Lockport's Champ Joe Taylor Wins Another World Title Fight

Mixed martial arts fighter Joe Taylor, who is from Lockport, won his World Kickboxing Association Pro World Title Match on Saturday, May 21, 2022.

The World Kickboxing Association is the oldest and largest organization of its kind, with over 107 countries in its membership. The WKA operates across the US and worldwide to provide fighters in numerous disciplines, including various forms of Kickboxing, Muay Thai, MMA, and Submission Grappling, with the best opportunities to compete and to move up through the ranks of other top-level competitors.

There were a total of 9 fights that night at the Cornerstone CFCU Arena.

Brian Cox vs. Christian Kelver, Christopher Felix vs. Toby Moore, Doug Ross vs. Colin Bing, Jason Morales vs. Trey Guiher, Jaden Meder vs. Antoine Henry, Justin Hubbard vs. Deryck Brown, Matthew Konka vs. Evan Shanley, Brett Valone-Garloc vs. Lucas Sweeney, and the World Title Match was Stweart Graham vs. Joe Taylor.

Taylor, who promoted the MayDay fight through his company Taylor Promotions, also owns an MMA gym - JT's Boxing & Fitness Club.

Joe Taylor was born and raised in Lockport, New York. Even if his parents always worked hard to put food on the table and keep a roof over their heads, he states he came from a very poor background. As a result, a lot of his youth was spent on the streets doing what he calls 'getting in trouble.' His father was a legendary boxer in upstate New York who wanted Joe to follow in his tracks. Still, up to age 26, Joe was too caught up being on the other side of the law to care about a professional fighting career or a professional career at all, for that matter.

Check out some photos from the fight below.