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Josh Taylor says “it’s absolute nonsense” to suggest he is ducking a rematch with Jack Catterall.<\/span><\/p>\n The 32-year-old Scot won a highly contentious points decision when the pair fought in February last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n A return to Glasgow for a rematch was set for 4 March, but a foot injury sustained by Taylor has caused the bout to be postponed.<\/span><\/p>\n “I’ve made a lot of sacrifices to make this fight happen,” Taylor tells BBC Scotland.<\/span><\/p>\n “People saying I’m scared and this and that, it’s absolute nonsense. If I was scared, I wouldn’t have been undisputed world champion. I’m scared to fight no-one.”<\/span><\/p>\n Taylor, who believes the Englishman would lose to anyone in the top 10, pointed out he was under no obligation to fight Catterall again.<\/span><\/p>\n “I could have gone on to much bigger fights and got offered much bigger fights, a lot more lucrative opportunities,” he says. <\/span><\/p>\n “I turned them down to do this and prove that was just a bad performance and I am still the best fighter on the planet in my weight class. <\/span><\/p>\n “Boxing fans are quite fickle. They’re quick to forget.”<\/span><\/p>\n Taylor tore the plantar fascia tendon in his foot while training for the rematch. <\/span><\/p>\n The injury will prevent him training for six to eight weeks and the Scot has identified late May or early June as a possible target to return to the ring.<\/span><\/p>\n There is doubt as to when and, indeed, if the rematch will eventually take place.<\/span><\/p>\n The first fight against Catterall is Taylor’s only bout since he became undisputed lightweight champion of the world with victory over Jose Ramirez in May 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n But he believes he is destined to fight the 29-year-old Englishman again.<\/span><\/p>\n “I don’t think the fight is going to go anywhere,” he adds. “I wouldn’t expect Jack to sit around and wait for me to get better. <\/span><\/p>\n “He’s got a career to pursue as well. I would expect him to go and try and get another fight for the time being. <\/span><\/p>\n “I think the interest in that rematch will always be there as long as we’re both still winning and he doesn’t get beaten by anyone. <\/span><\/p>\n “I think, if he boxes anyone in the top 10, the guys I’ve boxed previously, he gets beaten off them. Even then, I still think that rematch is still there at some point because there will be interest in it.”<\/span><\/p>\n