Shocking scorecards from SSE Hydro in Scotland.

                           
Following a dominant, career best performance Jack Catterall appeared to dominate and drop Unified lightweight champion Josh Taylor in a fight which saw the home fighter also lose a point for unsportsmanlike conduct. Controversial former fighter, referee and judge Ian John Lewis submitted a baffling scorecard which had Taylor ahead by 114 points to 111. To accompany this incompetence, referee and judge Victor Loughlin offered a card which had fellow Scotsman 113-112 ahead. With English Judge Howard Foster having Catterall ahead by a point by 113-112. 

Catterall dominates undisputed champion Taylor but gets robbed by scorecards.

                              

Unified world lightweight champion Josh Taylor 19-0 (13 KOs) escaped with his WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO belts via a scandalous twelve round split decision against mandatory challenger Jack Catterall 26-1 (13 KOs) tonight after being dropped, deducted a point abd outclassed for the majority of the bout. Catterall took the initiative and appeared the find his measure with crafty counters behind an accurate jab. Jack nullified a less than impressive Taylor and never allowed the champion to get a foothold in the action for the first 6 rounds. Catterall lead the fight by a streak on the punch stats throughout the bout and dropped your desperate Taylor in the 8th. Catterall was himself deducted a point in the 10th for holding. Taylor was instructed to be more urgent going into the 11th but again found himself outgunned and outmanoeuvred by the clever challenger. Josh was deducted a point for his conduct at the end of the eleventh but managed to hustle through the 12th in desperation to save his titles. At the conclusion Catterall had a big edge in the punch stats landing 120 punches to 73 throughout the fight, with an 81-57 differential in power shots and a 39 to 16 difference in jabs.  Experienced ex fighters and knowledgable ringsides appeared outraged when 2 of the 3 scorecards were announced with Taylor leading. A star referee and former fighter Ian John Lewis scored the bout as a shocking 114-111 in favour of the home fighter, alongside referee and judge Victor Laughlin who scored the bout 113-112 for fellow Scotsman Taylor, with only English judge Howard Foster cutting closer to the mark with a 113-112 in favour of the challenger. 

A visibly outraged Catterall left the ring immediately whilst numerous ringside critics voiced their shock anger at what many described as the worse decision they have ever witnessed in boxing, former world Cruiserweight champion Johnny Nelson described it as embarrassing and disastrous for the sport. 

Khan v Brook undercard summary from Manchester.

                              
A capacity crown packed into the AO arena in Manchester to enjoy the prelude to the long awaited meeting between Kell Brook and Amir Khan which featured the professional debut of highly decorated Olympic medalist Frazer Clarke and a third world title attempt by Liverpools Natasha Jonas along with winning appearances by star amateurs Hassan and Adam Azim. Clarke disposed of late replacement Jake Darnell of Blackpool in a round to enter the paid ranks at the elevated age of 30. Clarke looked patient and briefly impressive but understands that he needs to be moved fast. Natasha Jonas realised a lifelong dream at the third time of asking by stopping tough Chris Namus in 2 rounds to pick up the vacant WBO super welterweight title. Jonas, stepping up 2 weight divisions displayed impressive power by dropping the durable Namus at the end of the opener with a 2 punch combination, Namus fell heavily and struggled to recover during the minute long interval. Jonas identified this and knocked the import down again early into the session to force the referee to stop the bout on the orders of the Namus corner. English super middleweight champion Charlie Schofield lost a unanimous 10 rounds points decision at the hands of the undefeated Germaine Brown. Brown dominated the action throughout and prevented the rangy champion from gaining a foothold in the bout. Social media renowned Viddal Riley made his Uk debut with a 4 round points win over the colourful Willbeforce Shihepo at Cruiserweight. Riley dropped the African import early but was unable to force the stoppage. In a battle of unbeaten middleweights, Bradley Rea knocked out Craig McCarthy in the opener of a scheduled 8.