
TV Picks of The Week: Taylor and Catterall Finally Rematch After 2022 Controversy
Taylor-Catterall II leads the way on a busy week that also features Jukembayev-Redkach and Rozanki-Okolie.

Taylor-Catterall II leads the way on a busy week that also features Jukembayev-Redkach and Rozanki-Okolie.

BoxingScene.com has learned that a date and venue have finally been agreed for Josh Taylor (19-1, 13 KO’s) and Jack Catterall (28-1, 13 KO’s) to reignite their rivalry.

Josh Taylor thinks his fight with Teofimo Lopez is a significant upgrade from one with Jack Catterall. Scotland’s Taylor, the WBO 140-pound titlist, is headed toward a showdown with Brooklyn’s Lopez later this summer, possibly in June in Taylor’s hometown of Edinburgh.

Promoter Bob Arum says he had no choice but to put the kibosh on the rematch between Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall after it became clear Taylor’s WBO junior welterweight title would not be at stake.

Jack Catterall doesn’t think much of a proposed junior welterweight title fight between Josh Taylor and Teofimo Lopez. That’s because Catterall, Lancashire, England, thinks both fighters are taking the easy way out by deciding to face each other.

Jack Catterall wants to get a move on with his career, Josh Taylor be damned. Amid reports that Scotland’s Taylor, the former undisputed junior welterweight champion, is entering into an agreement to face Teofimo Lopez for Taylor’s WBO 140-pound title, Catterall has had to shift his priorities.

The snake-bitten rematch between Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall may not get rescheduled until the summer, according to Taylor’s promoter.

The timetable is not immediately known for the oft-rescheduled Josh Taylor-Jack Catterall rematch. A hard deadline is in place, however, for Taylor to justify why he should remain champion. Scotland’s Taylor must comply with the WBO’s official Interim Medical Certification notice, with the lineal and WBO junior

Josh Taylor’s latest snafu is no minor one. It was announced Saturday that the Scottish junior welterweight champion had suffered a foot injury—a torn plantar fascia—thus forcing a postponement to his scheduled March 4. rematch with England’s Jack Catterall in Glasgow, Scotland.

Yet another delay has come with the Josh Taylor-Jack Catterall rematch. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Scotland’s Taylor suffered a tear on the arch of his foot, thus forcing a postponement of his planned lineal/WBO junior welterweight championship defense. The second fight with Catterall was due to take place March 4 at OVO Hydro Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, the same site which saw Taylor claim a questionable split decision victory last February 26.