The Pryce is Right Now: Taylor Calls For Fights With Wilder, Itauma and Ortiz
- Matthew Brown
- Jul 24
- 3 min read
07/23/2025
Undefeated American heavyweight Pryce Taylor (8-0, 6 KOs) is preparing for what is being called the biggest fight of his career as he gets set to face veteran Robert Simms on July 26 at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan. The bout will be part of the Salita Promotions card headlined by undisputed middleweight champion Claressa Shields, and it marks a pivotal moment in the career of a fighter Dmitry Salita believes is the next big thing out of Brooklyn.
Taylor, a towering and charismatic presence, came to boxing later than most—discovering the sport by chance in 2017. Since turning professional in 2023, he’s quickly made noise with his power, athleticism, and swagger, building momentum and a reputation as a name to watch in the heavyweight division.
“I’m a little hungry, though. Got some food for me. I’m going to eat real good,” Taylor said with a grin in a recent interview with Brunch Boxing, referencing both his appetite and his ambitions.
The Brooklyn native—who played college basketball before lacing up the gloves—is now looking beyond, but not past Simms and calling for major names in the sport. And he’s not tiptoeing around the giants.
“I want to fight Deontay Wilder before he leaves,” Taylor said boldly. “I want to fight Luis Ortiz.”
Both Wilder and Ortiz are former top five and two of the most feared punchers of the last decade. But Taylor, never one to shy away from a challenge, sees them as stepping stones on his path to greatness.
And he’s not just targeting the American scene.
Taylor has also called out British heavyweight prodigy Moses Itauma, widely regarded as the future of the UK heavyweight scene.
“Go over there, beat their fighters, take their fans,” Taylor declared. “I want to go to UK and I want to get booed. I want to feel that. I need that. You know, as a New Yorker, you want to get booed. That’s what brings the dog out. I want to get booed. I dare them to boo me.”
His confidence isn’t misplaced. Brooklyn has produced a lineage of heavyweight stars—from Mike Tyson and Riddick Bowe to Shannon Briggs and Jarrell Miller—and Taylor is keen on writing his name into that legacy.
With the American heavyweight landscape in need of a new star, Pryce Taylor is pushing to be the next one up—willing to fight anyone, anywhere, at any time.
“I feel like if I’m doing what I’m supposed to do in the ring, when it’s time to fight, I think everything’s going to come,” he said. “People are going to see my status like Crawford, you know? It took a while for people to actually know who he is. So, it might be fast, it might take a while, but as long as I’m fighting and making money, shit, I don’t give a fuck who knows me.”
With that mindset, power in his fists, and Brooklyn fire in his chest, Pryce Taylor is betting that his time is right now—and he’s daring the heavyweight division to step up before he takes over.
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