IN THE aftermath of his fight against Jack Catterall, Scotland’s Josh Taylor has been given a crash course in the less savoury aspects of human nature — one that the vast majority of us never receive.

The controversy whipped up — and it has been whipped up — over his hard-fought victory over England’s Catterall to retain his undisputed super-lightweight title, has seen him overnight turned into something close to a hate figure within the British boxing establishment.

It has resulted in a veritable pile-on against him on social media, wherein not only he, but also his partner, have been showered with abuse and threats.