Jack Catterall

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Jack Catterall
Statistics
Nickname(s)El Gato
Weight(s) Light-welterweight
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Reach67 in (170 cm) [1]
Born (1993-07-01) 1 July 1993 (age 30)
Chorley, Lancashire, England
Stance Southpaw
Boxing record [2]
Total fights29
Wins28
Wins by KO13
Losses1

Jack Catterall (born 1 July 1993 [3] ) is an English professional boxer. He challenged for the undisputed light-welterweight title in 2022. At regional level, he has held multiple light-welterweight championships, including the British title from 2017 to 2018.

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Early life

Jack Catterall was born on 1 July 1993 [4] in Chorley, Lancashire. One of nine children in the household, Catterall took part in judo and wrestling before finding his way into boxing at the age of 10. Before getting into boxing full time, he took a college course in public services and worked a job laying tarmac to fund his gym sessions. [5] [6]

Amateur career

Catterall boxed out of Chorley ABC from the age of 10 and compiled an amateur record of 48–18, [7] during a career in which he won a CYP (Clubs for Young People) National title [8] and placed second in the ABAE Junior Championships. [9]

Professional career

Early career

Catterall made his professional debut against Carl Allen on 22 September 2012 at the Bowlers Exhibition Centre in Manchester, winning by points decision (PTS) over four rounds. [10] He fought once more in 2012, defeating Johnny Greaves via first-round technical knockout (TKO). [11]

He started 2013 with a fourth-round TKO win over Carl Allen in March, [12] and secured another three wins that year; Mark McKray via PTS in April; [13] a second-round knockout (KO) over Tom Price in June; [14] and Renald Garrido via PTS in November. [15]

Following his first fight of 2014 – a fifth-round TKO victory over Aleksas Vaseris in March [16] – it was announced that Catterall had signed a two-year contract with Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions. [17] His first fight with the company was an eight-round points decision victory over Krzysztof Szot in May. [18] Up next was a fight with undefeated prospect Nathan Brough (11–0) on 26 July at the Phones 4u Arena in Manchester. [19] Both fighters had success in round one – Brough with the jab and Catterall with a few clean shots to the head. The second-round saw much of the same, until Catterall landed a vicious counter left hook to the chin of Brough which left the Liverpudlian needing medical attention in the ring, scoring a TKO win with 58 seconds left in the round to capture the Central Area light-welterweight title. [20] His final fight of 2014 came on 25 October at the Echo Arena, Liverpool, against Tom Stalker, [21] friend of Catterall's previous opponent, Nathan Brough. Stalker, a 2012 Olympian and also unbeaten with a record of 9–0, had pulled out of a British light-welterweight title eliminator against Chris Jenkins in favour of facing Catterall. [22] Catterall dropped Stalker in the first and second rounds. With 12 seconds remaining in the eighth-round, referee Mark Lyons waved off the fight after a left hook from Catterall sent Stalker stumbling on unsteady legs, giving Catterall the TKO win and the WBO European light-welterweight title. [23]

On 6 March 2015, Catterall fought Cesar David Inalef (18–5–1) for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. [24] After a controlled performance, in which Catterall had Inalef down in the second-round from a body shot and knocked the Argentines mouthpiece out on three occasions, Catterall scored a fifth-round TKO with 1 minute and 3 seconds remaining. [25] He successfully defended his WBO regional title three times in 2015; a sixth-round TKO over Gabriel Calfin in September; [26] a ten-round UD over Jarkko Putkonen in October; [27] and a third-round TKO over Noe Nunez in December to finish the year. [28]

British champion

He had three decision wins in 2016; a defence against Joe Hughes in a British light-welterweight final eliminator in May; [29] Lukasz Janik in an eight-round non-title bout in August; [30] and another defence against Diego Gonzalo Luque in December. [31]

He began 2017 with a third-round TKO win over Martin Gethin in April, in what would be Gethin's final professional bout, [32] before going on to challenge British light-welterweight champion Tyrone Nurse (35–2–2) on 21 October, at the First Direct Arena in Leeds. [33] Catterall won by UD with the scorecards reading 118–111, 116–113 and 115–114, to capture the British light-welterweight title. [34] Shortly after winning the title, Catterall vacated in favour of continuing down the WBO title route. [35] [36]

World title contention

Starting out 2018 with a first-round KO over Kevin McCauley in a non-title bout in March 2018, [37] Catterall went on to successfully defend his WBO Inter-Continental title a further three times that year; scoring a first-round TKO over Christopher Sebire in May; [38] a ten-round unanimous decision over undefeated Tyrone McKenna in June; [39] and ending with a twelve-round UD over Ohara Davies in October. [40]

In January 2019, it was announced that Catterall had been installed as the mandatory challenger to WBO light-welterweight champion Maurice Hooker. [41] [42] While waiting for a fight with Hooker, Catterall took a stay-busy fight in April, defeating Oscar Amador via third-round KO. [43] In August, the WBO announced they had sanctioned a unification fight between Hooker and WBC champion José Ramírez, with the winner set to face Catterall as the mandatory challenger within 120 days of the bout. [44] In the meantime, Catterall took another stay-busy fight, defeating Timo Schwarzkopf via UD in November. [45]

After Ramírez defeated Hooker in July 2020 to become a unified champion, the WBO ordered Ramírez to face Catterall. Around the same time, the WBC also ordered Ramírez to face their mandatory challenger, Viktor Postol. Ramírez faced Postol in August 2020, with the agreement that Catterall face the winner. Less than 48 hours after Ramírez emerged victorious, the WBO once again ordered Ramírez to face Catterall. [46] Catterall opted to take a step-aside deal in order to allow Ramírez to face WBA (Super), IBF, and The Ring champion, Josh Taylor, again with the agreement that the winner face Catterall next. Taylor defeated Ramírez in May 2021, unifying all four major world titles to set up an undisputed championship fight with Catterall. [47]

Undisputed championship challenge

In August, ESPN reported that Catterall and Taylor had agreed terms to meet on 18 December at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow. [48] It was announced by Taylor on 21 October that he had suffered an injury, and thus the fight would be postponed to 26 February 2022. [49] Taylor won the bout by split decision with the judges’ scorecards reading 114-111, 113-112 for Taylor and 113-112 for Catterall. Catterall controlled the majority of the fight but lost a highly controversial decision.

Professional boxing record

29 fights28 wins1 loss
By knockout130
By decision151
No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
29Win28-1Jorge LinaresUD1221 Oct 2023M&S Arena, Liverpool, Merseyside
28Win27–1Darragh FoleyUD1027 May 2023Manchester Arena, Manchester, EnglandWon vacant WBA Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
27Loss26–1 Josh Taylor SD12 26 Feb 2022 OVO Hydro, Glasgow, ScotlandFor WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO and The Ring light-welterweight titles
26Win26–0Abderrazak HouyaPTS1028 Nov 2020 Church House, London, England
25Win25–0Timo SchwarzkopfUD1022 Nov 2019Caesars Palace Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
24Win24–0Oscar AmadorKO3 (8), 1:1227 Apr 2019 The SSE Arena, London, England
23Win23–0 Ohara Davies UD126 Oct 2018 Leicester Arena, Leicester, EnglandRetained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
22Win22–0Tyrone McKennaUD1230 Jun 2018 The SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern IrelandRetained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
21Win21–0Christopher SebireTKO1 (10), 1:4719 May 2018 Elland Road, Leeds, EnglandRetained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
20Win20–0Kevin McCauleyKO1 (6), 2:1231 Mar 2018 Guild Hall, Preston, England
19Win19–0 Tyrone Nurse UD1221 Oct 2017 First Direct Arena, Leeds, EnglandWon British light-welterweight title
18Win18–0 Martin Gethin TKO3 (10), 1:408 Apr 2017Manchester Arena, Manchester, EnglandRetained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
17Win17–0Diego Gonzalo LuqueUD103 Dec 2016Lagoon Leisure Centre, Paisley, ScotlandRetained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
16Win16–0Łukasz JanikPTS812 Aug 2016Village Hotel, Ashton-under-Lyne, England
15Win15–0 Joe Hughes UD1213 May 2016 Macron Stadium's Premier Suite, Bolton, EnglandRetained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
14Win14–0Noe NunezTKO3 (10), 2:5819 Dec 2015Manchester Arena, Manchester, EnglandRetained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
13Win13–0Jarkko PutkonenUD1010 Oct 2015Manchester Arena, Manchester, EnglandRetained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
12Win12–0Gabriel Fernando Punalef CalfinTKO6 (10), 1:2011 Jul 2015 Manchester Velodrome, Manchester, EnglandRetained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
11Win11–0Cesar David InalefTKO5 (10), 1:036 Mar 2015Echo Arena, Liverpool, EnglandWon vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
10Win10–0 Tom Stalker TKO8 (10), 2:4825 Oct 2014 Echo Arena, Liverpool, EnglandWon vacant WBO European light-welterweight title
9Win9–0Nathan BroughTKO2 (10), 0:5826 Jul 2014 Phones 4u Arena, Manchester, EnglandWon vacant Central Area light-welterweight title
8Win8–0Krzysztof SzotPTS810 May 2014 Olympia, Liverpool, England
7Win7–0Aleksas VaserisTKO5 (6), 1:388 Mar 2014Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, England
6Win6–0Renald GarridoPTS622 Nov 2013Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, England
5Win5–0Tom PriceKO2 (6), 1:537 Jun 2013Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England
4Win4–0Mark McKrayPTS427 Apr 2013 Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England
3Win3–0Carl AllenTKO4 (4)9 Mar 2013De Vere Whites Hotel, Bolton, England
2Win2–0 Johnny Greaves TKO1 (4), 1:4614 Dec 2012Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England
1Win1–0Carl AllenPTS422 Sep 2012Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, England

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Boxing record for Jack Catterall from BoxRec (registration required)

Sporting positions
Regional boxing titles
Vacant
Title last held by
Tyrone Nurse 		Central Area
light-welterweight champion
26 July 2014 – August 2014
Vacated		Vacant
Title next held by
Nathan Brough
Vacant
Title last held by
Aik Shakhnazaryan 		WBO European
light-welterweight champion
25 October 2014 – February 2015
Vacated		Vacant
Title next held by
Felix Lamm
Vacant
Title last held by
Bradley Saunders 		WBO Inter-Continental
light-welterweight champion
6 March 2015 – January 2019
Vacated		Vacant
Title next held by
Ray Beltrán
Preceded by British light-welterweight champion
21 October 2017 – June 2018
Vacated		Vacant
Title next held by
Robbie Davies Jr.
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