Josh Taylor aims to finish Jack Catterall off once and for all

Josh Taylor celebrates his win over Jack Catterall in February 2022

The former undisputed super lightweight champion will hope to inflict a second defeat on Englishman Catterall following his controversial split decision victory at Glasgow's SSE Hydro in February 2022.

The duo have been trading insults on social media ever since and were due to fight last March before the Prestonpans puncher withdrew due to a foot injury sustained in training. Once fully fit, Taylor went on to box Brooklyn's Teofimo Lopez at New York's Madison Square Garden in June, suffering the first defeat of his professional career.

The Scot had toyed with the idea of moving up weight division to 147lbs but will contest his next bout in 10 weeks' time at 140 in West Yorkshire.

Taylor, 33, has been hard at work at his training base in Liverpool for several months now and will relish the opportunity to put one over his opponent one final time.

Chorley's Catterall has already upped the ante ahead of their duel with an attempt to garner support from the Hearts fans in the Capital by posting images of Tynecastle Park and former player Rudi Skacel on social media. So far Hibs supporter Taylor, who dreams of one day fighting at Easter Road, has refrained from becoming embroiled in a war of words.

However, the pair will come face to face on Monday at the InterContinental Edinburgh the George where a lively exchange is expected before moving south to Manchester on Tuesday for the second leg of the introductory press conference.