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

[Sid-Knee]

Lol, don't take offense to it.

Nothing against the UK in general but 'typical" isn't a bad thing.

What is a "typical" Mexican boxer for example?

A boxer who comes forward, gets into exchanges, takes a lot of damage.

So don't get so fussed over me saying "typical UK boxer".

There's nothing special about Taylor. Nothing. He's no different than Brook, AJ, Khan, et al.

He's no Calzaghe, no Froch, no Fury.

Nothing wrong with that. But he's not all that, relatively speaking.

You said "Typical" as to clearly suggest he was low level. Taylor and the other 3 you mentioned are superior to any American out there. Resumes are beyond what they can achieve. If you're looking at hype without substance and a typical American fighter, look no further than Colbert last night. They're called the goods for no reason what so ever. Taylor, like any fighter in history, is undefeated until they're not. Plus, it took a "UK fighter" to beat him where the others couldn't. It was just a strange comment considering.

[diplo]

Lol, don't take offense to it.

Nothing against the UK in general but 'typical" isn't a bad thing.

What is a "typical" Mexican boxer for example?

A boxer who comes forward, gets into exchanges, takes a lot of damage.

So don't get so fussed over me saying "typical UK boxer".

There's nothing special about Taylor. Nothing. He's no different than Brook, AJ, Khan, et al.

He's no Calzaghe, no Froch, no Fury.

Nothing wrong with that. But he's not all that, relatively speaking.

I don't think there's such thing as a 'typical' UK or US fighter. But there is such a thing as a 'typical' Mexican/South American or Eastern European fighter.

[Billevans]

Rounds 1-4: where we discover Catterall is sneaky, Taylor looked like he was surprised by this and forgot what to do and the ref completely loses control
Rounds 5-10: Catterall continues going into his bag of tricks, Taylor thinks he's going to get points for footwork and missing punches and the ref is now acting like a substitute teacher.
Rounds 11-12 and Scoring: Catterall continues the same game plan, Taylor looks for a participation award, the ref also wants a participation award, Catterall wins the fight and the judges once again show why boxing will never gets it's act together

[Phill lynott]

Taylor has become overconfident. He lost that fight. He knows it. Home cooking feeds the host 9 out of 10 times. Top rank feeds their boys always.
BTW- in the states, what do ********es and Arum differ in? NOTHING!

[MMegatron]

Take this story down from boxingscene. Taylor lost. Everyone knows.

[Zodogg]

I remember Taylor getting roasted a couple of years ago after a nightclub incident due to excessive drinking.

If anything, one suspects that the habit has not been entirely kicked. Taylor's focus and precision were entirely missing last night. If alcohol is really starting to creep inside Taylor's life, then his fall has just begun.

If his fall is beginning....he should never think about fighting TBC.......he definitely going off that cliff

[Damn Wicked]

I'm curious to see how consistent people's opinions on fighters are....

For those of you who complained about Okolie's excessive holding in his fight with the Polish guy, are you people as disgusted with Catterall's holding tactics in his fight against Taylor? Seems like not many people are bothered by the constant holding that Catterall did.

[Tag, You're Hit]

I’d be curious to know how you scored it round by round. It was one of the sloppiest championship fights in recent memory (both guys’ fault) but I found it hard to give Taylor many clear rounds.

Sloppy is a great description of that fight. There weren't many clear rounds overall. I felt Taylor pressed the action and landed more shots on the inside, so he got my nod in many of the closest rounds. And, to be clear, I'm not a fan of Taylor per se. I don't dislike him and I appreciate his skills (prior to this fight, anyway). But I'm certainly not a homer. All that being said, here's how I scored it:

Taylor: 9 10 9 9 9 10 10 8 10 10 9 10: 113
Catterall: 10 9 10 10 10 9 9 10 9 8 9 9: 112

[The Big Dunn]

I was answering a specific comment. I know Jack clearly won. But it's Bob Arum who has his hand in this. He made sure that all 4 titles were going to be fought over by his fighters and not kept in the UK. A Police investigation needs to be brought over this and tackled once and for all.

So you still find a way to blame an American for the corruption. Typical.

[NachoMan]

Sloppy is a great description of that fight. There weren't many clear rounds overall. I felt Taylor pressed the action and landed more shots on the inside, so he got my nod in many of the closest rounds. And, to be clear, I'm not a fan of Taylor per se. I don't dislike him and I appreciate his skills (prior to this fight, anyway). But I'm certainly not a homer. All that being said, here's how I scored it:

Taylor: 9 10 9 9 9 10 10 8 10 10 9 10: 113
Catterall: 10 9 10 10 10 9 9 10 9 8 9 9: 112

Thanks. I disagree with much of it, but appreciate you posting it. I'll rewatch and see if my initial opinion changes any.