Josh Taylor has announced a late change of opponent for his title fight in Glasgow on March 3 after Humberto Soto was forced to withdraw.

The 26-year-old 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medal winner was set to put his WBC super-lightweight Silver belt on the line against two-time world champion Soto but the 37-year-old Mexican has been injured in sparring.

He will be replaced by Nicaraguan fighter Winston Campos. The 25-year-old southpaw has 30 wins from 38 fights and was last defeated in 2013.

Taylor said on social media: "Unfortunately my opponent for next Saturday, Humberto Soto, has been injured in sparring.

"I will now be defending my WBC Silver title against Winston Campos.

"I'd like to thank my team and the WBC for ensuring I had a quality replacement at such short notice.

"Next Saturday is going to be a great night for Scottish boxing and I'm looking forward to putting on a career best performance."

Taylor, who has won all of his 11 fights since turning pro, is aiming to land a world title fight in the near future and had seen the challenge of former world champion Soto as a significant step towards that aim.

Blain McGuigan of Cyclone Promotions said: "We were informed that Humberto Soto had sustained a serious cut during a sparring session and that he would not be able to compete.

"This is professional boxing and unfortunately these things can happen, we wish Humberto a full recovery.

"Josh now has to focus on Winston Campos, who is a hard-punching southpaw full of confidence and he will be hell-bent on taking Josh's title next weekend."

Campos added in a statement: "I'm delighted to get this opportunity. I was in training for another fight when I got the call.

"I'm coming to Glasgow to shock the world."

"He (Taylor) is talented, no doubt, but I'm cut from a different cloth, I'm from the streets of Managua. I have the style to give him nightmares and I'm very confident that I can rip that title from him."

The fight with Campos will headline a card at the SSE Hydro on March 3 that also features Joe Ham, Jason Easton and Charlie Flynn.