Josh Taylor has told talkSPORT that he is grateful to former trainer Shane McGuigan and former manager Barry McGuigan for their work building his career.

The unified super-lightweight champion recently cut ties with the McGuigans’ Cyclone Promotions to link up with Top Rank and be managed by MTK Global for the next stage of his career.

Getty 2 Josh Taylor won the World Boxing Super Series last year

📝 Josh Taylor has now responded to Cyclone's statement after he signed with Top Rank and MTK Global today… pic.twitter.com/SmtLu8wrtc — Michael Benson (@MichaelBensonn) January 9, 2020

In the aftermath of the parting, Cyclone released a statement claiming Taylor was still under contract with them, to which Taylor responded by saying he’d terminated due to “various breaches of contract.”

His ex-trainer Shane McGuigan has since posted a couple of jibes on social media.

Taylor told talkSPORT Fight Night: “I can’t really say too much on it at the minute, I put a statement out on my social media platforms.

“But I will say this, I terminated my contract firstly in the right way through the board and through all the correct ways of doing it, and then I went and looked for a new promoter and got a new promoter.

Getty 2 Josh Taylor was well-guided by the McGuigans

“So everything’s all above board and I’ve done it all correctly. That’s all I’m willing to say on that.

“But I’d like to take this opportunity as well to thank Shane and thank Barry for all the time and all the results they got me, the opportunities they gave me at the time.

“They done brilliant, I can’t fault them for the fights they got me and the matchmaking, and Shane was a great coach.

“It’s just time for me to move on and that’s what happened.”

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Regarding his next fight, Taylor said: “It’s not in concrete yet, but the wheels are in motion, I’ve got to take care of my mandatory from the IBF, Apinun Khongsong from Thailand.

“I’ve got to take care of him first, I won’t be looking past him and looking for the Jose Ramirez fight…

“I think it’s most likely gonna be in Scotland which is absolutely brilliant.

“Don’t mark my words on it, but I’m hoping for it to be in Scotland and likely it will be.”

Since this interview, Taylor’s new promoters Top Rank have been beaten in the purse bids for the bout by Khongsong’s representatives Sampson Boxing, who also plan to stage the bout in the UK.