Comments Thread For: Catterall on Josh Taylor: Fans Want The Rematch, It Will Be a Big Domestic Fight

[Corelone]

Arum probably looking to match Taylor against Barrios or Avanesyan, and if he wins have him fight Crawford.

You are probably right. Arum can smell blood, but I don't think Taylor gets by any of them now. He left it at 140.

[crimsonfalcon07]

Not sure Taylor is even that big of a money fight any more. Catterall got robbed, took Taylor's soul, and then Teo took what's left. I don't expect Taylor to look like much at 147.

[theface07]

The way Cat looked vs Linares makes me think Josh was shot back then. Josh unified in some wars and hasn't looked right since. That was no mean feat. I don't mind Cat looking for the rematch, but now, like he said, domestic level.

You may be right but I happen to think it was Taylor's lack of discipline more than anything else. His ego got massively inflated, he started partying flat out and took Catterall lightly. He wasn't the same person in the interviews leading up to the Catterall fight. He used to be a likeable guy but he was irritable, arrogant and unnecessarily belligerent. Of course he should've been humbled after the Catterall fight but it didn't seem like he was.
I think against Teo he just got beat by a motivated fighter with immense talent that was on full display. Maybe Josh was tight at the weight but that's his own fault. He never mentioned anything about the weight being a problem before the fight.
Catterall did look mediocre against Linares. Was that intentional to try and lure Taylor into a rematch or is he really that bad? Only time will tell.