What an absolute outrage!!! Taylor was absolutely nowhere throughout the fight! Completely outclassed! Best boxer in the country? He was schooled! Feel so sorry for Cattarall
There have been a few questionable decisions recently but that was the worst one for me, no way anyone watching that could have Taylor winning and for one judge to have him win by 3 is fucking scandalous.
Of all the weird, homer, questionable scoring in British boxing that might be the worst I've seen
I'm raging as I backed Catterall to win and shows how cynical I am as I was even thinking about cashing out after the final bell at what should have been a complete cut and dry decision for the new champion and betfair must have shared my cynicism as the cash out went down dramatically but mainly I'm so angry that this still blatantly goes on.
Imagine being Jack Catterall right now. Just put in the performance of your life and soundly beaten one of the best in the world only to be cheated by the judges. I'm absolutely gutted for him so God knows how he must feel
Fsir play to Ben Shalom actually here he's said what I've been saying for years. The judges have got to explain how they come up with these cards, yes scoring is subjective but that isn't a silver bullet to invent victories.
For years I'd aim most of my anger at the promoters but Ben Shalom has maybe sensibly distanced himself from Ian John Lewis's scorecard and called it out. Maybe its the judges who are working alone to protect their fees by protecting the ticket sellers.
Its the worst kept secret in boxing that ticket sellers get decisions but fucking hell I thought the Smith v Ryder decision was the worst I'd see but British boxing, like our beloved heroes in red, always finds a way to lower the bar
Thing is, this won't kill boxing as people will always want to watch violence however it has really pissed me off as someone who thinks he knows a bit about the sport as I've lost money, Jack Catterall won't have been earning anywhere near what Taylor was getting for this fight and mentally how does he cope with that. He boxed the perfect fight, controlled the tempo, counter punched perfectly yet was the aggressor. Yet his next fight, on paper means he is coming off a loss so boxings moronic focus on the L colum of fighters records means he has to step back, probably not in terms of opponent but in terms of money. So another expensive training camp where he is relying on generosity of sponsors and favours from mates running about selling tickets for him or more likely him doing that himself
And I've got to say, as much as I really rate Josh Taylor and what he has achieved in his career which is phenomenal, for him to be bolshily claiming he came on strong and won the fight was really poor form, he was out-thought, looked slow and ponderous, and was resoeting to pretty dirty tactics he was lucky to get away with as much as he did
On our group chat after 10 rounds I said you wait, they’ll be some dodgy scoring to save Taylor here. When he then had a point deducted I thought even that had gone out the window.
I love watching boxing but I don’t emotionally invest in it at all as I know it’s ridiculously corrupt. But that was something else. The is a reason the likes of Ian John Lewis kept getting gigs and you’d have to go so to convince me it’s because they’re the best.
That is a shocker, judges HAVE to be questioned directly how they come to that decision, and probably suspended from judging until they can prove they can do it without looking like cheats.disgusting.
Taylor coming across a right deluded cnt in this interview as well
It wasn’t his fault. He doesn’t score it.
Davison even told him before the final round that he needs a stoppage.
Not saying it was, but his lack of humility at the end was ridiculous. Also become a right prick recently anyway, been such a helmet all of fight week.
On our group chat after 10 rounds I said you wait, they’ll be some dodgy scoring to save Taylor here. When he then had a point deducted I thought even that had gone out the window.
I love watching boxing but I don’t emotionally invest in it at all as I know it’s ridiculously corrupt. But that was something else. The is a reason the likes of Ian John Lewis kept getting gigs and you’d have to go so to convince me it’s because they’re the best.
I was saying the same in a group too mate
When he got docked the point for swiping at Catterall way after the bell even then I said Catterall still needs to KO him to get the draw
I'm gonna watch it back in the morning, no sound on but its hard to do knowing there has been a robbery, just plain subjective tight fights are easy to rewatch like the first GGG V Alvarez fight, I could watch that for fun but it would still amaze me GGG didn't get the decision
For me this was an easy fight to score, no loyalities to either fighter but huge admiration for both.
Just watched it back and it's a shocking decision. Seem some people saying online that Catterall didn't do much in the later rounds after the knock down and maybe that swayed the judges. He didn't need to, he won at least 6 of the first 8 rounds and of course round 8 was a 10-8 round.
He landed almost double the amount of punches that Taylor did. For those that have said Taylor was pushing later on, he landed SIX punches in rounds 11 & 12.
Crazy decision, even by the judge that only gave it to Catterall by 1 round, but the other 2 judges should never judge again. 114-111 Taylor, when 1 round was 10-8 to Catterall, how?!! Judges really should have to come out and explain their decisions. I've not seen a single person, pundit, ex-boxer etc say it was anything other than shocking, seems the only 3 people in the world who thought Taylor won it were Taylor and 2 of the judges.
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Somebody surely instructed Taylor to celebrate after the final bell.
Taylor lost that by 6 rounds easy
Just a joke
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I'm raging as I backed Catterall to win and shows how cynical I am as I was even thinking about cashing out after the final bell at what should have been a complete cut and dry decision for the new champion and betfair must have shared my cynicism as the cash out went down dramatically but mainly I'm so angry that this still blatantly goes on.
I can’t even find someone that saw it as a draw.
Davison even told him before the final round that he needs a stoppage.
Can't believe the lad interviewing in the ring apologised to Taylor for questioning the decision. It's literally your job you melt
Who promoted that fight, was it Top rank? Need to know so I never bother getting excited about their fights again
For years I'd aim most of my anger at the promoters but Ben Shalom has maybe sensibly distanced himself from Ian John Lewis's scorecard and called it out. Maybe its the judges who are working alone to protect their fees by protecting the ticket sellers.
Its the worst kept secret in boxing that ticket sellers get decisions but fucking hell I thought the Smith v Ryder decision was the worst I'd see but British boxing, like our beloved heroes in red, always finds a way to lower the bar
Thing is, this won't kill boxing as people will always want to watch violence however it has really pissed me off as someone who thinks he knows a bit about the sport as I've lost money, Jack Catterall won't have been earning anywhere near what Taylor was getting for this fight and mentally how does he cope with that. He boxed the perfect fight, controlled the tempo, counter punched perfectly yet was the aggressor. Yet his next fight, on paper means he is coming off a loss so boxings moronic focus on the L colum of fighters records means he has to step back, probably not in terms of opponent but in terms of money. So another expensive training camp where he is relying on generosity of sponsors and favours from mates running about selling tickets for him or more likely him doing that himself
And I've got to say, as much as I really rate Josh Taylor and what he has achieved in his career which is phenomenal, for him to be bolshily claiming he came on strong and won the fight was really poor form, he was out-thought, looked slow and ponderous, and was resoeting to pretty dirty tactics he was lucky to get away with as much as he did
I love watching boxing but I don’t emotionally invest in it at all as I know it’s ridiculously corrupt. But that was something else. The is a reason the likes of Ian John Lewis kept getting gigs and you’d have to go so to convince me it’s because they’re the best.
As other have said well done to Sky and the pundits for calling it for what is was a complete stitch up.
The same will happen to Whyte if he could somehow do the same to Fury.
When he got docked the point for swiping at Catterall way after the bell even then I said Catterall still needs to KO him to get the draw
I'm gonna watch it back in the morning, no sound on but its hard to do knowing there has been a robbery, just plain subjective tight fights are easy to rewatch like the first GGG V Alvarez fight, I could watch that for fun but it would still amaze me GGG didn't get the decision
For me this was an easy fight to score, no loyalities to either fighter but huge admiration for both.
He landed almost double the amount of punches that Taylor did. For those that have said Taylor was pushing later on, he landed SIX punches in rounds 11 & 12.
Crazy decision, even by the judge that only gave it to Catterall by 1 round, but the other 2 judges should never judge again. 114-111 Taylor, when 1 round was 10-8 to Catterall, how?!! Judges really should have to come out and explain their decisions. I've not seen a single person, pundit, ex-boxer etc say it was anything other than shocking, seems the only 3 people in the world who thought Taylor won it were Taylor and 2 of the judges.