Josh Taylor Relishing Getting Additional Time To Prepare For Jack Catterall

Josh Taylor is excited that he will have even more time to prepare for Jack Catterall.

The two were supposed to have their rematch on April 27 at Leeds’ First Direct Arena, but it has been postponed until May 25. Due to Taylor’s eye injury, the fight was postponed, but the Scot says the time off is beneficial to him.

“I’m still training full steam ahead,” Taylor said (via BoxingScene). “I’m just not sparring for the time being. It just gives us more time. Especially when you’ve not been able to spar. It’s good. It gives me more time to get in better shape and it’s delaying the beatdown I’m gonna give him. It’s good. It’s all good. We’ve got plenty of good sparring partners already lined up.”

The rematch is one of the most anticipated boxing bouts this year, as many fans have wanted to see it since Josh Taylor was awarded a controversial decision win over Jack Catterall.

With the fight being postponed, Taylor is confident he will be 100% and will get his hand raised again.

“We got a date done nice and swiftly, rescheduled nice and quickly, for the 25th of May,” he continued. “It’s only four weeks – it’s only four weeks. It’s not as if it’s two months or four months. It’s only four weeks. It’s an inconvenience, but we gotta listen to the medical professionals, especially when it’s something as precious as your eyesight. It is what it is. It’s not an actual injury, it’s just the pressure behind my eyes was way too high, so the doctors recommend put a halt for a couple of weeks and come back to normal.

“It was a little procedure I had on my eye – a squint procedure. Everything went well – it’s good – it’s just the healing process; the pressure to come back down to normal pressure, really. I’d been meaning to get this procedure done for a little while and I managed to get in in the beginning of February. I got it done nice and quickly, and it went well. It’s just a case of the pressure behind my eyes coming down now.

“It [initially] came down nice and quick. My first consultation afterwards, they said, ‘The pressure’s coming down nicely’, and the second one I went to they said, ‘It’s coming down even more’, and then I went to the final one, and it became, ‘Your eye pressure’s come back up a little bit; you’ve had a slight regression in your recovery, so we’re therefore recommending you put your fight back a little bit’.”

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