Formerly undisputed super lightweight champion Josh Taylor, who still holds the IBF and WBO belts, wants a rematch with Jack Catterall after his controversial win over Catterall in February. Taylor told Sky Sports that if the Catterall rematch can’t be made, he’s moving up in weight. “I’m not hanging around,” he said. “I’ll be moving to welterweight and trying to chase fights up there.”
Taylor also stated, that his feat of becoming the first unified champion from the UK wasn’t appreciated. “I became undisputed world champion and it got ignored!” He added that he had a lack of motivation for the Catterall fight and was a shadow of himself in that fight.
Catterall beat him handily. A robbery. He needs to give Catterrall a rematch!
Taylor – Catterall 2 is probably a big fight and a good payday now. He fights that fight and lets a couple of more big fights happen at welterweight, then he can go up.
I think we’re about to see a lot more undisputed and unified champions – we already do. Some of them will be really celebrated, some not so much. If 147, for example, gets settled, that guy will get massive respect because he will be the winner of a fight everyone has wanted to see for years, Crawford – Spence. But if you really think about it, I don’t think Canelo is much more respected because he unified 168 and if he beats Paul Butler later this year, I don’t think we’re going to start looking at Inoue any different either. Charlo’s no big star and Devin Haney may be one day, but he isn’t right now. So I think Taylor’s case is about to be pretty normal going forward for awhile.
Ha! Rematch with Catterall is the only fight that makes sense for Taylor at this point! IF he avenges his loss it’ll be good on his resume! However IF he loses again, then not so much. Besides, there are a few hungry MOFO’s with power @40 like Zepeda waiting to knock his block off!! As for 47 let’s see if he could handle the likes of Ortiz or Boots Enis!!!
Haha, he gets his butt handed to him by Ortiz and/or Ennis.
trying to skim by here and beat a few fringe contenders at 47 to stay relevant for a couple of years
It’s going to be tough at welterweight for him..
Taylor will defeat Catteral convincingly, if they fight again; and at welterweight he should stay away from the top guys for as much as he can (Crawford, Spence, Enis, Ortiz, Ugas…..) but a massive UK fight can be made, and is against Connor Ben.
Spence and Crawford seem primed to move up. I don’t think they should fight Boots, either.
lets see if it happens
Taylor didn’t fill out the scorecards. Good on him for seeking the rematch.