Josh Taylor vs. Jack Catterall II | DAZN - 25 May 2024

[JamesPhilips]

PPV? Ffs.
Hope fishing companies and upping their bandwidth lol

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Might not even happen on this date

[garethhop]

How many PPVs so far this year? Probably be double next year lol.

Too many considering the outside factors of people being skint and the quality of some of these matches, this and the Eubank scrap should be on Sky Sports on a Saturday night.
Taylor v Catterall even with the controversy of last time is not a PPV match

Sky have only done one, I think.

Sky did Brook/Khan and Usyk/Joshua
BT did Fury/Whyte, Fury/Chisora and Joyce/Parker
DAZN did Canelo/GGG and tried to do Benn/Eubank

Think those are the 'UK' non-Youtube boxing PPVs on the main 3 this year...

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Taylor-Catterall Promoter Hints at Improved ‘Judging’ Process For Rematch

Promoter Ben Shalom wants to roll out an improved judging protocol for the upcoming junior welterweight title bout between Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall.

Shalom, the head of Boxxer, did not specifically say what such an improvement would look like or entail. In any case, Shalom made it clear that he wants some element of reform for the rematch since the first fight was regarded by many as one of the worst decisions in recent British boxing history.

In February, Scotland’s Taylors successfully defended his undisputed 140-pound titles against England’s Catterall in a 12-round bout in Taylor’s home turf of Glasgow, winning a split decision (112-113 for Catterall, 114-111 and 113-112 for Taylor)—many in the boxing world, however, were outraged by the result, believing Catterall, who even dropped Taylor at one point during their fight, had done more than enough to be declared the victor. Public outcry was harsh, as fans and pundits quickly characterized the verdict as another black eye for boxing, a sport that has long struggled to stave off suspicions of skullduggery.

The British Boxing Board of Control launched an investigation into the judges and ended up downgrading the status of veteran judge Ian John-Lewis, who scored the bout 114-111 for Taylor. The Board took issue with John-Lewis’ margin.

After refusing to entertain a rematch with Catterall and planning on a move to go up to 147 pounds, Taylor ended up backtracking. To ensure the rematch, Taylor relinquished three of his 147-pound titles — WBA, WBC, and IBF. His rematch with Catterall is reportedly being targeted for late February or early March for Taylor’s WBO title.

In a recent interview, Shalom, whose promotional company is a major partner with Sky, the British broadcaster, made it clear he wants to implement “something new” as it relates to the judges.

“I think Taylor-Catterall II will be the first fight where we introduce something,” Shalom told SecondsOut. “You will see it early next year. And yes, look, we want to see a lot of change in the sport. We’ve seen that with judging, we’ve seen that with regulation, we’ve seen that with doping. Everything. We are working hard. That’s why we wanted to come into the sport. We’ve proven a lot in terms of shows and signings, and I feel next year will be an even bigger year for us and something Sky has committed to as well.

“I’m hoping Taylor-Catterall II could be a fitting way to see something different.”

Shalom said that the new wrinkle could potentially consist of adding more judges.

“I think for the big fights a lot of people want to see a different way of judging the fight, or maybe more judges, or maybe judges in the (television) trucks,” Shalom said. “We’ve seen it everywhere in every other sport they do everything they can to get big decisions right. And there’s no sport where winning and losing matters more than boxing. Something we are constantly pushing forward, something Sky and [Sky boxing head] Adam Smith are massive advocates for.”

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Josh Taylor: "Catterall Rematch Will Be a Massively Different Outcome!"

“Some people think he won the fight, then cool. That’s what you think, that’s your opinion. It’s the other sh!t that I’ve been having a problem with, the people attacking myself and my family," Taylor told ID Boxing.

“I’m not really bothered. But when your family is getting sh!t, I definitely got the fire in the belly and the motivation and the hunger and fire to do a number this time and say I told you so, and then to everybody else, a big f---- you.

“It’s going to be a massively different outcome. I don’t think he gets anywhere near me this time. Listen, if he can’t beat me at my worst and I have a very close fight, he’s not going to beat me when I’m anywhere near my best. I bet he’s not going to get anywhere near me. So, that’s all I have to say. I can’t wait and hopefully get the fight announced soon and get it on.”

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Josh Taylor: "Catterall Rematch Will Be a Massively Different Outcome!"

“Some people think he won the fight, then cool. That’s what you think, that’s your opinion. It’s the other sh!t that I’ve been having a problem with, the people attacking myself and my family," Taylor told ID Boxing.

“I’m not really bothered. But when your family is getting sh!t, I definitely got the fire in the belly and the motivation and the hunger and fire to do a number this time and say I told you so, and then to everybody else, a big f---- you.

“It’s going to be a massively different outcome. I don’t think he gets anywhere near me this time. Listen, if he can’t beat me at my worst and I have a very close fight, he’s not going to beat me when I’m anywhere near my best. I bet he’s not going to get anywhere near me. So, that’s all I have to say. I can’t wait and hopefully get the fight announced soon and get it on.”

Pipe down Taylor you wet wipe.

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Contracts have been signed!!

[Verdi]

Hopefully we see a better Taylor now he's split from Davidson.

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[Dioufy]

This being on PPV may have finished my viewing of boxing tbh. Currently watching the snooker over the CBS bill.

War Likowski!

[Boxerbeetle]

This being on PPV may have finished my viewing of boxing tbh. Currently watching the snooker over the CBS bill.

War Likowski!

It’s honestly bonkers having this on PPV. The first fight was even shown on Sky Mix or whatever it’s called, so didn’t need Sky Sports to watch it. I told all my casual mates to tune in and watch how good Taylor is. Naturally, he performed badly, my mates all think he’s a bum, and think I don’t know shit about boxing. Maybe they’re right, but they certainly won’t be buying the PPV to watch someone they don’t think is very good

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Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall have signed up for rematch after first fight controversy, confirms Ben Shalom

BOXXER promoter Ben Shalom has confirmed Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall have agreed a rematch in 2023, a year after their first controversial fight.

Taylor retained his undisputed super-lightweight world titles against the WBO’s mandatory challenger at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro Arena in February via a split decision.

The result, however, was hugely contentious and many ex-boxers, fans and pundits claimed the impressive Catterall had done enough over a gritty 12 rounds.

Judge Howard Foster did score the bout 113-112 in Catterall’s favour, but the other two cards on the night backed the champion, 114-111 (Ian John-Lewis) and 113-112 (Victor Loughlin).

One of the most talked about fights of 2022, the result was investigated by the British Boxing Board of Control and led to John-Lewis’ demotion from an A Star Class to an A Class Official.

[Steveh583]

Have a feeling Taylor will put it right this time

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Have a feeling Taylor will put it right this time

That almost always happens..

Then Taylor will say, 'i told you so'

Same thing with happened with Taylor-Persoon and others.

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Asked if he had a message for Taylor, Catterall said: "Not too much turkey, fatboy. See you in the new year."

[dan28uk]

Have a feeling Taylor will put it right this time

That almost always happens..

Then Taylor will say, 'i told you so'

Same thing with happened with Taylor-Persoon and others.

mayweather v castillo springs to mind

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[keithmoonhangover]

Taylor will win this one. Remortgage your house and bet it all on Josh.

[a force]

Agree. Taylor for me as well. I’ve no idea what Davison had him trying to do in the first fight. I’d imagine McNally will get him back doing what he did under McGuigan

[coneye]

Well i know i had big raps on Taylor , and think the Catteral night was just a bad night , at the office , agree with others and think the real Josh Taylor will show up for this one ,,, If its similar results ,, Dunno suppose i'll have to sit and think real hard did i overestimate Taylor or Underestimate Catteral ,,, I'll think about it for about a minuite , then say who cares , this sort of fight needs to happen more .

Regards ppv ,, well i think the jurys out for me on that one , after all we just watched Fury or rather others watched fury get paid very well to batter his mate who was never ever gonna give a good fight unless he was allowed too ,personaly i refused to watch it ,

, why should'nt these two earn big when there both really putting it on the line especielly Josh

[veriton]

Didn't Taylor v Prograis bomb on PPV? And that was a quality fight. I bought that but not interested in this, didn't even watch first one.

[jonny]

Can see the rematch to be all foreign officials. Take the pressure off the British judges. Or maybe British ref and judges all neutral.

[Coco]

Can see the rematch to be all foreign officials. Take the pressure off the British judges. Or maybe British ref and judges all neutral.

Often the foreign ones are worse, want to be invited back

[margaret thatcher]

bad judging has little to do with who is a home country judge and who is from abroad, it's about who is the a-side fighter. foreign judges judging in the uk are often just as bad or worse than local judges

glen feldman for example was a 'neutral' judge for usyk-aj, but look at his steaming pile of diahreea score