Bob Arum Melts In Epic Fashion After Catterall Schools Taylor Over and Over

Sore Loser Olympics: Bob Arum Takes Gold

Josh Taylor’s promoter, Bob Arum, stepped in after the scores were announced, handing Jack Catterall (29-1, 13 KOs) a twelve-round unanimous decision in their light welterweight bout on Saturday night at the First Direct Arena in Leeds. . , England.

Catterll made Taylor look like a rookie tonight, and it was hard to watch the Scottish fighter being made to look so bad.

Arum went full rebel mode, talking about the three judges’ scores, which he gave to Catterall with scores of 117-111, 116-113, and 117-111. I could remember how Anthony Joshua grabbed the microphone and started talking all kinds of crazy following his second loss against Oleksandr Usyk.

Arum’s Sour Grapes

“Those cards were a disgrace, an absolute disgrace. I really feel for Josh, I thought he won the battle. Those score cards were ridiculous. I will never, ever allow an American fighter to come here with a British Board of war. Those points were funny.”

Instead of blaming the judges, Arum should take a good look at Taylor and see where he is with his career. He is not the same fighter. So now it has come to the point where everyone is beaten. Taylor’s last fight against Teofimo Lopez was far, far worse, and a pure disgrace.

Tonight, Taylor looked good in comparison, and that’s saying a lot because he looked like the textbook version of an over-the-hill fighter.

The Catterall Clinic: A Masterclass in Boxing

I don’t see what the problem was. It looked like pure schooling for Catterall, dominating the 33-year-old Taylor who looked to be washing every round of the fight, causing him to miss and cut his head.

What made some rounds difficult to score was Catterall’s grip. He looked like a carbon copy of Devin Haney the way he stuck to Taylor every time he came close to throw a punch.

I don’t blame Catterall for holding on. He doesn’t have much power, so he had to do something to keep Taylor from hammering him with his shots.

It’s the referee’s job to control the center, and he was doing well as Catterll held Taylor’s charge throughout the fight, so what did he do? It was boring but it worked.