{"id":16375,"date":"2019-05-14T07:00:51","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T07:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/?p=16375"},"modified":"2019-05-14T07:00:51","modified_gmt":"2019-05-14T07:00:51","slug":"baranchyk-fans-in-glasgow-can-expect-me-to-beat-up-their-hero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/?p=16375","title":{"rendered":"Baranchyk: Fans in Glasgow can expect me to beat up their hero"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ivan Baranchyk is looking to pull the big upset in Josh Taylor&rsquo;s backyard on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>For a while there, it looked like IBF junior welterweight titleholder Ivan Baranchyk wasn&rsquo;t going to go forward with his May 18 fight against Josh Taylor, a World Boxing Super Series semifinal in Glasgow.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&rsquo;t that Baranchyk didn&rsquo;t want the fight or anything, but there were highly-publicized issues with the tournament organizers, and Baranchyk indeed dropped out of the tournament. Things got fixed, the fight is on for Saturday, and Baranchyk says he&rsquo;s ready to pull an upset.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am very confident of winning,&rdquo; said Baranchyk. &ldquo;I am going to beat Taylor by beating him again and again and then beating him some more.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old Baranchyk (19-0, 12 KO) won his IBF belt on Oct. 27 last year in New Orleans, battering and stopping Anthony Yigit after seven rounds, leaving Yigit&rsquo;s face a swollen disaster:<\/p>\n<figure><img alt=\"Boxing: World Boxing Super Series 2018\/19 Season Quarter Final\" data-mask-text=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/usa_today_11600361.jpg\"><cite>Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports<\/cite><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p>That&rsquo;s the sort of punishment that Baranchyk will hope to dish out to Taylor (14-0, 12 KO), a highly-regarded fighter and the definite favorite this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I know that Taylor is a talented fighter and that the fight is in his backyard, but I am looking forward to putting on a spectacular performance and defending my title,&rdquo; Baranchyk said. &ldquo;The boxing fans in Glasgow can expect me to beat up their hero.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Baranchyk is now training with Freddie Roach, having split with Pedro Diaz. The winner of Taylor-Baranchyk will move on to face Regis Prograis later this year in the tournament final.<\/p>\n<h4>\n<em>Bad Left Hook will have live coverage for Taylor-Baranchyk and Inoue-Rodriguez this Saturday at 2:00 pm ET, streaming live on <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/blhdazn\"><em>DAZN<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n<\/h4>\n<p><ins class=\"adbladeads\" data-cid=\"25014-4024605408\" data-host=\"web.adblade.com\" data-tag-type=\"4\" style=\"display:none\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script async src=\"http:\/\/web.adblade.com\/js\/ads\/async\/show.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ivan Baranchyk is looking to pull the big upset in Josh Taylor&rsquo;s backyard on Saturday. For a while there, it looked like IBF junior welterweight titleholder Ivan Baranchyk wasn&rsquo;t going to go forward with his May 18 fight against Josh Taylor, a World Boxing Super Series semifinal in Glasgow. It wasn&rsquo;t that Baranchyk didn&rsquo;t want [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16376,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16375"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmaexchange.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}