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Junior welterweight contender Jack Catterall is ready for the opportunity to avenge his controversial twelve round split decision loss to Josh Taylor, which took place back in February.
There was a public outcry in the aftermath. Taylor suffered the first knockdown of his career and had a lot of trouble with the tricky boxing style of Catterall.
The two fighters have nearly finalized an agreement for a rematch, which is going to take place in February of 2023.
“I think that’s a score we need to settle,” Catterall told Sky Sports. “It’s a fight that I think needs to happen. I think there’s tension there. I believe I won the last fight, Josh thinks he won it, there’s a lot of public pressure and demand to see the fight, it’s a big fight. It makes sense to me, it makes sense to Josh, let’s get it on.”
When they collided earlier this year, Taylor was the undisputed champion with the WBO, WBA, IBF, WBC titles around his waist.
Since that bout, Taylor was forced to vacate the WBA, IBF and WBC titles – due to mandatory orders that would have prevented a planned rematch with Catterall.
“He’s vacated the belts [but retained the WBO title], he’s not gone to 147-pounds. The fight’s there to be done now,” Catterall said.
“That moment’s been and gone. I don’t believe any time soon anyone’s going to challenge in a domestic fight for all four titles. But my goal remains the same. I want to be world champion, I want to be put in the history books and the fact that there’s still a world title up for grabs it’s certainly more than enough motivation to get it back on.”
Promoter Ben Shalom of BOXXER is hoping to officially announce the rematch shortly.