Promoter Eddie Hearn is assured his fighter, #6 WBO-ranked Jack Catterall, will probably be put to the highest of the road for a world title shot after defeating the previous light former undisputed mild welterweight champion Josh Taylor by a large twelve-round unanimous resolution final Saturday night time of their rematch on the First Direct Enviornment in Leeds, England.
The boring clinch-and-jab type that Jack Catterall makes use of to win his fights places him in the identical realm as Shakur Stevenson. Catterall is a knock-off model of Shakur however with out the velocity, expertise, or pedigree that he possesses.
Not one of the champions at 140 will wish to combat Catterall as a result of he’s boring and he’s not well-liked within the U.S. Why would any of the champions wish to combat Catterall once they might combat the true factor, Shakur?
Catterall didn’t present the expertise that means he might beat ANY of the present world champions or killers:
– Gary Antuanne Russell
– Jamaine Ortiz
– Elvis Rodriguez
– Shohjahon Ergashev
– Brian Norman Jr.
– Jaron Ennis
These guys are too highly effective and would chase Catterall right down to cease him. If Hearn needs Catterall to earn his stripes, throw him within the entrance strains and let him see what his preventing type [hug, jab, and run] can do in opposition to these harmful punchers.
A Modest Proposal: Catterall vs. Ennis
Since Hearn isn’t going to get a title shot for Catterall subsequent, he ought to feed him to Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis. The combat will get tons of curiosity within the UK if not within the U.S, and Catterall can have an excellent excuse after he loses. He can simply say he was preventing a welterweight that’s thought-about the perfect on the planet.
Hearn appears satisfied that he’s going to have the ability to get Catterall a title shot subsequent in opposition to certainly one of these champions:
- Teofimo Lopez [WBO]: Hearn is banking on the Saudis will wish to make a combat between Teofimo and Catterall. I don’t see it. That’s not taking place. Why would the Sauds wish to waste their cash placing on a Teofimo-Catterall combat once they can get somebody a lot, rather more thrilling to observe for Teofimo to combat like Matias. Catterall is simply too boring.
- Subriel Matias [IBF]: The hard-hitting Matias has a combat scheduled in opposition to Liam Paro on June fifteenth in Puerto Rico. If Hearn makes it financially worthwhile for Matias to combat Catterall, this will occur. Matias is a a lot larger stage power-wise than Taylor, and it’ll finish badly for Catterall, who can’t punch and simply principally clinches. That strategy received’t work in opposition to Matias.
- Devin Haney [WBC]: Devin has his necessary Sandor Martin he must deal with within the subsequent. If Haney is victorious in opposition to him, he’s going to desire a well-liked opponent that may promote PPVs. Sorry, Catterall, ain’t it? That’s a PPV catastrophe if Haney chooses him.
The combat confirmed that generally being an undisputed champion ain’t what it’s cracked as much as be, as Taylor (19-2, 13 KOs) regarded marginal, and that’s not becasue the clinching, jabbing Catterall (29-1, 13 KOs) regarded nice.
Catterall’s Efficiency: Not Championship Caliber
Catterall didn’t look spectacular with all of the holding, jabbing, and operating he was doing. Catterall was preventing a man that was by no means pretty much as good as some had thought he was when he grew to become the undisputed champion three years in the past in 2021 after beating Josh Ramirez and Regis Prograis.
“A combat that would land in Riyadh. You discuss USA vs. England,” stated promoter Eddie Hearn to Boxing Information a couple of hypothetical title shot for Jack Catterall in opposition to WBO mild welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez needing to happen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for it to have ANY probability of taking place.
“We even have Subriel Matias preventing Liam Paro for the IBF championship. [WBC 140-lb champion] Devin Haney is preventing Sandor Martin. Let’s see what’s taking place with Teofimo. There’s a number of choices, however after a efficiency like that in a combat of that magnitude, it’s quite a bit simpler to land a world title shot,” stated Hearn.
