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House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle refers Jack Catterall’s loss to Taylor to POLICE as Government launches probe

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JACK CATTERALL’s controversial loss to Josh Taylor has been referred to the POLICE by House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle.

Chorley clubber Catterall was robbed of the undisputed light-welterweight titles last month due to horrific scorecards from judges Ian John-Lewis and Victor Loughlin.

Jack Catterall put on a career-best performance in his undisputed 140lb clash with Josh TaylorCredit: Kenny Ramsay
But he was robbed of victory due to some controversial scorecardsCredit: REUTERS
And Sir Lindsay Hoyle – the MP for Chorley – has referred the matter to the policeCredit: PA

And Hoyle – the MP for Chorley – has sent a letter to former Metropolitan Police Chief Dame Cressida Dick about the matter.

He told The Daily Mail: “Everyone is disgusted by what’s happened – it brings the sport into disrepute.

“I have to question why the judges got it so wrong? I have already sent a letter to the police.”

Hoyle has also spoken to Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Nadine Dorries and Minister for Sport Nigel Huddleston about the fight.

He revealed: “I have spoken to Nadine Dorries and Nigel Huddleston – they are both looking into this.

“I also believe that something seriously went on here – whether it was undue influence, one must question why.

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“Unless something is done about this, why would young people enter the sport?

“What is the point of training hard and playing by the rules, when something like this can happen?’

The British Board of Boxing Control has vowed to investigate the scoring of Taylor’s controversial defence of his four light-welterweight titles.

A heartbroken Catterall claimed corruption was afoot in the scoring of his Glasgow get-down with Taylor, who insists he did more than enough to retain his titles.

Taylor said: “I thought I’d done enough – 100 per cent. I started slow as I tried to get my timing.

“I caught him with the bigger shots. He tried to spoil, he leaned in a lot and there was a clash of heads.

Josh Taylor is adamant he did enough to retain his light-welterweight titlesCredit: Getty

“I’m not going to lie, he caught me with a couple of good shots.

“It wasn’t my best performance. I put a hell of a lot of pressure on myself this week with the homecoming and my first fight here in three years.

“I just put too much pressure on myself to put on a good show but it didn’t matter in the end. I got the result. It was close.

“I allowed him a bit of success by loading up but I landed the more meaningful shots.

“He put up a good fight but he knows he didn’t win the fight. I took over in the second half.”

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