Josh Taylor lost his super-lightweight world title to Teofimo Lopez in a dreadful comeback outing at the Madison Square Garden Theatre in New York City on Saturday night.
The Scot hadn't fought in over a year since his controversial undisputed title defence against Jack Catterall in Glasgow's OVO Hydro. Meanwhile, former unified lightweight champion Lopez had been active - fighting twice since his November 2021 defeat to George Kambosos Jr at the same venue.
And that ring rust showed as the rounds wore on, with Taylor's impressive early start overturned by the latter stages of the fight for an ultimately comfortable win for the American. An unanimous decision went Lopez's way, allowing him a chance to score a decisive victory at the same theatre where he embarrassingly lost his belts two years prior.
