Another atrocious set of scorecards from BBBofC judges who are proving themselves just as incompetent or corrupt as their US counterparts.
Jack Catterall clearly won the fight and Josh Taylor has gone down in my estimation by claiming he won the fight so no rematch is needed and coming out with the weight issue excuse for his poor performance.
A true sportsman would have accepted he got away with this win due to bad judging and would have expressed some sympathy for Jack Catterall who has been robbed of his world title after ten years of hard work and for all we know may never actually become a world champion now.
I hope Jack puts in an appeal to the sanctioning bodies, however the damage is done and the judges probably won’t be punished in any way for their scorecards.
Man I thought Jack Reiss liked taking over the attraction that guy had him beat. But Jack did complain about too much water in the corner and was going to have the guy investagated or some crazyness....... all for the good of boxing of course.
Not a good performance, but enough to retain his titles in his home town. It was a pretty ugly affair, lots of grappling, but still two guys giving their all. I would’ve been okay with a draw or a decision the other way. It was damn close.
This fight raised more questions than it answered. For instance, is Marcus McDonnell an even worse referee than Laurence Cole?
Another atrocious set of scorecards from BBBofC judges who are proving themselves just as incompetent or corrupt as their US counterparts.
Jack Catterall clearly won the fight and Josh Taylor has gone down in my estimation by claiming he won the fight so no rematch is needed and coming out with the weight issue excuse for his poor performance.
A true sportsman would have accepted he got away with this win due to bad judging and would have expressed some sympathy for Jack Catterall who has been robbed of his world title after ten years of hard work and for all we know may never actually become a world champion now.
I hope Jack puts in an appeal to the sanctioning bodies, however the damage is done and the judges probably won’t be punished in any way for their scorecards.
Man I thought Jack Reiss liked taking over the attraction that guy had him beat. But Jack did complain about too much water in the corner and was going to have the guy investagated or some crazyness....... all for the good of boxing of course.
Decisions like that remind me why I fell out of love with boxing for so long.
Not a good performance, but enough to retain his titles in his home town. It was a pretty ugly affair, lots of grappling, but still two guys giving their all. I would’ve been okay with a draw or a decision the other way. It was damn close.