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Jack Catterall breaks silence on “s***” Josh Taylor result with ... (Mirror.co.uk)

The Englishman gave the performance of a lifetime against undisputed super lightweight champion Taylor, but it wasn't enough to claim the belts in a dodgy ...

"You know what hurts the most," Catterall said in a message to his 56,000+ followers. Both he and Catterall had points removed for infractions during the bout, but it was still believed that he had done enough to take a decision win in the champion's home country. And he has slammed the judging decision, which included one 114-111 card after both men had a point deducted, in a tweet saying: "What a load of s***!"

Undisputed champion Josh Taylor set for welterweight after Jack ... (Cumnock Chronicle)

Taylor was awarded a split decision in Glasgow despite making a slow start and being knocked down in the eighth round. Both fighters were docked a point each ...

But he never won the fight and I told him after it. Asked about a possible rematch with Catterall, Taylor said: “I will be moving up. Carl Froch also disagreed with the decision, but added: “If you go on survival mode for the last four rounds of a World Title fight, the judges do not like it. Today I should of been waking up with all of the belts. “F***** me in every way possible for over two years, finally got the fight. Especially when you’re the challenger.

'Is welterweight a step too far for Taylor?' (BBC Sport)

The irony about the word 'undisputed' remaining alongside Josh Taylor's name today is that everything about his victory over Jack Catterall is disputed by ...

Josh Taylor next fight: Why Jack Catterall rematch is unlikely but ... (iNews)

When boxing descends into farce, nobody wins - but at least Taylor, unlike Catterall, will be able to put it behind him.

It was far from a marquee performance from myself but the right man won the fight. It is a pity that his first defence of the WBO, WBA, IBF and WBC titles has been overshadowed. “That was a 60 per cent performance from me but I still won the fight. Even a likely British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) hearing with the judges will provide little consolation. Catterall, a plucky super-lightweight from Chorley, would be unlikely to win a rematch regardless. Perhaps the same applies in Scotland now as Josh Taylor saved face on what was very nearly a disastrous homecoming against Jack Catterall.

Jack Catterall can feel robbed as well as heartbroken after a ... (Daily Mail)

Josh Taylor was in denial when he insisted he had kept his undisputed world title 'one hundred per cent.' Robert Smith is right to be requesting a full ...

Taylor's willing persistence may have edged a few of the scruffier rounds but the scoring by judge Ian John Williams of 114-111 in his favour was inexplicable. Whether Taylor can make as big an impact against such gifted welterweights will depend on what extent this disappointing, rather one-dimensional performance was a consequence of poundage loss. Taylor had performed magnificently through a succession of battles against the world's best at super-lightweight to become king of that division. As did Catterall and his trainer Jamie Moore, who was justified in venting his anger thus: 'Jack works all his life for this moment, to be crowned world champion. Beats the champion in his own back yard then has it snatched away from him by absolute robbery. Robert Smith is right to be requesting a full accounting of their scoring from the three judges.

Josh Taylor wins but fails to shine; what now and what's the future of ... (ESPN.co.uk)

Josh Taylor struggled in what could have been his last fight at junior welterweight? What's next for him and the 140-pound weigh class?

I won the fight in the second half of the fight, I took over, he was doing a hell of a lot of holding and spoiling." Catterall is no longer under the radar after a clever performance against Taylor, and in defeat he will find more opportunities come his way. Not that it is any consolation, but after boxing so fluently Catterall is likely to get a world title shot again when Taylor gives up the belts. "I don't think there's any need for a rematch, I think I won the fight by a couple of rounds. Spence, the WBC and IBF champion, faces WBA titleholder Yordenis Ugas in a unification bout April 16 and like Crawford, Spence is an established welterweight and an elite pound-for-pound fighter. He'll have a chance to shake off the performance in a new weight class, but that opportunity will now likely come vs. Catterall was able to time Taylor with precise overhand lefts, and he used that shot to floor the champion in Round 8. Brook is a strong welterweight and despite the defeats to Spence and Crawford, he showed recently that when he is motivated he is still dangerous. a confidence-building opponent rather than the top welterweight in the world. Against Taylor, he proved he's a serious player in the 140-pound division, a weight class that figures to soon have four available titles up for grabs once Taylor vacates. There's the dangerous volume-puncher Subriel Matias, and Prograis remains one of the elites at 140. The 31-year-old said afterward that this "most likely will be my last fight at 140."