Josh Taylor’s promotional team confirms that a world title defence against Jose Zepeda is in the works

Josh Taylor’s special group have affirmed they are wanting to settle a world title protection against Jose Zepeda for the Scotsman’s next battle.

Taylor needed to surrender his WBA super-lightweight title at the end of the week because of the obligatory prerequisites of the administering body, yet the Scottish star is currently set to shield his WBC, WBO and IBF belts against Zepeda, the WBC required challenger.

High level President Todd Duboef said that: “Zepeda is falling off a battle of the year execution against Baranchyk and a first-round KO of Vargas in October.

“These together have procured him the required situation to Josh’s WBC crown.

“We are working with the two groups to put this battle on straightaway.”

Taylor had held the WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO belts in February with a fervently questioned focuses prevail upon WBO required challenger Jack Catterall, who had required a rematch.

WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman had affirmed to Sky Sports that Zepeda was next in line to challenge Taylor, regardless of the WBA’s choice to uphold a required guard.

“We have requested that battle,” Sulaiman told Sky Sports. “We have a satchel offered date, I accept it’s the 24th of this current month.

“The issue here is we had an understanding. We met in Puerto Rico, the four presidents, Paco Valcarcel, Daryl Peoples, Gilberto Mendoza and myself and we had an understanding.

“We plunked down, we examined that division and I was evident that [Jack] Catterall as WBO obligatory was straightaway. Zepeda as WBC required was straightaway, and afterward the IBF compulsory was straightaway.

“Oddly enough, the WBA essentially went out and requested another battle, and presently they have removed the title from Josh Taylor, or Josh surrendered. Whichever perhaps, yet at the same it’s actual appalling.

“We need to keep the required brought together heroes. We need to have compulsory competitors that are of the greatest level, however we will see what occurs straightaway.”