Josh Taylor puts welterweight division on notice as champ insists he'll be 'a monster' at 147

Josh Taylor has put the welterweight division on notice and warned he will be a monster at the next level.

The Scot performed a great escape at the Hydro on Saturday when he was handed a controversial split decision against England’s Jack Catterall.

Taylor’s 13,000 strong Tartan Army celebrated the win – but Catterall and fight pundits united to savage the call.

Scotland’s undisputed champ was adamant he deserved to hang on to his belts but will eventually hand them back as he will step up to welter level and set himself on a collision course with some of boxing 's greats.

Taylor is out to become a two weight world champ – with a showdown with pound-for-pound king Terence Crawford already in the pipeline.

The Tartan Tornado admitted he didn’t shine against Catterall but he vowed he’ll be back to his best in the bigger weight class. Taylor said: “That’ll be my last performance at 140lbs. All the big marquee fights are at 147lbs for me. Even the non title fights are massive.

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“I feel I have earned the right to be in big fights now, the way I came up.

“I took all the risks very early on in my career when other fighters would have waited. I jumped in at the deep end when it was sink or swim and I showed