JACK CATTERALL believes ‘boxing is run by dinosaurs’ as he stated there is ‘corruption’ in the sport following his controversial defeat to Josh Taylor.
The super-lightweight star, 28, was denied becoming the undisputed world champion on Saturday after he was robbed of a points decision in Glasgow.
Fans instantly took to social media to express their anger at the scoring, as they labelled it as ‘one of boxing’s worst ever decisions’.
And WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury has demanded NO British judges to score his bout against Dillian Whyte next month.
The shocking result led to the British Boxing Board of Control to investigate the outcome, with the ringside judges to be asked to explain their cards.
However, BBBofC chief Robert Smith has declared that the decision cannot be overturned.
That is despite him admitting he thought Catterall had won the fight, but only by a small margin.
His comments infuriated Catterall, who told talkSPORT: “After listening to Robert Smith, it’s sickening.
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“I’ve got a lot of respect for Rob and the British Boxing Board, but I’m losing confidence in them now.
“Robert Smith saying the fight was close – there’s not one other person, promoter, journalist, broadcaster, fight fan who even had it remotely close.
“For him to say the fight was close, it just sickens me.
“I don’t know what fight he was watching, we all saw the reaction ringside from the promoters, from Sky, from the commentators. It’s just sickening.”
He added: “You heard Robert Smith then say the decision isn’t going to be overturned.
“That was something I’ve worked for for 18 years – for my family, for my legacy.
“It was life-changing what would’ve come off the back of that – huge PPV fights. It’s all just been dragged from underneath me now.
“I find myself now back down the pecking order, back in square one, where I was two/three years ago, not knowing what the future holds.”
Catterall continued: “I think there’s a lot of incompetence in boxing and how it’s regulated. And I also do believe there’s some kind of corruption.
“I’m not quite sure where it’s coming from right now. I’ve got a lawyer working with us and hopefully we’ll get some kind of justice.
“It’s never gonna bring back Saturday night, but something needs to be done, somebody needs to find out where the corruption is coming from and how we can get rid of it from the sport.
“Boxing is run by dinosaurs, nothing’s changed over the last 50/100 years.
“We’ve seen it in fights before that we’ve all watched and said, ‘The wrong man got the decision.’
“They said, ‘Oh, we’ll have an investigation.’ Nothing has ever come from it and it can’t keep happening.”
Source: Boxing - thesun.co.uk
