Comments Thread For: Josh Taylor Overcomes Knockdown, Edges Jack Catterall With Razor-Close Split Decision

[Oregonian]

One of the usual suspects was involved tonight.

Bob Arum promotes Josh Taylor.

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Truer words have never been spoken.

[*Makaveli*]

As much as I love the tartan clad tornado he didn’t win that fight . Even a draw would have been questionable. It was a bad night at the office for him . Really should give the guy a rematch , I don’t see it happening though

[Walexhris]

1. Ugly, sloppy, ugghly fight
2. Catterall should have won by at least 4pts
3. Great effort by him, but Jack Catterall is not a world class fighter
4. something is very wrong in the Taylor camp.

Time would tell,if he's a world class fighter

[Luilun]

Mayweather vs Castillo type judging

[Bret_Hart]

Josh Taylor lost that fight

[thack]

Even Josh knows he lost .....he should give him an immediate rematch .
If he doesn't on that performance he gets destroyed at 147

[thack]

I'm a supporter of Josh and maybe he's tight at the weight BUT he let himself down with his post fight comments.

[Knuckle sandwich]

When a fighter says he makes the weight easy, never believe him, Taylor lost this fight, was given a gift, its all down hill now for him, he showed that he can't box.

[Tag, You're Hit]

I don't see this fight as a robbery. I felt Taylor eked it out, but I could see it going either way. Catterall fought a good fight - let it go in the 2nd half - but, to me, it's more that Taylor looked terrible. Pressing. Couldn't find the range. Never seemed to know where Catterall would be - to anticipate that and hit him there - but, again to my eye, it wasn't so much what Catterall was doing rather what Taylor WASN'T doing. Close fight for sure, but several of the rounds Taylor won 2:30 out of 3:00, with Catterall looking to steal the round at then end with flurries that only half made it to the target.

I really can't believe how pedestrian Taylor looked. Throughout the fight I just kept thinking about how Bud and Thurman would destroy him.

[Bargara]

Just watched a replay

Far from the worst robbery

Caterall probably won but Taylor is the bigger draw

That’s boxing

Taylor has literally zero chance against Bud

Move up, make some $, take a beating and do a Khan