Ivan Baranchyk - Josh Taylor today

[philly]

NEW YORK (May 18, 2019) --After a long-wait, IBF Junior Welterweight champion Ivan "The Beast" Baranchyk will make the 1st defense of his crown when he takes on fellow undefeated Josh Taylor today at The SSE Hydro Arena in Taylor's hometown of Glasgow, Scotland.

The bout can be seen live on DAZN at 2 PM ET

Baranchyk, who won the title with a 7th round beatdown of Anthiny Yigit on October 27th in New Orleans, is ready to prove that he is the definition of a world champion by stepping into the lions den of Glasgow.

Baranchyk of Amursk, Russia, who now calls Miami, Oklahoma home is considered one of the hardest punchers in boxing, and he knows that he will have to land some of his patented power shots in order to silence an expected sellout crown at The Hydro Arena.

The 26 year-old Baranchyk is a five-year professional, who already has wins over seven undefeated fighters, and he is looking for Taylor to be the eighth to fall while at the same time defending his title and advancing to the finals of the WBSS and meet Regis Prograis in what would be a big fight in The United States

The highly-regarded Taylor has a record of 14-0 with 12 knockouts, has wins over undefeated fighters Ohara Davies (15-0) and Ryan Martin (22-0) as well as former world champions Miguel Vazquez and Viktor Postol

"One of the great privileges of my life is being associated with Ivan Baranchyk. He is all class, and people have no idea about his level of determination. I expect him to win and to build a legacy as not just a champion but a great champion," said David McWater of Split-T Management.

Baranchyk weighed in at 139.6 lbs. Taylor weighed in at 140.2 in his initial attempt, but came back and made the 140 lb weight limit an hour later.

Baranchyk is managed by Split-T Management and is promoted by DiBella Entertainment, Fight Promotions and Holden Productions.

[victor-romeo]

I bought DAZN today to watch this fight. This has potential to be really good one. Tough because I already have ESPN plus and want to see Saunders , and Joyce fights which come on a similar time.

Got to cancel my HBO subscription I am lagging.

[diddy]

Taylor on pts for me. Venue will help. He’s also a much sharper boxer IMO. Baranchyk is a swarmer. Taylor is a technician.

[kbackup408]

Today we will find out if Taylor is world class (i know i'm stating the obvious considering it is for the IBF strap but I rate Ivan very highly)

[diddy]

I don’t personally believe Baranchyk is better than Postol.

[kbackup408]

I don’t personally believe Baranchyk is better than Postol.

fair enough, respect that I think Postol vs Baranchyk would be a good scrap!

[Cent0089]

Will WBSS youtube channel put a live stream does anybody know ?

[Ruthless-RKO]

Will WBSS youtube channel put a live stream does anybody know ?

Doubt it. Just had a look.

[KiwiRider]

Bloody Sky TV showed the other 1/2 final but it seems they are not showing this fight in my country.

[victor-romeo]

I didn't know Freddie Roach was training Baranchyk. I saw on youtube once old video of Baranchyk being trained by Cuban trainer. With limited data on both fighters, I think i have seen Taylor fight once and Baranchyk fight once. I think Baranchyk going to crush Taylor.

[jamamb]

taylors a much more skilled boxer and his technique is much tighter then ivans wide shots, but he can get drawn into a tear up i feel. could be very interesting if that happens

[victor-romeo]

We will see if coming from a tougher economic back ground vs technique comes into play.

[victor-romeo]

I can get a rough idea of Taylor amateur experience online but can't find Baranchyk amateur record and tournaments.

[jamamb]

ivan was world junior champ i think, i believe he turned pro pretty young so didnt have much senior level experience

[Best Coast]

Good 5th round for Ivan. Even Taylor's corner admitted Josh lost round 5!!

[Best Coast]

Wow!! Nice turnaround for Taylor in round 6!!

[victor-romeo]

Taylor is a dirty snake..

[Best Coast]

Taylor is a dirty snake..

I havent noticed him do anything dirty today...feel free to fill me in. I came onto livestream at end of 4th!!

[victor-romeo]

hit low, hit on breaks, cuffed behind head, and gave laces many times....and then complains to ref anything close to him..

[jujigatame]

Baranchyk making every round tough, but it looks like this is headed to a pretty wide decision.

[victor-romeo]

Taylor very good dirty fighter..

[Best Coast]

Ivan bounced back from the double-KD in 6th, but looks like JT's fight to lose at this point/

[victor-romeo]

Taylor won..

[diddy]

Postol is better than Baranchyk but that’s prob a toss up fight.

[victor-romeo]

Postol is more skilled but Postol is past his prime at 34...