Josh Taylor wants to 'put middle finger up' to doubters in heated Jack Catterall rematch

Josh Taylor is eager to silence his critics with a victory over Jack Catterall. He wants to prove them wrong when he faces his fierce rival, for the second time.

Catterall was upset when he controversially lost a split decision against Taylor for the undisputed super-lightweight championship two years ago. Many people in and out of the sport believed he had every reason to be upset.

Taylor gave up three of his titles before losing his WBO championship to Teofimo Lopez last June. This was his only fight since battling Catterall, whom he will face again in a non-title match on April 27 at the First Direct Arena in Leeds.

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The two fighters had to be separated during a heated media conference at an Edinburgh city hotel filled with Taylor fans. After the event, the boxer from Preston talked about silencing his critics.

"A lot of people to shut up and put up the middle finger to," said Taylor.

"There is a lot of bragging rights and pride and to put the doubters to bed. I learned not to underestimate your opponent (against Catterall). I lived by that my whole career.

"But when you have the level of success I have had in such a short period of time then they say you are fighting Jack Catterall who hadn't really proven himself.

"I thought he had lost against Ohara Davies and it was 'just be fit and I will beat this guy' and that was the biggest mistake I made. I never learned the lesson but I won't be making the same mistake twice.

Taylor talked about how tough online trolls have been on him and his family after the Catterall fight.

He shared: "It has been OK. At the start was pretty heavy but it was all online.

"In person I haven't had