Josh Taylor v Jack Catterall

[Primo Carnera]

i like jack but i don't think he's good enough to beat josh. is there some sort of kick back for posting all these articles?

I liked your post because of the sentence on @Master getting kick backs.
But tell me, are you on first name terms with every professional boxer?

[TIC]

i like jack but i don't think he's good enough to beat josh. is there some sort of kick back for posting all these articles?

I liked your post because of the sentence on @Master getting kick backs.
But tell me, are you on first name terms with every professional boxer?

what's wrong with calling them by their name? i also use nicknames

[Master]

This is on ESPN+ for you @Spicoli

[Primo Carnera]

i like jack but i don't think he's good enough to beat josh. is there some sort of kick back for posting all these articles?

I liked your post because of the sentence on @Master getting kick backs.
But tell me, are you on first name terms with every professional boxer?

what's wrong with calling them by their name? i also use nicknames

Do you use their nicknames when you can’t remember their names or when you know them better? @TIC! FRIEND TO THE STARS!

[Master]

Women's boxing on Jones v Kathopouli. Very crude and little technique from both.

[Master]

That fight ended up a draw. Natasha Jones, who won the title last week, looks hot.

[Master]

Scottish heavyweight fight very poor between Campbell v overweight McFarlane.

[Master]

This is awful boxing but entertaining contest for the Scottish title.

[TIC]

i like jack but i don't think he's good enough to beat josh. is there some sort of kick back for posting all these articles?

I liked your post because of the sentence on @Master getting kick backs.
But tell me, are you on first name terms with every professional boxer?

what's wrong with calling them by their name? i also use nicknames

Do you use their nicknames when you can’t remember their names or when you know them better? @TIC! FRIEND TO THE STARS!

sometimes to differentiate if same first names

[Master]

Josh Taylor’s former trainer Shane McGuigan has given a strong assessment of his old tutee’s performance against Jack Catterall.

The champion was very fortunate to retain his undisputed super-lightweight world titles on Saturday night, winning a decision which is now being investigated by the British Boxing Board.

Up to 2019, Taylor was trained by Shane McGuigan and promoted/managed by his father Barry McGuigan.

However, following his unification win over Regis Prograis, he split from the McGuigans and joined up with Ben Davison, Top Rank and MTK Global.

He then went on to beat Jose Ramirez and collect the final two super-lightweight belts, which he arguably should have lost to Catterall on Saturday.

McGuigan told Boxing Social: “I thought Catterall won.

“I didn’t think it was the same Josh Taylor that was in my gym.

“Disappointed. Done a lot of hard work, five years of fantastic work and honestly it frustrates me to see him boxing like that.

“I know it’s not even the weight, it’s simply the fact that he’s trying to change his style.

“He said something in an interview that he looked back at the Regis Prograis fight and thought he could’ve done certain things better.

“And actually, right now, he should be looking back at that fight and thinking – it actually makes you more vulnerable.

“Because he’s getting out-jabbed. He’s a high paced pressure fighter that’s fantastic on the inside, but his hands were down by his chest, he’s walking into punches and getting his head jabbed off.

“He needs to do better than that.”

Taylor has now said he intends to move up to welterweight.

Asked if this is the right move, McGuigan said: “No, he’s gonna lose his attributes going up to 147lbs, he needs to stay at 140lbs.”

Giving his verdict on Catterall’s performance, McGuigan added: “I didn’t even think he was that good.

“I’m not doing it to be disrespectful to Jack Catterall – he was great on the jab, he was great at slowing the pace down.

“It wasn’t like a George Kambosos Jr vs Teofimo Lopez where he really shone, he just did the basics well, diffused him on the inside and Taylor got switched off on the jab.

“Josh has a habit of looking for perfect shots and you can’t be a perfectionist when you’re working with Josh Taylor, you need to think about what he does well.

“He punches great in combinations, he closes the gap well, some great hand defences and he’s a great attacking fighter, don’t take that away from him.”

https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/1...ack-catterall/

[Spicoli]

Had a rewatch and let's get the elephant out of the room...that was a very ugly fight. Just a mess. Fairness to both fighters the biggest criminal of the night was the ref. Continual interjection complete with walk abouts and lectures like a stressed nanny. He broke momentum round to round and stole points from both in the most important telling points that are the 'championship rounds'. Catterall did enough, did more of what he wanted to do in there and made Taylor look be very ordinary. But I'm more in the close decision camp rather than a total outright robbery. Terms like robbery and great are thrown around weekly now. I mean it came to literally 1 point on 2 of 3 cards, not a unanimous 117-112 or so. Taylor clearly leaving the division and now it's wide open. Catterall is not finished at all. Exact opposite really. Will get a pretty winnable (save for Prograis ) vacant shot and maybe 1 before all 3 belts can be an even better springboard.

[Primo Carnera]

It’s ok saying “after re-watching , it was a close fight.” And Froch made a decent point about the challenger getting negative in the last 4 rounds not being a good look to the judges.
But I still haven’t heard anybody saying Taylor won. So 100% of people gave it to Catterall and it’s not a robbery ?
You shouldn’t have to win every round and knock the champion down 6 times to take his title.
You just have to win the fight. It is a sport ffs and should be fair and competitive. It’s not a handicap horse race.