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Martin Domin

Jake Paul proposes new judging system in boxing after Josh Taylor controversy

Jake Paul wants SIX judges to officiate boxing fights in light of Josh Taylor's controversial win over Jack Catterall.

Taylor held on to his four super-lightweight world titles in Glasgow last night despite being knocked down and dominated by Catterall.

Two of the three judges gave the Scot the nod in a decision which has been condemned across the boxing world.

And now YouTube star Paul, who has amassed a 5-0 record in the ring, has offered his own solution to the problem.

"I think there should be six boxing judges for title fights," he wrote on Twitter. "Three pairs of two [and] each pair has to agree on the same score at the end of the round.

"If they don’t they briefly debate their reasoning, almost like a jury system These poor decisions change the shape of the sport forever."

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Taylor was dropped in the eighth round while both fighters had a point deducted for fouling.

But almost every observer felt Cattarall had done more than enough to be crowned world champion on enemy territory.

But judges Ian John Lewis and Victor Loughlin awarded the fight to Taylor who will now move up to the welterweight division.

"I don’t really care what anybody else thinks, I know in my heart that I won the fight,” the winner said.

"Jack deserves all the praise he got because he done better than everyone expected so fair play to him. But he never won the fight and I told him after it.

"I scored the bigger shots, I was the boss from midway through to the end."

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Asked about a possible rematch with Catterall, Taylor said: "I will be moving up. That was my last fight at 140lbs. I said that before this fight.

"It was maybe one too many fights at 140 but I made a deal with Jack that for me to get the fight with (Jose) Ramirez to become the undisputed champion, on the back of it, I gave him chance at a shot at the belts.

"All the marquee fights are a 147, even the non-title fights are massive.

"I feel I have earned the right to be in big fights now and when I move up to 147 I am going to be a monster at it and I will be even better than I am now."

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