Scot Josh Taylor found himself among the millions shrouded in a crimson fog on Wednesday as Canadian wild fires left the Big Apple smoked.
But his coach Joe McNally still can’t believe Scotland’s ring king hasn’t touched down in New York blanketed in the warm embrace of Britain’s boxing public. The 32-year-old in the US looking to add another remarkable notch to his long list of achievements as he takes on Brooklyn brawler Teofimo Lopez.
Victory in the iconic Madison Square Gardens in the early hours of Saturday would emulate the achievements of his hero Ken Buchanan and nudge the UK’s first ever four-belt undisputed champion another step higher up the ladder on the list of Scotland’s greatest ever sporting giants. Yet McNally just can’t get his head around the fact that those feats still don’t seem to matter to those living south of Hadrian’s Wall.
