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CONFIRMED: Josh Taylor mandatory will not feature on UK Pay Per View

No sooner had UK fans given a disgruntled reaction to Amir Khan finally facing Kell Brook – albeit – on Pay Per View, good news comes regarding Josh Taylor.

The undisputed Scot’s homecoming mandatory clash with Jack Catterall on February 26 will not add a further pay burden to the British public.

With Khan vs. Brook on February 19, just one week before Taylor vs. Catterall, Sky Sports and BOXXER chiefs decided against a PPV double whammy.

Taylor vs. Catterall will now get broadcast on standard Sky Sports at no extra cost to regular subscribers.

Top Rank and BOXXER announced a pre-event press tour to drum up support for the event, including confirming TV scheduling.

The information read: “Undisputed junior welterweight world champion Josh “The Tartan Tornado” Taylor and WBO No. 1 contender Jack “El Gato” Catterall will meet face-to-face. They’ll conduct a two-city press tour to announce their upcoming showdown Saturday, February 26, at The SSE Hydro.

Taylor heads to his native Glasgow in Scotland.

“The bout will be televised live in the UK on Sky Sports and stream exclusively on ESPN+ in the United States.

“The tour kicks off Tuesday, December 7 at The Royal Scots Club in Taylor’s hometown of Edinburgh, Scotland. It moves to London the following day, Wednesday, December 8, at the Sports Direct Flagship store on Oxford Street.

“Taylor (18-0, 13 KOs) returns to the ring for the first time since unifying all four belts in May with a convincing decision over the previously undefeated Jose Ramirez.

“Catterall (26-0, 13 KOs), from Chorley, England, is a former British and WBO Intercontinental champion.”

PAY PER VIEW

WBN understands that Sky Sports Box Office will televise at least four Pay Per View events in 2022, potentially six if big enough events can get made.

Khan vs. Brook is the first of the year and could set a worrying benchmark for UK fans. A price of £24.95 could get locked in – up from the usual £19.95.

Anthony Joshua and Tyson Fury both recently pushed through the average rate. This price tag could now become the cost moving forward in the future.

Furthermore, Khan vs. Brook pricing will get revealed soon.

Would be a shame if it was, only a week after Khan-Brook.

Taylor vs. Jack would never sell on PPV.

Taylor-Catterall press tour set

Undisputed junior welterweight world champion Josh “The Tartan Tornado” Taylor and WBO #1 contender Jack “El Gato” Catterall will meet face-to-face for a two-city press tour to announce their upcoming showdown February 26 at The SSE Hydro Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. The tour kicks off Tuesday in Taylor’s hometown of Edinburgh, Scotland, and moves on to London the following day.

Taylor (18-0, 13 KOs) returns to the ring for the first time since unifying all four belts in May with a convincing decision over the previously undefeated Jose Ramirez. Catterall (26-0, 13 KOs), from Chorley, England, is a former British and WBO Intercontinental champion.

The bout will be televised live in the UK on Sky Sports and will stream exclusively on ESPN+ in the United States.

Like this mismatch could ever sell on pay-per-view !! how generous of the sky boffins….. laughable

El Gato

If Brook Khan is £25 how many are going to pay that much for two washed up glass jawed money grabbers?
It's going to be a flop. My poms moan about £20

KiwiRider wrote: ↑02 Dec 2021, 13:37 If Brook Khan is £25 how many are going to pay that much for two washed up glass jawed money grabbers?
It's going to be a flop. My poms moan about £20

we need to get cheeseman on the card for u to part with ur money amigo

MightyWarrior wrote: ↑02 Dec 2021, 13:30 Like this mismatch could ever sell on pay-per-view !! how generous of the sky boffins….. laughable

El Gato

man looks just like a cat though, him jennings and cullen, the cheshire cats

Offthehook wrote: ↑02 Dec 2021, 14:33

KiwiRider wrote: ↑02 Dec 2021, 13:37 If Brook Khan is £25 how many are going to pay that much for two washed up glass jawed money grabbers?
It's going to be a flop. My poms moan about £20

we need to get cheeseman on the card for u to part with ur money amigo

Nah, it's a principle thing.
(I do love the Cheese though)
These guys should have fought 5 years ago, that would have been awesome. To cash out this late, with no titles on the line, both as fragile as glass, a bullsh*t undercard and a top dollar PPV to boot? Stuff that. They can shove it.

KiwiRider wrote: ↑02 Dec 2021, 13:37 If Brook Khan is £25 how many are going to pay that much for two washed up glass jawed money grabbers?
It's going to be a flop. My poms moan about £20

Is Brook glass-jawed? Eye-socket flawed perhaps? Both definitely money grabbers though.

It's not exactly his native Glasgow.

Fearful_Freddie wrote: ↑02 Dec 2021, 14:37

KiwiRider wrote: ↑02 Dec 2021, 13:37 If Brook Khan is £25 how many are going to pay that much for two washed up glass jawed money grabbers?
It's going to be a flop. My poms moan about £20

Is Brook glass-jawed? Eye-socket flawed perhaps? Both definitely money grabbers though.

Punch resistance is way down I think.
GGG and then Spence took something from Brook. Khan may even knock him out, who knows, and at this stage I don't care.

MTK

Four-belt world 140-pound champion Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall went head to head for the first time as they met at their launch press conference in Scotland on Tuesday. Catterall (26-0, 13 KOs) challenges the Scottish Taylor at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on February 26nd, live on Sky Sports. The press conference took place in Edinburgh, and Catterall made their intentions perfectly clear. Catterall, who will be a visitor from England, said: “It’ll mean the world to me to become world champion. It doesn’t matter where the fight takes place, and I’m more than happy to go to Scotland. Josh’s fans add an energy to the event. I’ll get up there and take the belts back to England. Josh has never fought anybody like me, and I know that on my day if I perform at my best then I can beat him.

“This is a massive fight for Britain. A lot of people will be travelling from England to Scotland, so it’s good to have an an army there to support me. Myself, Jamie and Nigel have been studying Josh, and there’s certainly stuff we can implement to beat him on February 26th.”

Press Release | Josh Taylor: I'm Not Overlooking Catterall, I Know He's Dangerous and Talented

Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall went head to head for the first time as they met at their launch press conference in Scotland on Tuesday.

Unbeaten fighters collide as undisputed super-lightweight champion Taylor (18-0, 13 KOs) meets Catterall (26-0, 13 KOs) at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow on February 26, live on Sky Sports.

The press conference took place in Edinburgh, and both defending champion Taylor and challenger Catterall made their intentions perfectly clear.

Taylor said: “Jack is a very good fighter. He’s 26-0 and has been knocking on the door of world titles for a few years now. He has worked hard to achieve these goals, and my job is to make sure he doesn’t get anywhere near them.

“Everybody is already asking me about what’s next. They’re overlooking Jack, but me and my team are not doing. We know he’s a dangerous fighter and talented. We’ve seen fighters in recent history look past their opponent and it goes wrong.

“I’m not talking about what’s next, I’ve got to get past Jack first. He has got my full attention and focus. I’m excited to be back in Scotland, and it will be my first time boxing at home since May 2019.

“My last few fights have been in front of either no crowd or a limited crowd, so now I’m excited to be back at the Hydro and it will be a cauldron of an atmosphere.”

Catterall said: “It’ll mean the world to me to become world champion. It doesn’t matter where the fight takes place, and I’m more than happy to go to Scotland. Josh’s fans add an energy to the event.

“I’ll get up there and take the belts back to England. Josh has never fought anybody like me, and I know that on my day if I perform at my best then I can beat him.

“This is a massive fight for Britain. A lot of people will be travelling from England to Scotland, so it’s good to have an an army there to support me. Myself, Jamie and Nigel have been studying Josh, and there’s certainly stuff we can implement to beat him on February 26.”

The press conference was pish. Smith doing that thing that English folk in boxing do where they spraff absolute shite and think most folk give a shite its a Scotland/England fight

Alba wrote: ↑07 Dec 2021, 15:02 The press conference was pish. Smith doing that thing that English folk in boxing do where they spraff absolute shite and think most folk give a shite its a Scotland/England fight

Boxing seems to be one of the rare sports where both Scots and English don't have a problem supporting a man regardless of where he's from

Catterall's a beaten man already.

It's just a question of whether he loses with honour or comes away saying I went 12 rounds with Undisputed world champion Josh Taylor on his curriculum vitae

Boxxer Press Release

The highly-anticipated clash between undisputed super-lightweight champion Taylor and mandatory challenger Catterall will take place Saturday, February 26 at the OVO Hydro Arena, Glasgow.

Taylor – who holds the WBA, IBF, WBC and WBO world titles – is one of only five boxers in history have ever managed to achieve undisputed world champion status in the “four-belt” era – the other four being all-time greats Bernard Hopkins, Jermaine Taylor, Terence Crawford and Oleksandr Usyk.

Taylor is the first British fighter ever to do so, which makes his meeting with mandatory challenger Catterall in February a landmark moment in British and Scottish sporting history and a deeply significant occasion for proud Scotsman Taylor.

JOSH TAYLOR

“Since I was 15 years old I dreamed of being a world champion. I’ve surpassed those dreams by becoming the UK’s first undisputed champion and the full belt holder. So it’s a massive, massive moment for me to defend these belts in Scotland against Jack Catterall.

“I’m excited to be back in Scotland. It’s the first time I’ve boxed at home in just over two years and Glasgow Hydro Arena is a cauldron, the fans make a hell of an atmosphere so I’m really looking forward to that.

“Jack Catterall is a very good fighter. He’s 26-0, he’s been knocking on the door for world titles for a couple of years now. He stepped aside to let me fight Ramirez but it wasn’t from the goodness of his heart – there was method in the madness. By stepping aside, he’s able to now get a crack at all the titles. I’ve worked my backside off to achieve these goals, beat champion after champion. This guy is getting a shot at the lottery here. It’s my job to make sure that he doesn’t get anywhere these belts – and he won’t.”

BEN DAVIDSON (Trainer, Taylor)

“Preparation preparation is key and I believe that if Josh prepares 100% and gets in the ring 100% on the night then this is a potential showcase for him, which is exactly what he’s looking for in his homecoming.

“But like any achievement you have to work for it, you have to earn it and give 100% focus and give Jack the respect he deserves. If Josh gets it right on the night it’s a potential showcase performance that propels his profile to the level it deserves to be.”

JACK CATTERALL

“To win this fight will mean the world to me and to come to Scotland and do it in front of Josh’s own fans I think adds energy to the fight, so I’m just excited to get up there and take all these belts back down to England. Josh has seen all the styles there is, but he’s never fought Jack Catterall. I believe on my day I can beat Josh.”

NIGEL TRAVIS (Trainer, Catterall)

“Jack’s very special. We know that the battle ahead is going to be tough but I feel that Jack has the style to undo Josh Taylor. Obviously he’s got a fantastic achievement [in becoming unified champion]. It’s our job to undo that and we believe we can do it. I don’t think we’ve seen the best of Jack Catterall yet.”

Josh Taylor vs Jack Catterall pre-sale ticket details

Pre-sale tickets for Josh Taylor vs Jack Catterall will be available on Wednesday.

BOXXER and Top Rank have announced ticket on-sale details for the highly charged Scotland-England showdown between Undisputed Junior Welterweight Champion Josh "The Tartan Tornado" Taylor and WBO No. 1 contender Jack "El Gato" Catterall on Saturday, Feb. 26 at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow.

Presale tickets go on sale Wednesday, Dec. 15 at 12 p.m. GMT, followed by the public on-sale Friday, Dec. 17 at 12 p.m. GMT. Tickets can be purchased via Ticketmaster.com or Boxxer.com/tickets.

Undefeated Edinburgh star Taylor (18-0, 13 KOs) defeated the previously unbeaten Jose Ramirez in May to unify the WBO, WBA, WBC and IBF World titles, becoming the first British boxer in the four-belt era to achieve the remarkable feat.

He now makes the historic first defence of all four belts against the dangerous and undefeated Chorley contender Catterall (26-0, 13 KOs), a former British and WBO Intercontinental Champion who is intent on dethroning Taylor and ending his reign.

Full undercard details will be announced shortly.

Can't believe this fight is still 2 months away

It was originally supposed to have taken place in November. Not good for Taylor's career to be slowing down at such a rate.

THEBUTCH wrote: ↑23 Dec 2021, 13:20 Can't believe this fight is still 2 months away

It was originally supposed to have taken place in November. Not good for Taylor's career to be slowing down at such a rate.

Yeh hopefully it comes off and COVID doesn’t postpone further

4 months have already been added to the November date, so even despite the pandemic Taylor has only boxed once a year during 2019, 2020 & 2021....even given Josh's achievements this is wasting his potential.

At this rate we'll do well to see him fight twice in 2022, when Taylor is the type of champion would probably relish 4 times a year.

Bit of an easy one for Josh and it’s fully deserved.
Got to move up after this and I keep seeing him being interviewed with Crawford. Josh looks bigger to me which is a surprise.
Would love to see the Connor Benn fight in the summer… which won’t happen obviously as too much conflict politically… then fight Crawford in December 2022 in Vegas.
Vastly underrated… even on here. Think he could become Britain’s best ever fighter… he’s not even that far away now.
Shame he’s Scottish.
The lack of any natural charisma hurts his profile, too.

Dioufy wrote: ↑25 Dec 2021, 07:59 Bit of an easy one for Josh and it’s fully deserved.
Got to move up after this and I keep seeing him being interviewed with Crawford. Josh looks bigger to me which is a surprise.
Would love to see the Connor Benn fight in the summer… which won’t happen obviously as too much conflict politically… then fight Crawford in December 2022 in Vegas.
Vastly underrated… even on here. Think he could become Britain’s best ever fighter… he’s not even that far away now.
Shame he’s Scottish.
The lack of any natural charisma hurts his profile, too.

He hasn’t suffered due to a lack of charisma. He’s got more personality than the likes of AJ, Calzaghe etc.

He’s suffered big time from a lack of promotion over here. People think that fighting on channel 5 is enough to build a proper profile but it isn’t and since he’s been all over the place re: U.K. TV so no one has properly invested in building his profile here.

I saw the press conference to his fight with Catterall in London and then in Scotland. It was embarrassing really - just Adam Smith in the middle of them. It was the anniversary of the big Hatton/Mayweather press conference in Manchester and it just made me think how poorly Josh has been promoted albeit he’s been matched perfectly.

I think Josh would have had a much bigger profile if he’d turned over with either FW or Matchroom. However it’s unlikely he’d have been matched as tough as he was or achieved what he has.