Brooklyn’s Pryce Taylor (9-0, 6 KOs) is emerging as part of his borough's long standing boxing legacy. Brooklyn has produced world heavyweight champions such as Mike Tyson, Riddick Bowe, Floyd Patterson, Michael Moorer, and Shannon Briggs—all International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees with the exception of Briggs—and Taylor is the latest to emerge from Brooklyn. The 6’ 4”, 275-pound Taylor returns to the ring on December 20th, fighting Michael Polite Coffie (13-5, 10 KOs), on a live DAZN stream in an eight-round bout from Fox Theater in Detroit.  Presented by Taylor’s promoter, Salita Promotions as well as King’s Promotions, the card is headlined by a rematch of a draw this past September between Olivia Curry (7-2-2) and Kaye Scott (4-1-1), once again for the vacant WBC middleweight championship.

 

“I’m very happy to be fighting for the fifth time in 2025 and again in Detroit, which is becoming my second home,” Taylor said. “I’m making a statement in this fight that I belong with the best heavyweights in the United States.”

 

Taylor is coming off an eight-round unanimous decision, also in Detroit, shutting out Robert Simms (12-4-1) in a dominant performance, winning every round on each of the three judges’ scorecards. 

 

Coffie has fought the likes of Fabio Wardley (20-0-1, 19 KOs, who is now the WBO heavyweight champion) and Gurgen Hovhannisyan (9-0, 8 KOs), among his more notable opponents. [Coffie has not won a fight since mid-2022].

 

“I’m going to outbox him from start to finish,” Taylor added, “and if the knockout comes, it comes. The Pryce is always Right.”  The 29-year-old Taylor had a 60-11 amateur record, including victories in two New York Golden Gloves tournaments, and he finished as heavyweight runner-up four times at the USA Boxing National Championships.