirez battle, I used to be exterior the gymnasium not residing the life. I by no means seen the within of a boxing gymnasium for months on finish. I used to be out consuming good tasting, dangerous meals and consuming somewhat bit an excessive amount of. So somewhat little bit of complacency crept in and I leap again into camp unfit, too heavy, and attempt to push it to get in match and get in form and that’s when accidents happen.”
On how he views the type matchup between Lopez and himself
“It’s obtained fireworks written throughout it. He could come out and attempt to field and transfer and be slick but when he does that then that’s nice, that’s excellent for me. But when he comes out and tries to have a go and tries to knock me out, even higher as a result of he leaves himself huge open. I’ll knock him out if he tries to have a firefight. So it’s gonna be nice both method it goes. I’m fully assured in getting the win.
“I’m not too fussy about what he’s obtained. I’m not fearful about what he has, I don’t assume he’s going to have something that I’ve by no means handled earlier than. So I’m not fearful about what he’s obtained however I’m fairly certain he’s gonna have a giant shock when he will get within the ring with me.”
On if he believes he’s the mentally stronger fighter
“I’m mentally stronger than all my opponents. I’m a psychological fortress. I’m mentally stronger than simply about anyone I do know, and all my opponents as effectively…(Lopez) obtained doubts, he’s obtained self-doubts however he clearly displayed that in public, to the entire world. He’s now spinning it off as reverse psychology type of factor, which I don’t assume he’s good sufficient to do this. He was talking on emotion there. So he’s undoubtedly obtained these enormous self-doubts and does appear somewhat bit mentally fragile. However you’re taking it with a pinch of salt, I’m making ready for the very best model of Teofimo Lopez, which is a harmful man. So I’m totally switched on right here.”
