Boxing walks into high farce again with controversial Josh Taylor decision

Relieved champion Taylor would be best advised to have a long, hard think as to what he does next in the ring because, weight-drained and hollow-eyed, he was extremely lucky to survive this ordeal

SURVIVOR: Josh Taylor celebrates victory in the junior welterweight bout over Jack Catterall at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow. 

Boxing’s endless capacity for controversy and drama resurfaced again late on Saturday night in Glasgow when Josh Taylor was awarded a shocking split-decision victory over Jack Catterall and retained all his world super-lightweight titles. 

But the undisputed nature of his championship reign has been ruined by an absurd decision. Amid uproar and fierce dissent, each fighter was judged to have won by a score of 113-112 while the third official thought Taylor had won by a scarcely credible 114-111.