Josh Taylor retains world titles with controversial split decision win over Jack Catterall.
Scotland's Josh Taylor clung on to his status as undisputed light-welterweight world champion with a controversial split-decision victory against Jack Catterall in Glasgow.
The English challenger looked to have claimed a stunning upset in Taylor's first defence of his WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO belts.
But two judges scored in favour of the Scot, who was floored in the eighth round, as they delivered a verdict met with widespread disbelief and described as "disgusting" by the Catterall camp.
Blogger: as I awaited the result of this terrific bout - it never even occurred to me that the man with facial damage and who had successfully landed punches at a feeble ratio of 1:2 throughout the fight had not lost his world title to the better boxer whose landed punches ratio was 2:1.
I've seen bad decisions from time to time (Tyson Fury given a draw in the clear defeat of Wilder in the US - to name but one.)
THIS WAS WORSE; A LOT WORSE! Boxing cannot survive these sorts of decisions. It is not as if there was an alternative way of looking at the fight. The man who landed double the punches - and generally harder ones at that - LOST.
By all rights THIS VERDICT MUST BE OVERTURNED BY THE RELEVANT AUTHORITIES AND CATTERALL GIVEN THE TITLES HE WON FAIR AND SQUARE!
