Jack Catterall eyes world title fight after leaving Regis Prograis facing retirement in first boxing show at £365m arena

JACK CATTERALL changeable himself into satellite rubric contention portion sending American Regis Prograis into retirement. 

The super-lightweight brace became the first boxers to header astatine the caller 23,500-seat £365million Co-op Live Arena successful Manchester. 

And hometown leader Catterall, 31, had to get himself up from the level successful circular 5 pursuing a flash knockdown by Prograis. 

But helium pulled distant successful the ninth with 2 large knockdowns of himself to gain a unanimous points victory - and imaginable satellite rubric combat next. 

He said: "I'm pleased. It was a large lawsuit for me, a large juncture against a tremendous fighter. 

"Regis came tonight, helium gave maine a hellhole of a combat truthful I can't kick astir that. I felt Regis' power. Obviously helium is simply a beardown fighter. 

"But I came backmost into it with the 2 knockdown. There's plentifulness of large fights successful my division. I privation a satellite rubric next."

Catterall's promoter Eddie Hearn says the southpaw is present successful enactment to situation the victor between Liam Paro, 28, and Richardson Hitchins, 27, who combat for IBF rubric connected December 7. 

But Hearn besides wants to temp outspoken New Yorker and WBO rubric holder Teofimo Lopez, 27, into a travel to the UK.

Prograis, 35, is braced to bring an extremity to his vocation which included 2 satellite rubric reigns. 

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He said: "Jack was conscionable better, that's all. Jack was the amended man, I'm not going to lie.

"He deserves a satellite rubric fight. He decidedly deserves a satellite rubric next. Good luck.

"[He's] truly good. I've fought the champion and [he was] the champion retired of each of them.

"I've had my clip successful the sun. Now it's clip for the young ones, [to] fto the young guys instrumentality over."