| (L-R) – Claressa Shields & Pryce Taylor شهر نیویورک (جولای 17, 2025) - چشم انداز سنگین وزن شکست ناپذیر Pryce Taylor (8-0, 6 کوس) is set to return to the ring on July 26هفتم در دیترویت. After coming off his June 6هفتم knockout win over و چشمه (14-8), h is aiming to join Brooklyn’s elite heavyweights in an exclusive club. “I’m the next great heavyweight out of Brooklyn,” Taylor proclaimed. “And I’m a top American heavyweight prospect today.” Achieving this rare distinction is notably challenging, as Brooklyn has produced world heavyweight champions such as مایک تایسون, ریدیک BOWE, فلوید پترسون, مایکل Moorer, و شانون بریگز—all members of a special group within boxing’s premier division. With the exception of Briggs, each has been inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Taylor posted a 60-11 رکورد آماتور, won two New York Golden Gloves titles, and finished as heavyweight runner-up four times at the USA Boxing National Championships. As a professional prize fighter, the 28-year-old Taylor has put many of his opponents to sleep, much like his Brooklyn predecessors, محتوی 6 توقف در او 8 مسابقات, the last four in a row. “The Pryce is Right” has been training at Brooklyn’s Cops & Kids Boxing Gym with head trainer Benny Roman. Taylor also trained for three weeks in Delray Beach, فلوریدا, with trainer Sugar Hill, focusing on movement and sparring. “It definitely helped,تیلور گفت. “There was good sparring there, and it was a good experience overall.” |
![]() Taylor values the exposure from fighting on a Salita Promotions card headlined by unbeaten, undisputed heavyweight champion کلارسا شیلدس (16-0, 3 کوس), که چهره Lani Daniels (11-2-2, 1 ضربه فنی) در دیترویت. پیش, Taylor stopped Jerell Nettles in round two on a Shields-headlined event. “This time will be different,” Taylor pointed out. “My last fight on Claressa’s card, I was in the opening bout, off-TV, and nobody was there. I had a good seat to watch her fight, and I met her. But I’m on the main card and my fight will be streamed live on DAZN this time.” In his first scheduled 8-round bout, Taylor will take on Robert Simms (12-4-1, 3 کوس) از Saginaw, میشیگان. Two fights prior, Simms defeated previously unbeaten James McKenzie Morrison (20-1-2, 18 کوس), who is the son of the late world heavyweight champion تامی موریسون. “I’ve heard my opponent comes to fight,” Taylor concluded. “I really like fighting an opponent like that instead of the guys who don’t stand and fight. I also like fighting at this pace (7 weeks since his last fight) because I love boxing. من در حال آموزش برای 8 دور, but it’s not going the distance. I don’t see him lasting four rounds, if that.” “I’ve kept Pryce very busy because to become a great from Brooklyn, you better be tough, talented and able to work for it,” Pryce’s manager کیت سالیوان اعلام. “He has had eight fights in just nineteen months as a pro, and three fights fell out due to opponent injuries. That’s an old-school pace I am keeping him on. Not every fighter can handle that rate of fighting, Pryce eats it up. He can reach the upper echelon. It will take continued hard work. “The last time he fought on Clarissa’s card, we walked into an empty arena. I leaned into him and said, ‘Enjoy the silence, soon enough you will be entering into jeering packed arenas.’ And on July 26هفتم that will come true.” سالیوان, a former New York State Athletic Commission Deputy Commissioner, also manages 3-time, 2-division World Champion Miyo Yoshida (18-5) and Bronx NYPD officer نساء رودریگز (3-1, 1 ضربه فنی). Sullivan co-manages IBF Welterweight World title challenger Paddy “The Real Deal” Donovan (14-1, 11 کوس) and his cousin, pro-debuting middleweight Jim Donovan, alongside coach and ex-world champion اندی لی. |










