Boxing Match: Josh Taylor wants to fight Jack Catterall again but will move up a division if a rematch is not possible

Posted at: July 08, 2022

Boxing Match: Last year, Josh Taylor became the undisputed super-lightweight champion, a historic achievement for a British boxer. When he defeated Jose Ramirez in Las Vegas, he unified all four major titles in only 18 professional fights.

However, the proud Scotsman believes that his controversial February victory over Jack Catterall in Glasgow has overshadowed all of his accomplishments, depriving him of the respect he deserves.

“I’ve had more attention after that fight than I have from the biggest fight in my career when I became undisputed world champion, first-person, to do it from the UK ever, and it got kind of ignored,” Taylor said.

“Maybe if I’d have been someone else from somewhere else on a bigger platform it would have been completely different.

“My achievements have gone under the radar quite a lot.”

But he added, “It doesn’t matter for me, I’m not in the sport to get pats on the back, I’m in the sport to be the best fighter I can be.”

Taylor’s rivalry with Catterall has grown sour since his contentious points victory in Glasgow. The Scotsman has an unfinished business.

“I was a shadow of myself in that last fight, you could see it evidently from the documentary [Portrait of a Fighter] the problems I had in the camp and stuff,” he explained. “A shadow of myself, a shadow of my former self in the ring.

“A big part of it was motivation, and a big part of it was losing weight because of my lack of motivation.

“My career-worst performance demonstrates that I simply wasn’t myself.

“I’m looking forward to getting back in the ring and returning to my former talents, my former displays and former self of being spiteful and going in for the kill.”

Josh Taylor will not be required to face mandatory challengers for the WBA and WBC titles because they have been vacated. That should free him up to face Catterall again. It’s undoubtedly the fight he seeks. “I’ll be moving up to welterweight and chasing a second weight world title,” he said if it can’t be made.

“I’m not hanging around, I’ll be moving to welterweight and trying to chase fights up there,” he said.

“I feel like I’ve had a quick rise to the top of the sport in my career, so to speak. I’ve faced every fighter in the division, champion after champion.

“I recently defeated five undefeated fighters in a row, champion after champion.”

“I feel I’ve earned my stripes to be in big lucrative fights now and that’s what I want to do.”

That was always his goal. But as an amateur Taylor almost lost direction. It was Danielle, now his wife, who kept him focused on his goals. “When I was coming through, before I turned professional, I wasn’t enjoying it. I never had any money, I would never do anything and I just couldn’t see a light at the end of a tunnel,” Taylor said.

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