Watch as Josh Taylor and Jack Catterall are forced apart by security after grabbing each others’ throats at weigh-in

JOSH TAYLOR was pulled apart from super-lightweight world title challenger Jack Catterall after the undisputed champ had his throat grabbed.

After weighing in 10st (140lbs) in Glasgow on Friday afternoon, the fired-up Prestonpans man steamed across the stage to confront the Manchester underdog.

Josh Taylor (left) and Jack Catterall came to blows at a heated weigh-in

Taylor reacted after Catterall grabbed his throat first as tensions flared ahead of their world title fight

Catterall – who scaled in at 139lbs moments earlier – refused to take a step back and their foreheads met.

And it was 28-year-old southpaw Catterall who raised his hands first, using his left to grab Taylor by the neck.

The 31-year-old superstar reacted by shoving his rival away – by the throat with his own power-punching left – before security pulled the previously cordial pair apart.

Then the defending hometown hero roared: “I made the weight perfectly, I feel strong as an ox.

“He tried to put his hands on me but I knew I would get a rise and reaction out of him.

“I wanted to rile him up because tomorrow I am putting him flat on his back.

Security were forced to step in to separate the pair

Taylor and Catterall meet in Glasgow on Saturday

“The belts are staying here in Scotland.”

Catterall – nicknamed El Gato – had a loud following of fans backing him on away soil.

And he hopes it helps him stun the local legend and four-belt king of Scotland.

“He hasn’t got under my skin,” Catterall said. “I saw he started marching over towards me as soon as he weighed in.

“But I have had more support here today than he has. I am just fired up now and ready to go.

“I will keep a cool head in a hot kitchen and carry out what my team have told me to do.

“I have visualised this fight a million times and I expect boos but that will fire me up and I believe I can do it.”

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