Promoter Eddie Hearn feels the query for tonight’s struggle is whether or not Jack Catterall (29-1, 13 KOs) can stand as much as the ability of the previous two-time gentle welterweight champion Regis Prograis (29-2, 24 KOs) of their bout on the Co-op Dwell Enviornment in Manchester.
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Is Prograis Too Highly effective For Catterall?
If Catterall can’t deal with the heavy pictures from Prograis, he received’t final lengthy of their struggle. That received’t make Hearn completely happy as a result of he’s already planning for Catterall to problem for the IBF gentle welterweight title in opposition to Liam Paro or Richardson Hitchins.
We haven’t seen Catterall face an A-level fighter earlier than throughout his profession, and he would possibly crumble tonight when he will get in with Prograis. Catterall beat Josh Taylor in his final struggle, however he was utterly shot, and he was not who he’d been prior to now.
“The large query on this struggle is that if Jack Catterall can stand as much as the ability of Regis Prograis?” stated Eddie Hearn to Matchroom Boxing about tonight’s struggle between Catterall and Prograis in Manchester. “How a lot does Regis Prograis have left?”
“The query marks are, who’s the King of the 140-lb? The loser of this struggle can nonetheless be in large fights, however the winner goes to go on and problem for the world title,” stated Hearn. “Enormous strain on each Saturday night time. Massive crowd at Co-op Dwell. The primary time boxing has ever been held within the area.
“Each guys should win in the event that they need to safe a world championship shot in 2025. You’re going to see a warfare in Manchester
“My type of preventing, the upper degree of boxer I face. Generally, I’ve been a sufferer of falling brief once I’ve boxed a lesser caliber of opponent, and my ranges have come down,” stated Jack Catterall.”I believe you’ll see with Regis that the higher opponent, the higher I’ll be. If I win on Saturday, I’m going for Liam Paro.
“I preserve saying again and again, this is likely one of the greatest fights you can also make at 140 exterior of the belts being on the road,” stated Prograis. “I really feel like that is the proper time and the proper struggle for me and him each.
Prograis is right about his struggle in opposition to Catterall being one of many greatest within the gentle welterweight division as a result of there are usually not quite a lot of large names. Ryan Garcia and Devin Haney are inactive, and can each doubtless transfer as much as 147. Teofimo Lopez is predicted to do the identical quickly. Liam Paro isn’t nicely within the U.S, and never a star.
