Jack Catterall isn’t giving up on his hopes for a world title shot towards WBO mild welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez.
Catterall (29-1, 13 KOs) took to social media at this time, sending a message to Teofimo (20-1, 1 KOs), telling him that he would fly him to “impartial grounds” for a battle in Saudi Arabia and saying that His Excellency Turki Alalshikh is the one that may make a battle between them.
Catterall’s Saudi Proposal
“I can see Teofimo Lopez acquired essentially the most votes. Let’s do it while you end with [Steve] Clagget. Don’t fear, I’ll fly to you, or we will meet on impartial grounds within the Kingdom. Turki Alalshikh is the person to do it,” stated Jack Catterall on X.
Alalshikh has a whole lot of higher choices for fights involving Teofimo Lopez than Catterall, who fights rather a lot like Shakur Stevenson, with the jabbing, transferring, and fixed holding. The preventing fashion that Catterall could be very, very boring to look at. There are numerous extra entertaining fighters that Teofimo can battle within the 140-lb division than Catterall, and a few of them would promote.
Sadly, Catterall’s lack of marketability makes a battle towards Teofimo, Devin Haney, or any of the favored fighters at 140 extremely unlikely. His promoter, Eddie Hearn, wants to take a seat him down and let him know that he’s not in the identical ballpark, popularity-wise, as the blokes he desires to battle.
Catterall ought to take heed to his promoter, Eddie Hearn, and contemplate a 3rd battle towards Josh Taylor or wait till the smoke clears from IBF mild welterweight champion Subriel Matias’ title protection towards Liam Paro on June fifteenth.
Hearn promotes each of these guys, so it’s a doable battle between the winner of the match and Catterall. The cash that Catterall would make preventing the Matias-Paro winner would doubtless be far lower than what he’d get in a battle towards Teofimo, and his probabilities of beating both of these guys could be slim.
Catterall isn’t going to beat them by clinching and jabbing like he did towards the light Josh Taylor. These guys will take Catterall’s head off and received’t be fairly to look at.
Teofimo’s Promoter Unlikely to Budge
So far as Catterall’s dream of preventing Teofimo, it’s not occurring. It’s a battle that received’t promote on PPV, as Catterall isn’t identified within the U.S. and isn’t even a star in his personal nation, the UK. Teofimo’s promoter, Bob Arum, isn’t going to need something to do with Catterall after the lopsided scores the judges handed in for Josh Taylor’s battle final Saturday evening.
If Catterall desires a world title shot towards WBO champion Teofimo, he ought to earn the battle by working to change into the necessary challenger as an alternative of campaigning for it:
Path to a Title Shot
Preventing these guys could be a great begin for Catterall if he desires to earn a title shot towards Teofimo:
– Gary Antuanne Russell
– Jamaine Ortiz
– Shohjahon Ergashev
– Arnold Barboza Jr.
– Elvis Rodriguez
– Jose Ramirez
– Richardson Hitchins
If Catterall beats two or three of those contenders, he’ll doubtless earn the WBO necessary place to drive a title shot towards Teofimo. Aside from that, Catterall’s probabilities of preventing Teofimo are dim.
I don’t see Catterall beating any of the fighters on the above record except the judges are scoring the battle like they did in his rematch with Taylor. With these sorts of scores, there isn’t a fighter within the division that Catterall can’t beat.
