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Josh Taylor wants Jack Catterall rematch after defeat

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Debates around judging and scoring have raged for as long as judges and scoring have been in boxing.

Taylor suggested after the fight the controversy around the first bout played into the judging of the second.

“I just think given all the noise around the first fight, they’ve given it straight to Jack, even though it was close,” the Scot said.

The difference this time around was there was no real miscarriage of justice. The right man by most accounts – though not all – had his hand raised at the end.

Catterall admitted in the aftermath that his style of inviting opponents onto him is not always easy on the eye, but he landed the cleaner, more eye-catching shots.

“I thought Jack dominated the first six or seven rounds and was well on his way to stopping Josh,” Catterall’s promotor Eddie Hearn told BBC Scotland.

“Josh just came back out of nowhere, won eight, nine and 10. Catterall had a big 11th, 12th was scrappy and could have gone either way.

“I agree with Bob, I do think the scorecards were too wide.

“For me, and I think the general public, the feeling is that Jack Catterall won the fight but the scorecards were too wide.”

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