JOSH TAYLOR admits he is considering a dramatic u-turn on his decision to move up a weight, on which he seemed certain following his contentious victory over Jack Catterall just over a month ago. 

Following his points defeat of Catterall, which saw the Prestonpans fighter retain all four of his world super-lightweight titles, Taylor immediately expressed his desire to move up from 140lbs to 147lbs but in the weeks since, he admits he’s had second thoughts about making the move up, particularly when it would see him have to relinquish his four world title belts and his status as unified champion of the world. 

“I want to fight Jack again to shut everyone else up,” he says. 

“I want to put it right, put it to bed and make sure I’m still the best in the division and the best in the world. 

“I’d like to give Jack a rematch to really fill him in and perform at my best.  

“If I stay at 140lbs, the WBA have already called in a mandatory so that has to happen next otherwise I get stripped of a title and if I stay at 140 there’s no way I’m giving up any of the belts.” 

Despite being minded to remain in the super lightweight division and keep a-hold of his belts, Taylor admits that at the age of 31, making weight is becoming progressively more challenging, with the toll making weight took on him severely hampering his performance against Caterall. 

“I’ll need to have a good chat with my nutritionist and my team and see if we can do it safely or approach things differently if I stay at 140lbs,” he says.
“I’m 31 and I’ve been making the same weight since I was 21.
It’s getting harder in between fights and that last one proved really hard.  

“You saw the state of me on the scales and the performance I put in was way below par.  

“So we’ll see what happens.” 
 

Josh Taylor was speaking at a fan event at German Doner Kebab in Edinburgh