Josh Taylor knows he has it all to do against Jose Ramirez on Saturday night but admits he would love to go on to fight Terence Crawford.
The 30-year-old British fighter could become the undisputed champion at super-lightweight when he fights in Las Vegas, and Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has said that the winner could then go on to face Crawford.
Crawford fights at welterweight and he is struggling to make a high-profile fight, but Taylor is interested.
“I would love that fight,” Taylor said to BoxingScene.com.
“I believe Terence Crawford, outside of Canelo, is one of the pound-for-pound best. So, I would love nothing more than to fight, you know, Crawford. It’s a massive fight. Who wouldn’t, you know? That’s another sexy fight, that one. So, yeah, it’s a massive fight and, yeah, the prospect of fighting Crawford down the line is unbelievable.
“It speaks for itself. It’d be a huge, huge fight. So, yeah, it’s exciting. It’s exciting times for sure.”
Taylor would be expected to move up another seven pounds to fight Crawford, but he could conceivably cut to 135lbs to fight Teofimo Lopez, the so-called undisputed lightweight champion, who is due to face George Kambosos on June 19. However Lopez has talked about moving up a weight himself, which makes that the likeliest way to make the fight.
“It’s hard not to get excited about the prospects of what’s after this fight, you know, because the winner of this fight is going onto some big things,” Taylor said of his prospects.
“You know, some opportunities after this fight is just gonna be unbelievable. So, yeah, it’s hard not to get excited. But you’ve gotta get excited, then you put it to the back of your mind. There’s a massive, massive job ahead of me on Saturday, which is to topple Ramirez, and I believe I’m gonna do it.”