By Adam Baskin: Bob Arum has revealed that the rematch between WBO light welterweight champion Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall will take place in January instead of November.
Top Rank boss Arum said they had been trying to make the Taylor vs. Catterall II for November, but now it seems that it will take place in January.
With former undisputed light welterweight champion Taylor (19-0, 13 KOs) having vacated three of his four titles since his controversial 12-round split decision win over Catterall (26-1, 13 KOs) last February, it has a lot of meaning. out of revenge.
Catterall obviously still wants the rematch as it gives him a chance to vindicate himself by beating Taylor and picking up his WBO 140-pound belt. However, it is still not the same without the undisputed championship at stake.
Also, with the rematch likely to take place in Glasgow, Scotland once again, there’s no guarantee we won’t see the same controversial decision we saw in the first fight. In other words, call and repeat.
Taylor topped the scorecards last February, winning by scores 114-111, 113, 112 and 113-112 for Catterall.
“We were trying to do it at the end of November, but I heard it might not be possible until January of next year,” Bob Arum told Boxing Social of the Josh Taylor-Jack Catterall rematch. “That will be Josh Taylor’s next fight.”
Josh seemed to have dropped weight for the Catterall fight, and it seemed clear that he had been at 140 for too many years.
I don’t know what’s going to change with that unless you get a great nutritionist who can help you lose weight without losing strength. At this point in Taylor’s career, he needs to fight at 147 because he has gone as far as he can in this weight class.
Taylor will move up to 147 after facing Catterall in the rematch as he has plans to capture one of four 147-pound titles once the belts fragment following the undisputed clash between welterweight champions Errol Spence Jr and Terence Crawford. .
Ideally, Taylor would like to face the winner of Crawford vs. Spence for a chance to capture all four belts at 147, but that’s unlikely to happen. They are expected to go up to 154 to go after four-belt champion Jermell Charlo.
