Catterall faces erstwhile two-time satellite champion Regis Prograis successful a ace lightweight showdown astatine Co-Op Live, arsenic high-profile boxing returns to the UK aft respective large fights successful the Middle East.
Catterall, the 31-year-old from Chorley, was controversially beaten by Josh Taylor successful 2022 erstwhile warring for the undisputed super-lightweight crown, losing connected points successful Glasgow contempt astir believing helium had done capable to get the decision.
Prograis is 1 of the toughest tests extracurricular of the satellite champions and triumph contiguous would beryllium different large connection for Catterall.
Prograis past fought 10 months ago, losing his WBC rubric astatine 140lbs to Devin Haney, and the American besides has a decision to Taylor connected his record, beaten by the Scotsman successful a choky brushwood 5 years ago.
Catterall has made it wide that helium wants to beryllium challenging for a satellite rubric aboriginal successful 2025, identifying Australia’s IBF champion Liam Paro, besides promoted by Matchroom, arsenic a imaginable opponent. However, those plans volition beryllium swiftly derailed should Prograis permission Manchester victorious.
Revenge: Jack Catterall yet bushed Josh Taylor successful their rematch earlier this year
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Catterall vs Prograis combat day and venue
The combat takes spot connected Saturday October 26, 2024 astatine the Co-op Live arena successful Manchester, England.
Catterall vs Prograis combat clip and ringing walks
Ring walks for the main lawsuit betwixt Catterall and Prograis are expected astatine astir 10:30pm BST connected Saturday night, though that of people depends connected the magnitude of the fights earlier connected the undercard.
The main undercard itself is scheduled to commence astatine 7pm BST.
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Catterall vs Prograis undercard
Jack Catterall vs Regis Prograis
Reece Bellotti vs Michael Gomez Jr
Campbell Hatton vs Jimmy Joe Flint
Pat McCormack vs William Andres Herrera
Junaid Bostan vs Maico Sommariva
William Crolla vs Lorenzo Grasso
Ste Clarke vs Mateusz Pawlowski
Joe McGrail vs Lewis Morris
Emily Whitworth vs Sara Orszagi
Catterall vs Prograis prediction
Catterall should person an unbeaten record, with that arguable Taylor decision the lone clip helium has been defeated arsenic a professional.
Since then, helium has been faultless successful moving his mode backmost towards the division’s elite, beating Jorge Linares by unanimous determination and past proving excessively bully successful the rematch with Taylor.
Eight of Catterall’s past 9 fights person gone the region and it would beryllium a astonishment if it was an aboriginal nighttime successful Manchester this weekend.
He does not needfully person the one-punch powerfulness to propulsion for an aboriginal stoppage, but Catterall has regularly proved that helium tin power a fight.
Ambition: Jack Catterall is successful enactment for different satellite rubric changeable if helium tin triumph this fight
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Prograis does person that power, with 24 of his 29 wins coming wrong the distance, but this is the benignant of hostile helium has struggled with.
In Prograis’ past bout, Haney arsenic the amended boxer was comfortably capable to enactment retired of trouble, with Prograis not convincing against fighters who determination good and bash not let him to fto his hands go.
If the American is to upset the likelihood helium volition person to unit the contented aboriginal and get Catterall retired of his comfortableness zone, but we’re going for the location combatant to predominate the bout and easiness to a wide points win.
Catterall to win, unanimous decision.
Catterall vs Prograis weigh-in results
Both fighters successfully made value connected Friday, with Catterall tipping the scales astatine precisely 140lbs and Prograis a fraction lighter astatine 139.7lbs.
Catterall vs Prograis odds
Catterall to triumph connected points oregon by decision: 4/7
Catterall to triumph by knockout, method knockout oregon disqualification: 7/2
Prograis to triumph connected points oregon by decision: 17/2
Prograis to triumph by knockout, method knockout oregon disqualification: 6/1
Odds via Betfair (subject to change).