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TAYLOR AND CATTERALL CLASH IN ‘FACE OFF’ AHEAD OF GRUDGE MATCH IN LEEDS

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Bitter rivals exchange verbal blows – watch it on Matchroom Boxing's YouTube channel

The countdown to the next Bank Holiday weekend is already on in the UK with one of boxing’s biggest grudge matches set to be settled once and for good at the First Direct Arena Leeds on Saturday, May 25 – live in the UK on DAZN and on ESPN in the U.S.

Hate Runs Deep between arch-rivals Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall. And before the best of enemies collide in Yorkshire later this month, the pair wasted no time in trading vicious verbal blows in an unmissable ‘Face Off’ – which premieres on Monday live on Matchroom Boxing’s YouTube channel at 7pm BST.

You can watch it HERE as the duo get into what has kept their animosity brewing for over two years, only fuelled further by their UK media tour earlier this year.

In it:

• Jack Catterall explains why he thinks Josh Taylor is so ‘emotional’
• Taylor pinpoints what annoys him about Catterall and why he wanted to face him next
• Both men reveal what really happened when things turned nasty and kicked-off between them at both press conferences earlier this year

Indeed, intense debate has raged in the aftermath of their first fight when Scotland’s Taylor (19-1, 13 KOs) protected his unbeaten record with a hugely controversial split decision points win to retain his then-Undisputed Super-Lightweight crown.

Taylor was cut twice by the left eye and was put down by Catterall in the 8th round before he was deducted one point in the 11th for punching after the bell. Catterall, meanwhile, was deducted one point for holding in the 10th.

Chorley’s ‘El Gato’ (28-1, 13 KOs) appeared to outbox former undisputed king Taylor for long periods but ultimately tasted defeat for the first time in his career after Taylor clung onto his titles. The decision caused outrage among some boxing fans and the two have been at loggerheads ever since.

Following his victory over Catterall, ‘The Tartan Tornado’ relinquished his WBC, IBF and WBA World Titles due to pending mandatory orders – and then lost his WBO crown to a resurgent Teofimio Lopez in New York last June.

Catterall ended a 15-month ring absence by widely outpointing Irishman Darragh Foley over ten-rounds at the Manchester’s AO Arena in May 2023 before sending multi-weight World Champion Jorge Linares into retirement after dominating the Venezuelan legend over 12 rounds in Liverpool last October.

In what is one of the most eagerly anticipated rematches in modern British boxing history, the fierce rivals will go head-to-head once more in a 12-round Super-Lightweight contest on neutral territory at a sold-out First Direct Arena Leeds - with plenty of bad blood guaranteed in the build-up.




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