140 pound contender Jack Catterall must be the most frustrated, angry fighter out there today. How long has the southpaw been waiting for his thoroughly deserved return fight with Josh Taylor?
With his contractual dispute with Eddie Hearn and Matchroom Boxing still ongoing, WBO cruiserweight champ Lawrence Okolie will defend against mandatory challenger David Light on March 25th at the Manchester Arena.
WBO light welterweight champion Josh Taylor suffered a right-foot injury, and will need to postpone his originally scheduled fight with Jack Catterall on March 4th until later.
In a fight that could be dubbed “Finally,” 140 pounders Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall will fight their rematch on March 4, the venue Glasgow, the scene of the first fight, which took place in February of this year.
If you have been frustrated whilst being made to wait for the demanded return fight between Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall, imagine how Catterall must feel.
Former lightweight champ Teofimo Lopez says lots of fans want to see him fight Josh Taylor, the former unified ruler at 140 pounds.
As fans know, Josh Taylor will finally face Jack Catterall in a return meeting of their hugely controversial February 2022 fight, this next February, at the Hydro Arena in Glasgow (the scene of the first fight).
Back in February, after being awarded one of the most controversial decisions in years in defeating Jack Catterall, unified 140 pound champ Josh Taylor said he was done at the weight, that he was moving up.
Three months on, and Jack Catterall is still angry and hugely disappointed, and with good reason. The decision that went defending unified 140 pound champ Josh Taylor’s way back in February was one of the most controversial seen in modern times (shortly after an investigation into the scoring of the fight, judge Ian John-Lewis was downgraded by the BBB of C, from an A Star Class to an A Star Official).
Hatton Says “Let’s Try Isolating The Judges”
A week on and plenty of people are still talking about the controversial decision Josh Taylor was awarded over his 140 pound title challenger Jack Catterall in Glasgow, Scotland.