Josh Taylor escaped defeat and kept hold of his four world junior welterweight titles thanks to a controversial split-points decision victory over Jack Catterall on Saturday.
The unheralded Catterall floored Taylor and out-boxed him for most of the fight, yet two of the three judges scored the fight for WBC, IBF, WBA and WBO champion Taylor in front of his home fans at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland.
Taylor, who took a count in the eighth round, rallied in the later rounds and was awarded scores of 114-111 and 113-112, with the other going 113-112 to Catterall.
It was Taylor’s third world title defense and his first on home soil since he was crowned champion at the same venue in…
