1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:05,840 This programme contains very strong language 2 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:10,760 ANNOUNCER: From Prestonpans, Edinburgh, Scotland... 3 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:15,880 ..Josh "The Tartan Tornado" Taylor! 4 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:19,560 When I was in primary school, I said, 5 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,200 "I want to be rich and famous like a superstar pop star 6 00:00:22,200 --> 00:00:23,800 "or something, or a footballer" 7 00:00:23,800 --> 00:00:26,960 and never, ever imagined that it would come true, 8 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:30,240 or I would be a world champion boxer, for even that matter. 9 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:34,560 COMMENTATOR: And Josh Taylor has won gold at the Commonwealth Games! 10 00:00:34,560 --> 00:00:38,920 I was aware of Josh from right back, you know, the Lochend Boxing Club. 11 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:41,840 Everybody in the boxing fraternity would be talking about him 12 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:45,400 all the time. It's just been this kind of relentless rise. 13 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,320 COMMENTATOR: The Tartan Tornado is world champion 14 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,200 after only 15 professional fights. 15 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,920 People see Fury and AJ as the top fighters in the UK, 16 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:57,000 but what Josh Taylor has done already in his career 17 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,600 has probably surpassed anything they've done put together. 18 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:01,640 He's a special, special fighter. 19 00:01:01,640 --> 00:01:04,480 COMMENTATOR: Big left hand drops Jose Ramirez! 20 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:08,240 There's only been five other fighters in boxing history 21 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,400 to have become undisputed world champion. 22 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:15,000 The undisputed champion of the world... 23 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:20,880 ..Josh "The Tartan Tornado" Taylor! 24 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,440 You just see the buzz when Scotland are playing well, 25 00:01:23,440 --> 00:01:24,880 when Andy Murray's doing well - 26 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,480 and Josh is absolutely amongst those names. 27 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:28,800 He's a Scotland great. 28 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:32,720 And I think what's exciting is he's nowhere near where he wants to be. 29 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:37,440 Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall will battle it out in Glasgow 30 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:41,680 for the undisputed super lightweight ten-stone treasure. 31 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:46,560 It's a completely different pressure going to the ring as the champion, 32 00:01:46,560 --> 00:01:47,960 with nothing to gain from it. 33 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:51,520 The moment he steps in through those ropes, the belts go up in the air. 34 00:01:51,520 --> 00:01:53,280 Every fight that he has now, 35 00:01:53,280 --> 00:01:55,360 it's, "This is his biggest fight of his career." 36 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:58,040 And, obviously, it's on home soil this time, so I think, you know, 37 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,880 you're going to be feeling the pressure to put a good show on. 38 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:04,520 Jack Catterall is a very, very good fighter. 39 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,400 He's beaten every opponent that's been put in front of him. 40 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:11,040 But I've got bigger plans and bigger goals that I've set out to do. 41 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:13,840 I want to become a two-weight undisputed world champion, 42 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:16,960 something that no-one has ever done in the sport. 43 00:02:16,960 --> 00:02:20,440 That would be me leaving an everlasting name 44 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:22,880 and legacy in the sport of boxing. 45 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:48,640 CHANTING: Chorley! Chorley! Chorley! 46 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:53,120 ANNOUNCER: Ladies and gentlemen, after 12 rounds here 47 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:56,880 inside OVO Hydro, we go to the judges' scorecards 48 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,480 for the official decision. 49 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,720 And still undisputed... 50 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:04,720 CROWD CHEERS 51 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:08,320 ..super lightweight champion of the world, 52 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:12,160 The Tartan Tornado, 53 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:16,680 Josh Taylor! 54 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:20,520 COMMENTATOR: That is absolutely stunning! 55 00:03:22,920 --> 00:03:28,200 Josh Taylor retains his titles on a split decision. 56 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,640 Bullshit! Fucking cheating...! Bullshit. 57 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:36,840 # There's only one Josh Taylor! 58 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:38,440 Come on, Josh! 59 00:03:38,440 --> 00:03:40,720 If this wasn't in Scotland tonight, Jack would've won. 60 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:42,320 You know that, I know that. 61 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:46,760 COMMENTATOR: Take nothing away from Josh Taylor's effort and his spirit. 62 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:52,320 But, for us, Jack Catterall should be the undisputed champion. 63 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:54,560 Wasn't my best, like, eh? 64 00:03:55,560 --> 00:03:57,600 That's how it is, eh? I'm all right. Sweet. 65 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:09,280 You all right? Uh-huh... 66 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:11,480 Don't feel a thing? Nope. Good. 67 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:16,800 Oh... 68 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:18,520 Pissed off. 69 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,000 I just don't get it. 70 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:23,960 Jack won the fight, for me. 71 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:28,600 Aye, you're all good. 72 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,400 Aw, fuck! 73 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:45,200 MOTOR SPUTTERS 74 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,400 Ah, fucking hell... 75 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:47,400 MOTOR STARTS 76 00:04:49,280 --> 00:04:51,240 MOTOR CUTS OUT 77 00:04:49,280 --> 00:04:51,240 Oh... 78 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:52,840 I've got to give up. 79 00:04:52,840 --> 00:04:55,320 HE LAUGHS 80 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:57,840 That's what happens when you let your grass 81 00:04:57,840 --> 00:05:00,560 grow and grow like a jungle. 82 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:01,880 MOTOR CUTS OUT 83 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:03,240 Ah, fuck's sake. 84 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:04,880 What's going on here? 85 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,400 MOTOR CUTS OUT 86 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:10,000 Oh...! 87 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,040 Don't you dare put this on the telly. 88 00:05:12,040 --> 00:05:13,520 I'll sue the hell out of you. 89 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:16,560 You better no' put this on the BBC, I'm telling you. 90 00:05:16,560 --> 00:05:19,000 "Cannae even cut his fucking grass." 91 00:05:19,000 --> 00:05:20,920 Aw, man, look at all that, though, man. 92 00:05:20,920 --> 00:05:23,040 See how perfect the other side is, Tom? 93 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:24,320 Beautiful. 94 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:26,200 FAUX AMERICAN ACCENT: "Beautiful!" 95 00:05:27,320 --> 00:05:29,760 I live in Haddington, which is about eight miles 96 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:32,600 just from where I grew up, in Prestonpans, 97 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:35,440 and it's about 15 miles east of Edinburgh. 98 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:38,000 Neighbours will get some laugh watching me doing that. 99 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:42,320 It was a great place to grow up. 100 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:44,880 We had lots of freedom, we had the sea on our back door, 101 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:47,080 we had lots of countryside on our doorstep. 102 00:05:47,080 --> 00:05:48,760 Quite a tough little place. 103 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,200 You know, you had to learn to defend yourself 104 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:53,400 and, you know, look after yourself. 105 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:55,920 There's not many people where I'm from, who are my friends, 106 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:57,920 that didn't grow up fighting. 107 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:02,320 Prestonpans is an old mining town. 108 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:06,920 It's escaped the gentrification that a lot of these towns have had. 109 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:09,600 Places like Haddington and North Berwick 110 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:14,160 have had the influx of commuters from Edinburgh. 111 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:17,600 Prestonpans has probably been one of the towns that's kept it real, 112 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:19,840 basically, in that part of the world. 113 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,480 This is a house that I grew up in - here. 114 00:06:23,480 --> 00:06:25,160 Two-bedroom council house. 115 00:06:25,160 --> 00:06:29,240 Lived here till I was, like, 25, 26 years old, so... 116 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:31,080 Paddy! 117 00:06:31,080 --> 00:06:33,640 Ah, dear...! That's sweet...! 118 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:37,440 He used to leave notes about the house when he was a kid... 119 00:06:37,440 --> 00:06:40,120 ..saying he was going to be world champion. 120 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:41,640 And we found that. 121 00:06:41,640 --> 00:06:44,320 He must have been about ten. 122 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:46,360 Oh, he was just so headstrong. 123 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,480 He was competitive at everything he done. 124 00:06:49,480 --> 00:06:51,680 We could sit and eat a bowl of cornflakes, and I'll say, 125 00:06:51,680 --> 00:06:56,480 "I'll race you," and he would just stuff them in his face, just to win. 126 00:06:56,480 --> 00:07:00,680 I just knew way back then he was a bit special, he was... 127 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,240 He was gonnae be something. 128 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:06,000 He was funny, he was a funny wee... He's was a funny lad, eh? 129 00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:08,880 He used to like to take his clothes off and run about naked... Aye. 130 00:07:08,880 --> 00:07:10,480 ..and do the Full Monty and things. 131 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:12,760 He was really good at the Full Monty. 132 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:15,240 The Full Monty would come on... 133 00:07:15,240 --> 00:07:17,720 He would have to start... Start taking his clothes off..! 134 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:21,520 I still do want to be a part of the Full Monty. 135 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:23,840 "What do you want to be when you're bigger, Josh?" 136 00:07:23,840 --> 00:07:25,560 "A stripper." 137 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:29,280 He's just always full of fun. 138 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:32,600 No, but he wasnae always. He was a pain in the backside sometimes. 139 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:36,000 People coming to the door, saying he'd thrown stones at their windows 140 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,240 and complaining about him fighting with their boys, and... 141 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:42,320 Aye, just your usual kid stuff. 142 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:44,760 That's Josh when he was a baby. 143 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,200 Long legs and long arms. 144 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:49,400 Look at the state of this. 145 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:52,880 I had a great upbringing. 146 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:56,080 My dad was a landscape gardener for Edinburgh Council. 147 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:59,880 My mum was a receptionist at Meadowbank Sports Centre. 148 00:07:59,880 --> 00:08:01,920 They worked every hour under the sun. 149 00:08:01,920 --> 00:08:04,880 They worked really, really hard for myself, for my little sister 150 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:09,640 to enjoy things and have good clothes, have good stuff. 151 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:12,760 Sometimes we didn't have enough to put petrol in the car 152 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:15,920 to get him to training, but we got there somehow. 153 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,080 Jamie worked really hard, as well. 154 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,520 He used to work two jobs. I had two jobs. 155 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:22,480 It was quite hard. 156 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:26,760 It was hard going, trying to keep them getting what they want 157 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:30,520 and making sure they were fine for everything. 158 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:34,360 It did put a lot of strain on mine and Jamie's marriage at some times. 159 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:38,080 At first, it was quite a shock to Finch and Josh that we'd split up, 160 00:08:38,080 --> 00:08:40,960 because we've been together since we were at high school, 161 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:45,000 like, 12, 13-year-old, so that's, like, longer than a lifetime, 162 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:48,280 And I think it was a shock to quite a lot of people that we split up. 163 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:51,520 But, do you know what? We're getting on fine now. 164 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:54,600 There's Josh... That's the craziest person I've ever met. 165 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:55,920 Who's that? 166 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:57,560 Diane when she was a lass. 167 00:08:58,920 --> 00:09:01,320 I'm no' really crazy. I'm quite a nice person. 168 00:09:01,320 --> 00:09:03,120 Dinnae believe him, Tom. 169 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:06,160 There was always a bit of tooth and nail with the two of them, 170 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:08,480 arguing like cat and dog. 171 00:09:08,480 --> 00:09:10,640 I think a lot of it was 172 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:13,200 because they were spending 173 00:09:13,200 --> 00:09:17,080 all their time working to provide for myself and Finch. 174 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:19,600 I think it took its toll on them sometimes. 175 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:22,560 You know, they'd let things build up, build up, and build up, 176 00:09:22,560 --> 00:09:24,480 and then they would explode. 177 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:29,200 It was crazy at times, and mad at times, but whose family isn't? 178 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:31,800 If it wasn't for my mum and dad, I wouldn't be where I am today. 179 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:33,480 You know, fact. 180 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:38,400 They worked their socks off to give us everything that they had. 181 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:41,440 Paddy, this way. 182 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:47,760 As Josh was brought up, he just went out playing 183 00:09:47,760 --> 00:09:50,120 and running about all the time. 184 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,880 That's all we had to do with him when we were youngsters 185 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:56,280 but nowadays, you dinnae see any kids about the place. 186 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:59,880 They're all sitting in their houses playing their PlayStations. 187 00:09:59,880 --> 00:10:03,720 That's what I see as different about town here, Prestonpans. 188 00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:09,880 I think, you know, a lot of working class, cos they've been left behind, 189 00:10:09,880 --> 00:10:11,800 and it's not just in Prestonpans. 190 00:10:11,800 --> 00:10:14,240 I mean, I see it where, you know, where I grew up in Muirhouse, 191 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:16,160 There's not a lot for them, 192 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:19,440 and recreational space is sold off to developers. 193 00:10:19,440 --> 00:10:23,960 You know, you see what happens is that obesity rates rise. 194 00:10:23,960 --> 00:10:27,960 What Josh has done, and what leading sports people have done, 195 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:29,840 they kind of reverse that trend. 196 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:33,600 They encourage kids to get into sport, they encourage kids to join 197 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:36,440 the local boxing club, to join the local five-a-side league. 198 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:38,400 But the facilities have to be there. 199 00:10:38,400 --> 00:10:41,800 Otherwise, it's just drugs and street corners, basically. 200 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:44,280 This is, like, the bit where we sort of used to hang around 201 00:10:44,280 --> 00:10:46,080 when we were, like, little kids. 202 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:48,320 See, the running track's no' in very good nick any more, 203 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:50,560 cos the gate's shut, nobody's using it. 204 00:10:50,560 --> 00:10:53,080 Kids are having to break the things in the fence just to get in 205 00:10:53,080 --> 00:10:54,520 and get a game of football. 206 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:55,800 It's quite crap to see. 207 00:10:55,800 --> 00:10:58,080 But there's some lads climbed in over the fence here, 208 00:10:58,080 --> 00:10:59,720 so we'll go and see what they say. 209 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:02,800 It's Josh Taylor! 210 00:11:06,440 --> 00:11:08,640 Sting. Aw, what a game that was. 211 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:11,920 On the seventh goal, you have to either header it or backheel it in. 212 00:11:11,920 --> 00:11:15,080 Once you get seven in, you've got to turn around, 213 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:17,560 put your arse in the air, 214 00:11:17,560 --> 00:11:20,200 and the lads put the ball on the penalty spot, 215 00:11:20,200 --> 00:11:23,040 and everybody gets a free dig at your backside. 216 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:25,840 If you refuse to let everybody have a shot at you, 217 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:27,520 you get a thing called the magic circle. 218 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:30,640 You've just got to protect yourself, and everybody gets to set about you. 219 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:33,240 It's a pretty brutal game, but it is exciting, it's pretty good. 220 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:35,200 I used to love playing that when I was a kid, like. 221 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:37,520 Is it still the same? Do you still play the same way? 222 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:40,440 Seven, and then 14, the kegs down, and 21, bare arse. 223 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:43,600 Aye...! Then if nobody... You get the magic circle. 224 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,680 Aye, magic circle. Get battered... 225 00:11:46,680 --> 00:11:49,760 That's actually quite nice to see,that. That's quite funny. 226 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:51,760 Brings back a lot of memories. 227 00:11:51,760 --> 00:11:54,160 All right, boys? Away to play football? 228 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:56,320 There's a wee hole in the fence. 229 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:58,600 All that hassle to try and get a wee game of football. 230 00:11:58,600 --> 00:12:01,080 For me, that's shocking. It should be open. 231 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:03,040 It used to be free and open. 232 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:05,720 Can me and my friends get a group photo? 233 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:08,080 Of course, lads. 234 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:10,360 In my fights, when they get introduced as, 235 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:12,760 "And from Edinburgh, Josh Taylor..." 236 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:14,960 Enjoy your game of football. See you later, wee man. 237 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:16,400 See yous later, boys. 238 00:12:16,400 --> 00:12:18,520 ..I said to a couple of announcers early on, I says, 239 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:19,960 "I'm no' from Edinburgh. 240 00:12:19,960 --> 00:12:23,520 "I'd like you to say my hometown, Prestonpans." 241 00:12:25,240 --> 00:12:27,360 And you had Michael Buffer shouting it - 242 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:29,480 "From Prestonpans, Josh Taylor!" 243 00:12:29,480 --> 00:12:31,280 It's brilliant. 244 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:35,560 I'm really proud of that fact, that I've put Prestonpans on the map, 245 00:12:35,560 --> 00:12:38,680 and people around here are proud of that fact, as well. 246 00:12:38,680 --> 00:12:41,240 It gives a lot of the kids around here... 247 00:12:41,240 --> 00:12:44,200 To reach the heights of where you want to go, it's not... 248 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:46,080 you don't have to be from a certain place. 249 00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:49,080 I'm real, I'm living it. I'm right there. 250 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:52,600 Like, if I can do it, the kids can do what they want, as well. 251 00:12:57,800 --> 00:12:59,560 Is my blue one there? Drying. 252 00:12:59,560 --> 00:13:01,040 Are they? Right, that's fine. 253 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:03,520 And there's other stuff in the washing machine. 254 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:06,320 Are they yours? Take them if you want...! 255 00:13:06,320 --> 00:13:08,840 They might be quite nice on me. Wee hot pants. 256 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:12,840 Oosh! 257 00:13:14,320 --> 00:13:16,880 On Monday, I'm going down to Essex 258 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:20,440 and back to the gym with my coach, Ben, and all the lads, 259 00:13:20,440 --> 00:13:22,600 and start training camp. 260 00:13:24,320 --> 00:13:26,680 I will be a wee bit lost, I think, when he goes back. 261 00:13:26,680 --> 00:13:28,000 My house will be nice and tidy. 262 00:13:28,000 --> 00:13:30,600 He just leaves everything lying on his backside. 263 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,160 But things get back to business now. 264 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:34,800 Every fight that he has now, 265 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,120 it's, "This is his biggest fight in his career. 266 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:38,880 "And now this is..." 267 00:13:38,880 --> 00:13:41,280 So, every fight is, like, at the top. 268 00:13:41,280 --> 00:13:43,200 Ready to go. 269 00:13:43,200 --> 00:13:46,080 I might see him, maybe, three or four times, maybe. 270 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:48,560 I just feel like he needs just to have that space, 271 00:13:48,560 --> 00:13:50,840 and just get on with training and... 272 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:52,400 ..just be in the zone. 273 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:58,400 Sorted. 274 00:14:11,920 --> 00:14:14,640 I've been working with Josh Taylor for about 18 months, 275 00:14:14,640 --> 00:14:17,240 and his career, up to date, has been extraordinary. 276 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:21,840 Josh has achieved numerous titles throughout his career. 277 00:14:21,840 --> 00:14:23,640 Obviously, an Olympian. 278 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:26,080 Gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. 279 00:14:26,080 --> 00:14:28,160 What's happening, mate? Yeah, good, man. 280 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:30,640 How are you doing? This is... 281 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:32,280 I've been away for about six months. 282 00:14:32,280 --> 00:14:34,040 JOSH LAUGHS 283 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:37,400 When he turned professional, he took to it like a duck to water. 284 00:14:37,400 --> 00:14:41,160 Josh won his first world title in just his 15th fight. 285 00:14:41,160 --> 00:14:45,320 He went on to become undisputed champion in just his 18th fight. 286 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:48,040 There's four different world titles, 287 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:51,360 and it's very rare for those champions to face each other. 288 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:55,280 When they do, and somebody has all of the belts - like Josh - 289 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:58,400 and has beaten every single other champion in his weight category, 290 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:02,240 that means you become the undisputed champion of the world. 291 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:05,160 Pizza belly, Tom. 292 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:06,680 Wee dad bod. 293 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:08,440 Every fight is different. 294 00:15:08,440 --> 00:15:12,720 When they've achieved a goal they've had for such a long time, 295 00:15:12,720 --> 00:15:15,840 it's a huge relief, and everybody deals with that differently. 296 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:18,400 I'm just over 12st, about 12.02st. 297 00:15:18,400 --> 00:15:20,360 12.03st, maybe. 298 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:22,640 I need to get down to 10st. 299 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:25,600 I've been known to work with fighters that really pack on 300 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:28,800 the weight, so... Look, it's not the end of the world. 301 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:32,200 But boxing is the truth. 302 00:15:32,200 --> 00:15:34,040 There's no hiding. 303 00:15:34,040 --> 00:15:37,040 When you get in there, the truth will come out. 304 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:38,880 If you've not put the work in, 305 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:40,400 if you've cut corners, 306 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:42,880 the truth will come out. 307 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:46,680 As brutal as it is, it's beautifully brutal. 308 00:15:51,360 --> 00:15:53,680 I've known Josh for a long time. 309 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:57,840 I've basically followed Josh's footsteps from the amateur days. 310 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:00,920 I don't think we would push ourselves as much as what we do 311 00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:03,280 if we didn't have each other... 312 00:16:03,280 --> 00:16:05,160 Ah, fucking hell, man. 313 00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:08,120 ..because I just feel like you physically can't push yourself 314 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:11,920 that much unless you've got someone there who's maybe just above you. 315 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:16,560 That's why you get that extra 10-20% out of yourself in the training. 316 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:22,640 JOSH EXCLAIMS 317 00:16:24,960 --> 00:16:26,800 Fuck... Eh? 318 00:16:26,800 --> 00:16:28,120 Fuck. 319 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:34,360 It's a lonely life at times, you know, 320 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:37,720 and I'm very lucky that I've got my little brother, Lee McGregor, 321 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:39,240 going through the same thing. 322 00:16:39,240 --> 00:16:41,080 So, we kind of bounce off each other 323 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:42,840 and get each other through it. 324 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:46,440 Mate, I'll see you in a wee while. See you in a bit. See you in a bit. 325 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:49,640 I'm an Edinburgh lad. I'm a Hearts fan, Jambo, 326 00:16:49,640 --> 00:16:52,120 and Josh is a Hibs fan. So, it's two Edinburgh teams. 327 00:16:52,120 --> 00:16:53,920 There's needle and there's banter. 328 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:56,080 It depends how serious people take it. 329 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:59,160 Me and Josh are pretty laid back with it, but when the two teams meet 330 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:00,400 and they play each other, 331 00:17:00,400 --> 00:17:03,120 we're both, obviously, winding each other up. 332 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:05,080 We need to go on the pitch at half-time, 333 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:06,920 during a Hibs-Hearts game, 334 00:17:06,920 --> 00:17:09,760 and we need to have a penalty shoot-out. How good would that be? 335 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:11,480 Aye, that would be good. 336 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:19,840 When I'm down in Essex, I live in a house with five other lads. 337 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:24,280 We all stay together and live, breathe and eat boxing together. 338 00:17:24,280 --> 00:17:26,200 Have you had a haircut today, Josh? 339 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:27,440 Yesterday. 340 00:17:27,440 --> 00:17:29,240 What are you copying my beard for? 341 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:31,560 Oh. Fucking itching like mad. 342 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:33,000 Oh. Itching like mad. 343 00:17:35,360 --> 00:17:37,720 I'll keep saying until you answer. 344 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:40,280 It's itching like mad. OK, very good! 345 00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:41,720 It's Leo's house. 346 00:17:41,720 --> 00:17:44,440 What a character he is. Amazing. He's some lad. 347 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:47,440 Playing his favourite game - round the board. Right, I'm on ten. 348 00:17:49,120 --> 00:17:51,240 Who's touching...? Sorry, I never meant it. 349 00:17:51,240 --> 00:17:52,920 Don't touch the light switch. 350 00:17:52,920 --> 00:17:54,400 Wee Scotsman under a bit of pressure 351 00:17:54,400 --> 00:17:55,960 and you're trying to fuck my game up. 352 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:59,640 LAUGHTER Go on, then. What are you on? 353 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:02,960 Bull's-eye. 25. I'm on 25 now. 354 00:18:02,960 --> 00:18:04,640 What? Have you hit the green one? 355 00:18:04,640 --> 00:18:06,520 I'm on the green now. 356 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:08,920 There you are. Just above it. Good marker. 357 00:18:10,560 --> 00:18:13,480 Ho, ho, ho, ho! Oh, what a shot. 358 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:15,640 That was amazing. That was amazing. 359 00:18:15,640 --> 00:18:18,200 I've shared rooms with Josh many times 360 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:20,280 and I just think he's got so much energy. 361 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:22,640 I would love to get some of the energy from him. 362 00:18:22,640 --> 00:18:27,000 I've got clips on my phone from us in hotel rooms and it's like 12am 363 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:30,480 and we're sharing the room, and Josh is up in front of me. 364 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:35,440 He's shadow boxing and I'm trying to sleep. 365 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:37,200 Boom, boom, boom! Ah, shite! 366 00:18:38,520 --> 00:18:40,240 Josh is... 367 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:41,960 He's an intense character. 368 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:43,880 Boom, boom, boom! Ah, fuck! 369 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:46,400 Have a breather. On the next one. 370 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:49,000 Intensity is the price of excellence. 371 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:52,560 So, because he has that mentality and he's that...that intensity, 372 00:18:52,560 --> 00:18:56,520 whatever he focuses on, he'll do well on. 373 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:58,760 Fucking hell. What? I'm not half breathing. 374 00:18:59,800 --> 00:19:02,480 I've got such high standards 375 00:19:02,480 --> 00:19:04,880 and expectations of myself 376 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:08,480 that, if I don't meet them or hit them straight away, 377 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:11,160 I get a little bit frustrated with myself. 378 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,200 So is that it? Yeah. 379 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:15,040 That will do you today. 380 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:16,880 Will I do one more? 381 00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:18,200 No, that'll do. Six. 382 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:21,040 People need to hold me back 383 00:19:21,040 --> 00:19:24,240 because then I would go and hit the bags for as long as I could, 384 00:19:24,240 --> 00:19:27,120 knacker myself out, then I'd be knackered tomorrow. 385 00:19:27,120 --> 00:19:30,280 I wouldn't be able to train tomorrow as well or as efficiently 386 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:33,560 because I'll been knackered from the day before. 387 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:35,120 Time. 388 00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:40,840 No, it's not that. It's just... 389 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,720 You say that at every camp! 390 00:19:48,400 --> 00:19:49,800 It's just time, innit? 391 00:19:49,800 --> 00:19:52,480 It takes time to get back to what you used to. 392 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:55,960 He's fucking nuts, he is. 393 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:58,960 He thinks a couple of hard sessions is going to fix it. 394 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:00,480 It just takes time. 395 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:05,160 Right now, the main focus is basically preparing his body 396 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:06,920 for the tough task ahead, 397 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:08,680 to prevent any injuries, 398 00:20:08,680 --> 00:20:12,640 so we make it to the fight safe and sound, God willing. 399 00:20:12,640 --> 00:20:16,240 COUGHING 400 00:20:18,520 --> 00:20:20,000 Yeah. 401 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:23,960 HE COUGHS 402 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:29,120 The cough's still no' properly cleared up yet. 403 00:20:29,120 --> 00:20:31,280 HE COUGHS 404 00:20:29,120 --> 00:20:31,280 And again. Oh. 405 00:20:35,040 --> 00:20:37,600 I caught Covid as well last month, 406 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:40,040 so I think it's a bit of that as well. 407 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:41,920 Then I caught a chest infection, 408 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:44,240 then I've picked up my knee injury 409 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:47,760 and I'm not able to really run or lift weights properly 410 00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:51,480 or, even in boxing at certain shots I'm throwing, it's really hurting 411 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:53,920 my leg and giving me a shooting pains in my legs. 412 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:56,960 My body's a little bit less conditioned 413 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:58,160 than what is usually is. 414 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:00,120 You know, that's probably half the reason 415 00:21:00,120 --> 00:21:02,000 why I've picked up a couple of injuries. 416 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:07,680 Nah? 417 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:11,760 Josh having his injuries and illness at the moment is an issue. 418 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:13,320 This is the ultimate prize in boxing 419 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:16,960 and Jack will be making sure that he comes at 100%, 420 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:19,600 so we need to make sure Josh is 100%. 421 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:23,240 Unfortunately, we're going to have to push the fight back. 422 00:21:23,240 --> 00:21:26,920 RADIO: While West Ham brushed aside Genk by three goals to nothing. 423 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:30,640 Boxing and Josh Taylor's December 18th World Title defence 424 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:33,280 against Jack Catterall has had to be postponed 425 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:35,640 after Taylor suffered a knee injury. 426 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:38,520 The fight in Glasgow will now go ahead on the new date 427 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:40,080 of February 26th. 428 00:21:40,080 --> 00:21:44,440 I'm gutted at the fact that I can't fight the week before Christmas, 429 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:47,680 having to cancel Christmas and keep training and... 430 00:21:48,800 --> 00:21:51,000 ..keep dedicated, so... 431 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,920 It's hard. Everybody says, "Oh, you're so lucky you're doing this, 432 00:21:53,920 --> 00:21:56,160 "you're doing that." But you're away from family. 433 00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:58,160 You're away from your home comforts, 434 00:21:58,160 --> 00:22:00,800 you're away from your friends, my fiancee, and... 435 00:22:00,800 --> 00:22:03,840 ..putting your body through a whole lot of torture and pain, 436 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:06,160 and you're kind of miserable at times. 437 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:09,800 You know, it's not all big lights and glamorous stuff. 438 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:12,880 You know, it's a very, very hard way to earn a living. 439 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:34,880 This is traditional Friday night if Josh comes home. 440 00:22:34,880 --> 00:22:38,840 I've had two deaths in the family since... 441 00:22:38,840 --> 00:22:42,680 ..and Josh has been, like, in camp for them as well, 442 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:46,880 so I know that he felt really bad because he couldn't be with me. 443 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:49,640 Times like that, that's when it's tough. 444 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:53,960 My dad was such a friendly guy, the best dad to me and my brother. 445 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:57,240 Even though you're grieving and, you know, you're feeling 446 00:22:57,240 --> 00:23:00,800 all these emotions, unfortunately, you just need to keep going on. 447 00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:07,400 I was on the phone to Danielle and she was crying 448 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,920 and, you know, I was trying to play brave. 449 00:23:10,920 --> 00:23:14,600 And I come off the phone and I'd have a cry myself and, like, 450 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:19,080 break down in tears and then I'd have to go to the gym, you know? 451 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:20,840 And I had to block it out, 452 00:23:20,840 --> 00:23:22,640 and I felt so bad that... 453 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,840 ..that I couldn't be there for them emotionally, you know? 454 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:31,440 So I still feel bad about now and... 455 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:35,920 ..I miss James so much as well. 456 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:39,560 So, yeah, it was hard. Yeah. 457 00:23:42,400 --> 00:23:45,040 Being with someone that's in sports, 458 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:48,520 there's always something going on in our lives, 459 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:50,480 so there's always something to focus on. 460 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:52,560 And just now, obviously, it's Josh's fight. 461 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:54,680 And then obviously the wedding, 462 00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:57,800 the wedding preparations are keeping me busy. 463 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,760 What's happening? All right? Hi. 464 00:24:14,160 --> 00:24:16,040 We've been together 11 years now, 465 00:24:16,040 --> 00:24:18,040 so we've been together a long time. 466 00:24:18,040 --> 00:24:21,360 We never really had a normal relationship, so to speak, 467 00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:23,840 because I was always away and training, 468 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:26,760 and so we never really got to spend an awful lot of time together. 469 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:29,560 So, when I did come back, we would go and do stuff, 470 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:30,960 stuff that was a luxury for us, 471 00:24:30,960 --> 00:24:34,960 even just going for something to eat together, going to the pictures, 472 00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:36,600 or even just go on a drive, 473 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:38,160 spend a bit of time together. 474 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:42,280 If I was maybe not enjoying boxing at times, struggling with stuff, 475 00:24:42,280 --> 00:24:44,240 she was like, "Keep at it. This is your dream. 476 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:47,040 "It's your goal. Keep at it. You can do it." 477 00:24:47,040 --> 00:24:49,000 And she's been at my back the whole way. 478 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:53,240 We actually met through my cousin. 479 00:24:53,240 --> 00:24:56,280 Josh comes up drunk and he sits down beside me, 480 00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:57,920 and I'm like, "Hiya." 481 00:24:57,920 --> 00:24:59,400 And he went, 482 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:02,880 "I hear that you're into me and that you think I'm tidy." 483 00:25:02,880 --> 00:25:06,160 And I just turned round and I'm like, "Who the fuck are you?" 484 00:25:06,160 --> 00:25:08,680 "I didn't know who he was!" 485 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:11,400 And both of us turned round and looked at my cousin, 486 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:13,720 and he was, like, killing himself laughing. 487 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:17,000 And then we just got talking after that because obviously Josh 488 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,960 knew then that it was kind of like a set-up. 489 00:25:19,960 --> 00:25:22,400 So with that night we just sat and chatted for ages, 490 00:25:22,400 --> 00:25:24,600 and had a wee dance together. 491 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,800 He made me feel at ease with him. 492 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:28,880 He was always giving me compliments. 493 00:25:28,880 --> 00:25:32,240 And, still to this day, I'm not a very confident person within myself 494 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:35,400 and I always kind of bring myself down and he's like, "No, no, no. 495 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:38,120 "You know, you're this, you're that, you're beautiful," 496 00:25:38,120 --> 00:25:39,680 and, you know, all that stuff. 497 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:43,520 And I think really, he's helped me grow as a person as well. 498 00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:55,560 How many's coming in the bus? How many's coming in this? 499 00:25:55,560 --> 00:25:58,640 I'll jump in the bus. I'll go in the bus. 500 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:03,560 This is my cousin David, and cousin Stuart, and my cousin Steven. 501 00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:05,160 All right? 502 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:07,960 La familia. 503 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:07,960 LAUGHTER 504 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:10,680 Used to wind me up something rotten all the time when I was a, 505 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:12,040 when I was a kid, like, but... 506 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:17,240 Cannae do it now, can you?! No. 507 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,000 We're on the way through to Glasgow, 508 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:23,680 getting sized up for the kilts 509 00:26:23,680 --> 00:26:27,640 and get all measured up to get all the stuff sorted for the wedding. 510 00:26:28,720 --> 00:26:31,640 You know, just when we're getting married, it's nice to keep 511 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:34,840 the family tradition and the tartan and that alive. 512 00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:38,640 Also, on the day, I'll be true Scotsman as well, 513 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:41,200 so better put some Vaseline on for the old chafing. 514 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:46,160 WOLF WHISTLES 515 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:47,560 What do you think, boys? 516 00:26:47,560 --> 00:26:49,880 How you doing? Looking smart. That is nice. 517 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,640 Oh, perfect, man. It's quality, innit? 518 00:26:56,680 --> 00:26:58,080 During the kilt fitting, 519 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:02,440 I met a young lad that wanted me to sign a set of gloves for him. 520 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:05,120 So, what are you studying at college? 521 00:27:05,120 --> 00:27:10,320 His mother sources the tartan and the stuff for the shop. 522 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,040 He told me he'd been struggling from autism 523 00:27:13,040 --> 00:27:15,760 and boxing really, really helped him. 524 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:19,080 It's good that you...got through it yourself, 525 00:27:19,080 --> 00:27:22,000 improved, socially and everything, it's amazing. 526 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:23,840 That's really cheered me up, that. 527 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,480 He was getting bullied at school and things like that, 528 00:27:26,480 --> 00:27:29,760 and he went to the boxing gym and says within a couple of weeks, 529 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:31,280 he kind of started making friends 530 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:33,280 and started coming out of his shell a wee bit 531 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:35,680 and was able to talk to people. He's at college now, 532 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:37,280 he's doing computing and stuff. 533 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:40,520 Maybe see you at a club show or fighting one day, maybe. 534 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,520 Let me know when you're fighting and I'll come along and watch you. 535 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,080 He wouldn't stop smiling at all. 536 00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:46,440 Good on him. 537 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:49,400 Amazing, man. Brilliant. I'll go home and greet about that. 538 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:52,760 Yeah, I was just thinking... It's quite inspirational. It's nice. 539 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:54,440 It's brilliant, especially... 540 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:58,240 You hear things like that, what boxing can do for people, 541 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:01,720 not just fighting... Brings you out your shell, aye. Aye. It's amazing, 542 00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:03,520 like, what it can do. Brilliant. 543 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:11,560 Believe it or not, as a kid, 544 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:15,040 I was quite shy in terms of what I wanted to get and go after things, 545 00:28:15,040 --> 00:28:18,440 and I never really believed in myself. 546 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:22,240 Boxing helped me in that way and helped me grow 547 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:26,880 self-confidence and self-belief, and gave me my self-worth. 548 00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:31,400 Everyone else sort of seen the talent that I had except for me. 549 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:38,200 He came in the gym one night with his father, 550 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:40,000 looking for some sparring. 551 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:42,520 You see if they've got a bit pop in their punches 552 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:45,400 and that's really the first thing, you think, "Oh, wow, 553 00:28:45,400 --> 00:28:47,840 "this guy's genetically strong." 554 00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:50,360 And then you look for a bit of speed. 555 00:28:50,360 --> 00:28:55,160 Through time, you look to see if they're going to stick it 556 00:28:55,160 --> 00:28:56,800 because a lot of kids that come in, 557 00:28:56,800 --> 00:28:58,880 they'll maybe be here two or three weeks 558 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:00,680 and then you dinnae see them again, 559 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:02,520 but Josh was different. 560 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:05,640 He... He just kept turning up and, 561 00:29:05,640 --> 00:29:07,840 you know, and never missed a session. 562 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:10,160 I think he would rather die than lose at anything. 563 00:29:10,160 --> 00:29:12,960 Anything... Even walking along the street... 564 00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:15,640 ..I want to beat people at walking. 565 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:16,880 So competitive. 566 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:22,600 I've never met anyone that's had a bad word to say about Terry. 567 00:29:22,600 --> 00:29:23,800 You know, I love him. 568 00:29:23,800 --> 00:29:26,840 You know, he's been there for me since I was 17. 569 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:30,840 You know, I could go to him and talk to him about any problems 570 00:29:30,840 --> 00:29:35,360 that I had in my life and he would give me sound advice all the time. 571 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:38,920 He goes out of his way to help people in the community. 572 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:42,520 People go from all over the place to Lochend now 573 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:46,040 because Terry is just...is a good guy and he'll help you. 574 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:47,440 There's not much in Lochend. 575 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:50,520 There's like a football boys' club up the road and there's us, 576 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:53,800 but we care for everyone and it's a right community gym. 577 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:56,320 There's a lot of mental health going around just now 578 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:59,200 through COVID and stuff, people being locked down and that. 579 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:02,520 I just don't understand why they lock gyms 580 00:30:02,520 --> 00:30:05,120 and open like McDonald's and KFC and stuff. 581 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:08,440 The mental health and the suicides went through the roof. 582 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:10,680 You had them running out on the beach, 583 00:30:10,680 --> 00:30:12,520 in the freezing cold, and all that. 584 00:30:12,520 --> 00:30:14,640 Aye, it was bad, bad times, 585 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:18,600 what the government done with Covid, shutting people's lives down. 586 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:27,160 Josh has done amazing things for Scottish boxing. 587 00:30:27,160 --> 00:30:29,840 They see him coming out of this wee hut 588 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:32,400 in Lochend and they think, "We can do it." 589 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:37,000 He's made them believe. Scotland used to be kind of the whipping dog 590 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:38,600 of the boxing world. 591 00:30:38,600 --> 00:30:42,160 If you got drawn a Scottish guy back in the day, it was like a bye. 592 00:30:42,160 --> 00:30:45,280 Now, the world is like, "That Josh Taylor is Scottish. 593 00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:46,880 "They must be good boxers." 594 00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:50,920 Josh has inspired these kids to push on and go for the medals 595 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:53,000 in the big tournaments. 596 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,240 You'd be here all night. 597 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:58,480 If it was up to you, you'd never get away from here. 598 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:01,280 The journey has just been like a dream, eh? 599 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:04,560 I mean, it's everybody's dream to be part of a journey 600 00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:09,200 that involves somebody winning everything right up to the pinnacle 601 00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:12,440 of a world title and then becoming undisputed. 602 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:16,360 To be part of that is just, 603 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:19,200 it's a special, special moment. 604 00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:27,680 Last week, Ben said that he was going to Vegas for a number of weeks 605 00:31:27,680 --> 00:31:32,040 and I just said, "Yeah, sign me up. I'm coming." 606 00:31:32,040 --> 00:31:35,720 We are all going over there for like three or four weeks, 607 00:31:35,720 --> 00:31:39,600 myself and Lee McGregor getting a good bit of training camp done 608 00:31:39,600 --> 00:31:40,800 and get where we want to be. 609 00:31:42,040 --> 00:31:44,920 All the massive fights have been in Vegas and my best fight, 610 00:31:44,920 --> 00:31:48,200 my biggest achievement, was in Vegas as well. 611 00:31:48,200 --> 00:31:54,200 Welcome inside the brand-new Virgin Hotel, here in Las Vegas, Nevada. 612 00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:01,360 It was a good, hostile atmosphere, in the lion's den, 613 00:32:01,360 --> 00:32:04,040 because obviously it was restricted crowd. 614 00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:06,320 It was only, I think, 1,000 people in 615 00:32:06,320 --> 00:32:08,480 and the majority were for Ramirez. 616 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:11,520 Good left hand. Drops Jose Ramirez. 617 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:14,680 I genuinely started to get worried at one point 618 00:32:14,680 --> 00:32:18,720 because...because it was four in the morning and I was steaming. 619 00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:21,960 But also it seemed so one-sided 620 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,680 that you felt something was going to go wrong, 621 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:27,280 you're going to get caught with a lucky punch or something 622 00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:29,520 and go down, but he just never looked in trouble. 623 00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:31,960 And for a fight of that magnitude, 624 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:33,920 it just shows you how far Josh has come. 625 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:36,800 Great memories, you know, 626 00:32:36,800 --> 00:32:39,280 memories that will last me for the rest of my life. 627 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:41,080 ANNOUNCER: Josh Taylor! 628 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:46,760 With it being my best achievement in my career, 629 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,320 it was a little bit tainted because COVID 630 00:32:49,320 --> 00:32:52,880 and the restrictions with travelling and getting into America, 631 00:32:52,880 --> 00:32:54,760 the people that mean the most to me 632 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:56,880 couldn't come with me and share that moment. 633 00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:59,120 I'm still super happy with what I did, 634 00:32:59,120 --> 00:33:01,600 but I believe we can go back and I'll keep winning, 635 00:33:01,600 --> 00:33:03,720 and we can go back and do it again. 636 00:33:16,920 --> 00:33:19,880 It would be nice to experience what most people come over here 637 00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:23,560 to experience, but I'm afraid we've got different dreams. 638 00:33:25,600 --> 00:33:29,120 I've come here with less tan than I came - even more pale - 639 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:30,600 so I've not seen any sun at all. 640 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:32,840 We've been just seeing the gym and the house, 641 00:33:32,840 --> 00:33:35,720 and the gym and the house. 642 00:33:35,720 --> 00:33:38,240 Only a couple of times we've had the opportunity to get out 643 00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:41,120 and actually explore a little bit of the strip and stuff, 644 00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:42,680 so it's not all glamorous. 645 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:44,320 It's more work than it is glamour. 646 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:46,320 I'd love to have a night here, 647 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:50,520 no training, just come here and experience it properly. 648 00:33:50,520 --> 00:33:53,000 It'd be class. 649 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,280 Vegas must be a hard place to do a training camp 650 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:57,680 because you're seeing everything that you could be doing 651 00:33:57,680 --> 00:33:59,280 if you were on a holiday 652 00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:01,800 and the lads need to live like monks when they're in camp. 653 00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:05,560 I love it here. My wife's from here - 654 00:34:05,560 --> 00:34:07,120 it's why we got the place. 655 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:10,760 I didn't realise how much I kind of needed this place, 656 00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:12,720 you know...the anonymity, 657 00:34:12,720 --> 00:34:16,560 and I think Josh has enjoyed that as well. 658 00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:19,280 I've known Martin now for about six years. 659 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:21,360 He's Scotland's sweetheart, you know? 660 00:34:21,360 --> 00:34:24,280 Everyone loves him in Scotland and he's a real cool guy. 661 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:27,080 He's been to a lot of my fights and he supports me. 662 00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:29,600 I don't know about you, but I'm freezing my tits off here. 663 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:31,800 This is like being back in Scotland, man. 664 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:34,640 They've went soft. Losing weight. Had that nice weather. 665 00:34:34,640 --> 00:34:37,040 There you go, son. No, I'm all right! 666 00:34:37,040 --> 00:34:38,800 He's a fucking madman. 667 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:40,080 He's a great lad, 668 00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:43,960 loyal to his family, loyal to his pals, but he is a headcase. 669 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:46,800 Erm... But I think you've got to have that to be a top level... 670 00:34:46,800 --> 00:34:48,480 You've got to have something... 671 00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:51,160 That killer instinct. You've got to have a bit of danger about you, 672 00:34:51,160 --> 00:34:54,080 you've got to have something, that adrenaline, 673 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:57,240 because you always... Aye, very nice words, Martin. Thanks very much. 674 00:34:57,240 --> 00:34:59,200 Speaking very nicely to me! 675 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,720 Look, the boy's got a great heart 676 00:35:01,720 --> 00:35:05,560 but he is a bit of a madman, you know, and I think he's a character, 677 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:08,240 and I think, in sport, people do respond to that. 678 00:35:08,240 --> 00:35:12,040 They respond to people that speak their mind. 679 00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:14,000 Sometimes I'll say things 680 00:35:14,000 --> 00:35:17,800 and I don't realise what I'm saying can be huge. 681 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:21,280 I forget about the effect it can have on other people 682 00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:23,920 because I don't see myself as a celebrity, 683 00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:26,120 and I don't see myself as anything special. 684 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:30,680 I think he needs to realise now, where he's at in his career, 685 00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:33,680 anything he says is going to be under a microscope. 686 00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:36,320 Anything, any opinion he's got, anything he's ever done, 687 00:35:36,320 --> 00:35:38,640 people are going to look at that and, if they can use it, 688 00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:40,520 it will be used to batter you over the head 689 00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:44,200 because there's always people that want to see you fail. 690 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:47,520 I sort of wear my heart on my sleeve. 691 00:35:47,520 --> 00:35:50,200 I'm an honest person and maybe say some stupid things every now 692 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:52,640 and again, but it's never with bad intentions. 693 00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:55,160 I don't believe in putting on a persona. 694 00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:58,040 If you put on a persona, you've got to maintain an image. 695 00:35:58,040 --> 00:36:01,080 I'm just myself. I'm just one of the best in the world at what he does 696 00:36:01,080 --> 00:36:03,640 and lives for it, and dedicates himself to his craft. 697 00:36:03,640 --> 00:36:08,000 I'm just a...down to Earth, working class lad at the end of the day. 698 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:17,880 We're off on our way to church, 699 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:20,360 Sunday ritual, wherever we go, 700 00:36:20,360 --> 00:36:22,520 for training camps. 701 00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:25,200 So...it'll be eventful. 702 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:26,720 It's hard to explain. 703 00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:30,760 I don't categorise myself in being a Christian or being a Muslim. 704 00:36:30,760 --> 00:36:33,160 I just feel like I have my own relationship with God. 705 00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:36,400 I always go to...to the church, while I'm away on training camp 706 00:36:36,400 --> 00:36:39,680 especially, and become good friends with a pastor. 707 00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:42,400 So the boys come along with me and they seem to enjoy it as well. 708 00:36:42,400 --> 00:36:43,880 People watching from Australia, 709 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:47,000 they're watching from all around the world, maybe even from Scotland, 710 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:50,360 or from England, my friend, the great trainer, Ben Davidson. 711 00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:53,800 Josh Taylor. I saw Lee again, a tremendous boxer. 712 00:36:53,800 --> 00:36:56,320 But I'm going to ask everybody to stretch their hands 713 00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:57,720 to them right now. 714 00:36:57,720 --> 00:37:00,000 And I want you just to begin to pray for these four men 715 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,200 who came to church. I want you to pray that, 716 00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:04,840 as they fly back to England and to Scotland, 717 00:37:04,840 --> 00:37:07,720 that they're going to feel the love of a church. 718 00:37:07,720 --> 00:37:09,400 And I want to just tell you something. 719 00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:13,680 You're just not normal guys. You have a huge, huge destiny. 720 00:37:15,240 --> 00:37:16,960 And they're warriors. 721 00:37:16,960 --> 00:37:19,040 I want to be more like them when I grow up. 722 00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:21,280 I want to be more like them in my future. 723 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:22,920 I want to be a warrior for God. 724 00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:25,280 Can everybody pray as we sing this song? 725 00:37:30,520 --> 00:37:32,400 He just said he sees things in me, 726 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:35,040 he sees the word "inspiration" and that over me, 727 00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:39,240 and to help people and drive people on and helping people in the future 728 00:37:39,240 --> 00:37:42,160 and that. I swear, as soon as the prayer was almost finished, 729 00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:45,320 I felt like a warm sensation going through my body, 730 00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:47,280 like the presence of... It's mad, 731 00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:49,800 but I definitely 100% felt something. 732 00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:54,440 It can't hurt to have God and a bit of faith in your corner, 733 00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:56,080 as well, you know? 734 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:24,120 Feet. 735 00:38:24,120 --> 00:38:25,800 That back leg. 736 00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:28,000 Time. Good stuff, boys. 737 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:29,680 Ah, fucking hell, man. 738 00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:34,000 I don't think I can ever remember the sparring 739 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:35,760 being this bad for this long. 740 00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:37,960 I feel like I'm just like not at the races. 741 00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:40,440 I can see it coming, I can see what to do, 742 00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:41,920 but my body can't pull the trigger. 743 00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:44,160 I feel like my mind is a bit fucking...hmm, fuck. 744 00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:45,800 Do you know what I mean? 745 00:38:45,800 --> 00:38:47,400 It's doing my fucking head in. 746 00:38:48,720 --> 00:38:50,600 Doing my head in, mate. 747 00:38:55,440 --> 00:38:56,760 Fuck off. 748 00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:02,800 Ah, fuck off! 749 00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:08,120 Obviously, when you do think about it, you do get 750 00:39:08,120 --> 00:39:11,280 a little bit nervous because what's at stake here in terms of, 751 00:39:11,280 --> 00:39:12,920 I've got everything to lose, 752 00:39:12,920 --> 00:39:15,880 Jack's got nothing to lose and everything to gain. 753 00:39:15,880 --> 00:39:18,160 So that little fear factor of 754 00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:22,480 getting beat...is keeping me on my toes. 755 00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:24,560 I'm not scared or anything like that, 756 00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:27,160 but I just don't want to lose. I want to win so much. 757 00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:34,600 Back at my home arena, the Hydro, where I've had most of my success, 758 00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:37,600 both as an amateur and a professional, 759 00:39:37,600 --> 00:39:40,600 so I've had plenty of great nights at Hydro. 760 00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:58,640 Get a wee feeling of nerves when you look at it. 761 00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:00,240 HE GRUNTS 762 00:40:00,240 --> 00:40:02,600 It's been a long time coming, this fight. 763 00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:04,880 Everyone's been frustrated for the last two years, 764 00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:07,160 not being able to get out, see family, 765 00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:09,960 do this, do that, go on holidays, socialise. 766 00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:13,000 I'm delighted that it's back to full capacity. 767 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:16,560 It's a good feeling for me to be back boxing in front of crowds. 768 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:20,000 CHEERING 769 00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:33,600 It feels like I've been away forever and, yeah, I can't wait. 770 00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:35,880 Josh... 771 00:40:33,600 --> 00:40:35,880 THEY TALK OVER EACH OTHER 772 00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:37,400 Josh. 773 00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:40,840 Top man, brother. All the best. Legend, bro! 774 00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:41,880 Aw, wait! 775 00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:47,520 Josh is the one with everything to lose, 776 00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:50,440 so that can put you in a very dangerous position. 777 00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:55,640 And also, the homecoming, you know he's going to want to put on a show. 778 00:40:55,640 --> 00:40:57,720 When you're at home, all the pressure's on you. 779 00:40:57,720 --> 00:41:00,080 Everybody's expecting Josh Taylor to win 780 00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:02,440 and everybody's expecting a great performance. 781 00:41:02,440 --> 00:41:04,080 And if he doesn't deliver that, 782 00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:07,080 I know Josh himself will think it's a let down. 783 00:41:07,080 --> 00:41:08,520 It'll be a dangerous fight. 784 00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:12,200 Jack, it's like getting blood out of a stone with him. 785 00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:16,880 He doesn't say much, but I'm just going to tell him tomorrow that, 786 00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:18,800 you know, it's game on now. 787 00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:22,640 It's game on now and he better be ready for a fight. 788 00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:27,200 From Lancashire, England, 789 00:41:27,200 --> 00:41:32,920 Jack "El Gato" Catterall. 790 00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:35,400 Jack Catterall, what he does in the gym, 791 00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:37,680 no-one's seen it yet on a fight night. 792 00:41:37,680 --> 00:41:40,240 He's unbelievable to watch in the gym. 793 00:41:40,240 --> 00:41:43,120 He's a special, special fighter. 794 00:41:43,120 --> 00:41:45,280 You've got the rivalry between the two fighters, 795 00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:47,680 between the two countries, Scotland and England, 796 00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:49,640 which has always been a massive rivalry, 797 00:41:49,640 --> 00:41:52,160 and it's going to be really passionate in there. 798 00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:55,240 And I think there's always a chance that Josh could maybe just get 799 00:41:55,240 --> 00:41:58,960 caught up in that a little bit too much and see red. 800 00:42:00,040 --> 00:42:03,200 This is it now, boy. It's.. This is it, now. Everything. It's happening. 801 00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:05,480 You're going to get a fucking pasting. Yeah? We'll see. 802 00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:07,760 Fucking pasting, mate. All right. 803 00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:10,320 Fighters, for the most, are always a wee bit... 804 00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:13,360 ..most of them have a screw loose and Josh certainly has that. 805 00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:16,360 And, obviously, the nickname Hank from My, Myself and Irene. 806 00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:17,960 First of all, he looks like him. 807 00:42:17,960 --> 00:42:19,920 He used to have these stupid haircuts 808 00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:21,920 that were a bit like Hank's. 809 00:42:21,920 --> 00:42:24,680 We can shake hands after, but right now it's... 810 00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:27,280 We're going to punch each other's heads in and that's it. 811 00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:30,520 Final word... Couldn't punch a phone number in, ya cunt. 812 00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:32,800 He has this almost split personality 813 00:42:32,800 --> 00:42:36,080 where, one minute, he's nice and the next minute he's not, 814 00:42:36,080 --> 00:42:39,120 and it's normally he's not nice when it gets around fighting. 815 00:42:39,120 --> 00:42:41,880 I was a bit raging with myself I dropped that C-bomb, like? 816 00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:43,680 Was you? Aye. I was like, "Ah, fuck." 817 00:42:43,680 --> 00:42:46,120 Either your mum or Danielle, it's like their heart broke, 818 00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:48,440 and they went, "Urgh!" 819 00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:48,440 LAUGHTER 820 00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:50,640 It would have been... It would have been my da'. 821 00:42:50,640 --> 00:42:53,720 Would it? It would have been my da' because my da' always goes, 822 00:42:53,720 --> 00:42:56,080 "Stop fucking swearing in interviews, man." 823 00:42:57,680 --> 00:42:59,640 I don't get emotionally attached. 824 00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:02,080 I know it looks like it on fight week sometimes, 825 00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:04,640 with my actions, but that's just me ready to go. 826 00:43:07,280 --> 00:43:09,200 You ready? 827 00:43:11,520 --> 00:43:13,440 I'm getting to that frame of mind now 828 00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:15,760 where I don't want to see him, I don't want to talk to him, 829 00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:17,480 I want to punch him in the face 830 00:43:17,480 --> 00:43:19,520 for the last 17, 18 weeks he's put me through. 831 00:43:19,520 --> 00:43:21,000 Ah! 832 00:43:23,360 --> 00:43:26,720 He's trying to prevent me from feeding my family, 833 00:43:26,720 --> 00:43:29,600 putting food on the table later on in life. 834 00:43:29,600 --> 00:43:32,520 This is what I'm doing this for, is to, after boxing, 835 00:43:32,520 --> 00:43:34,760 have a good life and provide for a family 836 00:43:34,760 --> 00:43:36,720 and he's standing in the way of it, 837 00:43:36,720 --> 00:43:40,280 you know, and he's coming here to try and knock me out 838 00:43:40,280 --> 00:43:43,640 and hurt me, so I don't want to be friends with him. 839 00:43:48,640 --> 00:43:50,320 IMITATES BORAT: Not! 840 00:43:53,200 --> 00:43:55,760 Having said that, as soon as a final bell goes, 841 00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:58,040 maybe go for a pint together, you know, 842 00:43:58,040 --> 00:44:00,080 and then we can be maybe amicable. 843 00:44:00,080 --> 00:44:03,120 But, right now, don't want anything to do with him. 844 00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:39,280 The best thing I've ever heard anybody say about boxing, 845 00:44:39,280 --> 00:44:42,520 I don't know who it was, but it rings true for me 846 00:44:42,520 --> 00:44:46,720 is that boxing is the sport to which all other sports aspire. 847 00:44:46,720 --> 00:44:50,320 That's beautiful. 848 00:44:46,720 --> 00:44:50,320 LAUGHTER 849 00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:54,840 Every kind of cliche in sport, every kind of saying and phrase in sport, 850 00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:57,200 it all comes from boxing. 851 00:44:57,200 --> 00:45:00,280 It's sport kind of concentrated, 852 00:45:00,280 --> 00:45:03,080 at its most intense and its most focused. 853 00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:07,480 I worked in Meadowbank Sports Centre. 854 00:45:07,480 --> 00:45:10,720 I remember, on his first bout up at Meadowbank, 855 00:45:10,720 --> 00:45:13,120 he was on the small hall at the time. 856 00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:15,160 I was like, "Oh, my God." 857 00:45:15,160 --> 00:45:16,760 I was so nervous. 858 00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:19,000 You all right? You all right? 859 00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:21,840 And I remember one of my managers saying, 860 00:45:21,840 --> 00:45:25,720 "He's going to fill the big hall in a few years' time," 861 00:45:25,720 --> 00:45:27,920 but I never, ever thought 862 00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:30,960 that that would be what his career would be. 863 00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:35,440 Oh, my God. What? I ate that fart. 864 00:45:35,440 --> 00:45:38,240 I don't know what I thought he would be, 865 00:45:38,240 --> 00:45:40,600 work in Asda maybe, I don't know! 866 00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:42,840 Maybe that would have been better - 867 00:45:42,840 --> 00:45:44,560 it would have been easier. 868 00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:46,440 Oh, let's do it! 869 00:45:48,640 --> 00:45:50,640 INDISTINCT 870 00:45:50,640 --> 00:45:53,400 SHOUTING 871 00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:56,880 CHEERING 872 00:46:09,160 --> 00:46:13,920 Obviously you've got that feeling in your stomach, like, that knot. 873 00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:16,760 What's going to happen? What's going to be the outcome? 874 00:46:16,760 --> 00:46:18,600 Is he going to be all right in there? 875 00:46:18,600 --> 00:46:20,240 What about if something...? 876 00:46:20,240 --> 00:46:22,440 What if he was to get injured? 877 00:46:22,440 --> 00:46:24,360 As long as Josh goes into that ring, 878 00:46:24,360 --> 00:46:28,160 but comes out the same Josh as he went in the ring - 879 00:46:28,160 --> 00:46:31,000 that's what I kind of panic about as well. 880 00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:33,040 SHOUTING 881 00:46:33,040 --> 00:46:35,520 Josh Taylor! Josh Taylor! Go on! 882 00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:39,440 The whole country is absolutely buzzing. 883 00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:42,200 You can feel it in the hotels - everywhere you go, it's just... 884 00:46:42,200 --> 00:46:44,720 The atmosphere is amazing and Josh deserves this. 885 00:46:44,720 --> 00:46:47,480 He deserves this homecoming. He deserves this crowd. 886 00:46:47,480 --> 00:46:49,320 It's going to be electric. 887 00:46:49,320 --> 00:46:53,160 SINGING FLOWER OF SCOTLAND 888 00:46:54,840 --> 00:47:00,880 # And sent him homeward tae think again... # 889 00:47:05,880 --> 00:47:07,400 Ah, ya bastard. 890 00:47:09,160 --> 00:47:11,360 HE EXHALES HEAVILY 891 00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:13,920 Josh, when you're ready, sir. Yeah. 892 00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:15,840 Let's go, boys! 893 00:47:18,080 --> 00:47:23,800 Ladies and gentlemen, the time has come! 894 00:47:23,800 --> 00:47:30,760 The Undisputed Super Lightweight Championship of the World. 895 00:47:30,760 --> 00:47:33,440 Glasgow, let me hear you! 896 00:47:33,440 --> 00:47:36,640 CHEERING 897 00:47:38,920 --> 00:47:41,680 I think the Scottish are just intense people 898 00:47:41,680 --> 00:47:43,720 and they're known to have that fighting spirit, 899 00:47:43,720 --> 00:47:45,080 and that fighting heart. 900 00:47:45,080 --> 00:47:47,800 It's about pride - it's about what that stands for. 901 00:47:47,800 --> 00:47:51,160 It's about reputation, knowing that, when he goes to battle, 902 00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:53,320 all these people are supporting him 903 00:47:53,320 --> 00:47:56,200 and he feels he's got a responsibility to... 904 00:47:56,200 --> 00:47:57,360 to do them proud. 905 00:47:57,360 --> 00:48:01,920 Scotland's Braveheart tackles England's mandatory challenger. 906 00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:05,680 CHANTING 907 00:48:06,840 --> 00:48:09,360 It's Rocky, man, you know what I mean? You're in there 908 00:48:09,360 --> 00:48:11,760 fighting for a country when you've got that backing. 909 00:48:11,760 --> 00:48:14,120 You've got everybody going to the Hydro, you know? 910 00:48:14,120 --> 00:48:16,120 You're sort of carrying the hopes of a nation. 911 00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:18,200 I mean, that's pressure I couldn't imagine. 912 00:48:18,200 --> 00:48:20,160 What about this atmosphere? 913 00:48:23,760 --> 00:48:26,040 It's the last sort of gladiator sport. 914 00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:28,120 You've got guys and women in there 915 00:48:28,120 --> 00:48:30,440 battering the life out of each other. 916 00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:32,200 And you've got all these people, 917 00:48:32,200 --> 00:48:36,040 you're kind of living their dreams for them, and you cannot switch off. 918 00:48:36,040 --> 00:48:40,040 Jack Catterall is boxing magnificently. 919 00:48:44,240 --> 00:48:46,680 The crowd right here, at the Hydro... 920 00:48:48,120 --> 00:48:49,600 Oh, good shot from Catterall. 921 00:48:49,600 --> 00:48:51,360 Getting nailed here. 922 00:48:51,360 --> 00:48:53,280 He's losing the boxing match. 923 00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:57,760 And he floors Taylor, here, in the 8th round! 924 00:48:57,760 --> 00:49:00,400 What about that?! 925 00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:02,360 Well, this is extraordinary! 926 00:49:16,640 --> 00:49:18,440 My father was a miner 927 00:49:18,440 --> 00:49:20,920 and his grandfathers was miners, 928 00:49:20,920 --> 00:49:22,560 and their fathers were miners 929 00:49:22,560 --> 00:49:24,960 and they were brought up to be hard in they days. 930 00:49:26,040 --> 00:49:28,160 Josh is like a kind of throwback. 931 00:49:28,160 --> 00:49:29,680 He was brought up the same way. 932 00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:33,840 Years ago, the old miners, you either went to the pub 933 00:49:33,840 --> 00:49:37,680 or you went to the gym. And his grandfather boxed, 934 00:49:37,680 --> 00:49:39,040 my father boxed, 935 00:49:39,040 --> 00:49:41,640 all the miners boxed, because that's all they had to do 936 00:49:41,640 --> 00:49:44,400 when they came home from their work. 937 00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:47,360 So they were all hardy, hardy men 938 00:49:47,360 --> 00:49:49,680 and Josh is just the same. 939 00:49:49,680 --> 00:49:52,640 You didn't need to teach him it - it was just natural. 940 00:49:56,640 --> 00:50:00,160 He's really biting down on that gumshield, Josh Taylor. 941 00:50:00,160 --> 00:50:03,240 THEY CHANT FLOWER OF SCOTLAND 942 00:50:09,200 --> 00:50:12,000 Crowd roaring on. 943 00:50:14,680 --> 00:50:16,680 Referee, come on! 944 00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:19,040 I think there's going to be a point off for Jack Catterall, 945 00:50:19,040 --> 00:50:21,440 so that's interesting. 946 00:50:26,320 --> 00:50:29,560 Some of these rounds tough to score. 947 00:50:29,560 --> 00:50:32,200 Good shot from Taylor. 948 00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:34,160 BELL DINGS 949 00:50:40,560 --> 00:50:43,760 Good work from Catterall, as Taylor came in. 950 00:50:46,440 --> 00:50:49,040 How much holding?! 951 00:50:49,040 --> 00:50:51,760 BELL DINGS 952 00:50:51,760 --> 00:50:55,080 A point off for Josh Taylor. 953 00:50:55,080 --> 00:50:56,440 Josh Taylor's reign 954 00:50:56,440 --> 00:50:59,520 as the Undisputed Super Lightweight Champion 955 00:50:59,520 --> 00:51:00,760 in real Jeopardy. 956 00:51:00,760 --> 00:51:03,560 ANNOUNCER: 12th and final round. 957 00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:05,880 BELL DINGS 958 00:51:09,040 --> 00:51:11,360 Well, Taylor really going after him now. 959 00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:14,560 Inside the last minute here. 960 00:51:17,520 --> 00:51:20,040 BELL DINGS 961 00:51:30,800 --> 00:51:33,440 Ladies and gentlemen, 962 00:51:33,440 --> 00:51:36,400 after 12 rounds tonight, 963 00:51:36,400 --> 00:51:41,040 we go to get the judges' scorecards for the official decision. 964 00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:49,840 Howard Foster scores the bout 113-112 Catterall. 965 00:51:49,840 --> 00:51:52,080 CROWD BOOS 966 00:51:52,080 --> 00:51:58,320 Ian John-Lewis scores the bout 114-111 Taylor. 967 00:51:58,320 --> 00:52:00,400 CROWD CHEERS 968 00:52:02,400 --> 00:52:04,720 Victor Loughlin scores the bout 969 00:52:04,720 --> 00:52:10,480 113-112 for your winner by split decision... 970 00:52:12,120 --> 00:52:14,480 ..and STILL... 971 00:52:14,480 --> 00:52:19,680 CROWD CHEERS 972 00:52:23,320 --> 00:52:27,240 ..Josh Taylor! 973 00:52:29,960 --> 00:52:33,440 Yass! Come on! 974 00:52:33,440 --> 00:52:35,640 Yo! We don't give a fuck! 975 00:52:39,680 --> 00:52:41,480 That is bullshit. 976 00:52:41,480 --> 00:52:44,680 Everybody knows who the winner was - Jack Catterall. 977 00:52:44,680 --> 00:52:47,440 Jack Catterall boxed his fucking head off. 978 00:52:47,440 --> 00:52:52,080 Three rounds. He put him on his backside as well. And Josh won. 979 00:52:53,440 --> 00:52:55,000 Oh, my God. 980 00:52:55,000 --> 00:52:56,720 I was really, really... 981 00:52:56,720 --> 00:52:58,480 See when he said a split decision... 982 00:52:58,480 --> 00:52:59,520 Oh-ho-ho! 983 00:53:01,360 --> 00:53:02,560 Yeah. 984 00:53:06,560 --> 00:53:10,440 When you're in survival mode for the last four or five rounds, 985 00:53:10,440 --> 00:53:12,800 judges don't like it when you're the challenger. 986 00:53:12,800 --> 00:53:16,040 He put a lot of pressure on himself, though, Josh. A lot of pressure. 987 00:53:17,600 --> 00:53:18,840 Very hard. 988 00:53:18,840 --> 00:53:20,880 HE SIGHS 989 00:53:20,880 --> 00:53:22,920 Pissed off. 990 00:53:30,240 --> 00:53:33,280 I know that I'm 100 times better than that. 991 00:53:33,280 --> 00:53:36,200 I just felt like a shadow of myself in the fight, you know, 992 00:53:36,200 --> 00:53:41,280 in terms of reactions and being up for it and being motivated to win. 993 00:53:41,280 --> 00:53:43,800 I don't know what it was, but I just felt very frustrated 994 00:53:43,800 --> 00:53:45,720 with the performance that I put on. 995 00:53:50,160 --> 00:53:54,600 After we got back to the post-fight press conference, 996 00:53:54,600 --> 00:53:57,240 people were sort of looking sort of surprised 997 00:53:57,240 --> 00:53:58,800 that I thought I'd won, 998 00:53:58,800 --> 00:54:02,880 but it wasn't until the day after the fight 999 00:54:02,880 --> 00:54:05,880 and I turned my phone back on and it was just full of abuse, 1000 00:54:05,880 --> 00:54:09,160 hateful messages, and then Danielle started getting it 1001 00:54:09,160 --> 00:54:13,280 and my little sister started getting it. 1002 00:54:13,280 --> 00:54:16,280 I was getting comments underneath a picture 1003 00:54:16,280 --> 00:54:19,600 that I'd put up the night before of me in my outfit 1004 00:54:19,600 --> 00:54:22,880 and one guy had said that I belonged in the ground, 1005 00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:24,680 which wasn't that bad. 1006 00:54:24,680 --> 00:54:27,360 But then, in my private messages, that was, 1007 00:54:27,360 --> 00:54:29,760 "You're going to get your throat slit. 1008 00:54:29,760 --> 00:54:31,960 "If I ever see you, you're going to get stabbed, 1009 00:54:31,960 --> 00:54:33,440 "you know, stuff like that." 1010 00:54:35,800 --> 00:54:38,240 I can remember lying in bed crying sometimes, you know, 1011 00:54:38,240 --> 00:54:40,920 and thinking, "I can't believe people 1012 00:54:40,920 --> 00:54:43,240 "are actually saying this to me." 1013 00:54:45,320 --> 00:54:47,680 How can you say that to someone's family? 1014 00:54:47,680 --> 00:54:50,400 You know, it's meant to be a sport at the end of the day. 1015 00:54:50,400 --> 00:54:52,200 It's not anything to do with my family. 1016 00:54:52,200 --> 00:54:54,200 It's nothing to do with me. 1017 00:54:54,200 --> 00:54:57,720 I went there and did my job, and that should be the end of it. 1018 00:54:57,720 --> 00:54:59,400 It's three weeks now, 1019 00:54:59,400 --> 00:55:02,000 I've had the chance to watch it back like four times. 1020 00:55:02,000 --> 00:55:04,320 You know, it's a close fight. It's a very close fight. 1021 00:55:04,320 --> 00:55:05,680 It could have went either way. 1022 00:55:05,680 --> 00:55:10,120 I felt that, if it had went to Jack by one or two points, that's fine, 1023 00:55:10,120 --> 00:55:14,200 you know? I wouldn't have argued. DOG BARKS 1024 00:55:14,200 --> 00:55:17,880 But I felt that I did enough, just, to win the fight, 1025 00:55:17,880 --> 00:55:20,960 and a lot of it's done to perception, 1026 00:55:20,960 --> 00:55:24,040 from that angle or whatever, you know, 1027 00:55:24,040 --> 00:55:25,840 and so the judges saw what they saw 1028 00:55:25,840 --> 00:55:28,160 and they're very well-respected judges. 1029 00:55:28,160 --> 00:55:34,200 And it's not my...my fault that they gave me the win. 1030 00:55:34,200 --> 00:55:36,080 Come on, let's go. 1031 00:55:36,080 --> 00:55:39,360 He had one-off night and everyone's jumped on the bandwagon 1032 00:55:39,360 --> 00:55:41,680 about how he's a terrible boxer, 1033 00:55:41,680 --> 00:55:43,400 and how he's got no class, 1034 00:55:43,400 --> 00:55:45,200 how he's terrible for the sport 1035 00:55:45,200 --> 00:55:46,560 and stuff like that. 1036 00:55:46,560 --> 00:55:48,320 You don't know him. 1037 00:55:48,320 --> 00:55:51,880 He's dedicated he's life, he's dedicated everything to this sport, 1038 00:55:51,880 --> 00:55:54,480 and that's what people are forgetting. 1039 00:55:56,520 --> 00:55:58,400 Danielle's my rock, you know? 1040 00:55:58,400 --> 00:56:01,280 She's there for me no matter what, you know? 1041 00:56:01,280 --> 00:56:03,320 The good, the bad and the ugly. 1042 00:56:03,320 --> 00:56:05,040 We've had a few of these moments 1043 00:56:05,040 --> 00:56:07,200 and she's my everything, she's my world. 1044 00:56:14,480 --> 00:56:17,720 Josh now needs to move up to a different weight class. 1045 00:56:17,720 --> 00:56:19,960 You know, he's done everything at 140. 1046 00:56:19,960 --> 00:56:23,640 He's wanting to be a world champion at welterweight, you know? 1047 00:56:23,640 --> 00:56:25,640 He's wanting to chase more dreams. 1048 00:56:26,920 --> 00:56:30,080 I can now go ahead and chase the big goals and the big fights. 1049 00:56:30,080 --> 00:56:32,280 I've got two or three years left. 1050 00:56:32,280 --> 00:56:34,800 I want to become a two-weight world champion, 1051 00:56:34,800 --> 00:56:37,440 which the fire's fully burning for me to do. 1052 00:56:37,440 --> 00:56:40,640 But there's also a fire burning there now to have the rematch 1053 00:56:40,640 --> 00:56:43,520 with Jack, and fight him again and prove the doubters wrong. 1054 00:56:43,520 --> 00:56:47,320 Jack Catterall boxed his fucking head off. 1055 00:56:47,320 --> 00:56:48,800 I've got a lot of doubters, 1056 00:56:48,800 --> 00:56:51,520 but I've proved people wrong my whole career... 1057 00:56:51,520 --> 00:56:55,480 A big left hand drops Jose Ramirez! 1058 00:56:55,480 --> 00:56:58,200 ..and I plan on keeping to do it. 1059 00:56:58,200 --> 00:57:01,440 I think he would rather die than lose at anything. 1060 00:57:01,440 --> 00:57:06,440 He's going to fill the big hall in a few years' time. 1061 00:57:06,440 --> 00:57:08,960 Boxing is the truth. 1062 00:57:08,960 --> 00:57:11,560 Josh is like a kind of throwback. 1063 00:57:11,560 --> 00:57:15,640 There's definitely something deep in me that comes from both sides 1064 00:57:15,640 --> 00:57:19,400 of my family, of tough working class fighting men 1065 00:57:19,400 --> 00:57:22,400 and that's what I want to be remembered as, 1066 00:57:22,400 --> 00:57:25,240 just a fighter that wasn't afraid to take on all challenges 1067 00:57:25,240 --> 00:57:27,400 and allcomers and give it his all.