Taylor on 'chasing titles' & Easter Road ambition

Taylor would like to complete a trilogy of fights with Jack Catterall after one win apiece

Josh Taylor still has ambitions to become a two-time world champion as he enters the "final chapter" of his career.

The former undisputed light-welterweight world champion is coming off back-to-back defeats to Teofimo Lopez and Jack Catterall.

But the Scot, now a free agent after the expiry of his contract with promotor Bob Arum’s Top Rank, insists he still has big fights to come.

"I'm going to fish the market and seeing what promoters are out there and what fights are for me," the 33-year-old told BBC Sport Scotland on a visit to his former school, Preston Lodge High.

"There's plenty options out there for me now. I'm free to do as I please and it opens up a lot more options, so it's an exciting period."

Taylor took time off following May's loss to Catterall and says he would relish a third bout with the Chorley fighter to settle their long-standing rivalry.

"I'd like to sort of right that decision and fight him again," said Taylor, who defeated the Englishman in their controversial first encounter in Glasgow in 2022.

"But if not, I'm in a great place now to get a comeback fight. It would be nice to get back to winning ways, then get back to chasing titles and become a two-time world champion, which is still a big goal of mine."

Fight night at Easter Road?

The Tartan Tornado has enjoyed tremendous support at the Hydro and, while he would welcome a return to the Glasgow venue, Taylor would like to fulfil a long-held ambition to put on a show in his home city of Edinburgh.

"I'd love to have a fight at Easter Road," he revealed. "I know Ben Kensell at Hibs is very keen to have me there, so I just need the right dance partner.

"I'm further down the queue right now to the big fights. I've got to earn my way back to title contention now.

"If I become a two-time world champion then I can retire a happy man. I can retire a happy man now, but I've still got a lot of ambition and I've still got a lot of drive left to achieve more.

"I'm still very much in the mix at the top level, so it's still achievable to have a stadium fight on at Easter Road, which gives me the butterflies and the tingles just thinking about it.

"I've still a couple of big fights left in me. I'm excited for the final chapter of my career."