Commons Speaker asks police to investigate Josh Taylor win over Jack Catterall

Commons Speaker asks police to investigate Josh Taylor win over Jack Catterall

Josh Taylor was a controversial winner over Jack Catterall (Steve Welsh/PA)

The Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, has asked the police to investigate the circumstances of Josh Taylor’s controversial world super-lightweight title win over Jack Catterall in Glasgow last month.

Hoyle, who Catterall’s MP in Chorley, voiced his anger at the outcome in the wake of the contest and has now revealed he has asked Scotland Yard as well as Cabinet officials to investigate potential ā€œundue influenceā€.

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