Jack Catterall’s promoter Eddie Hearn is hoping his WBO welterweight title eliminator towards Arnold Barboza Jr. goes for the total belt after they meet Feb. 15 on the Co-op Stay Area in Manchester, England .
Will Teofimo depart?
Matchroom promoter Hearn is relying on WBO 140-pound champion Teofimo Lopez to vacate his title to maneuver as much as 147 for greater fights, probably towards IBF welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis.
Whether or not that occurs or not, it nonetheless would not work in Hearn’s favor as Catterall (30-1, 13 KOs) might not get previous the extra proficient Barboza Jr. (31-0, 11 KOs) on February 15.
The one factor getting into Catterall’s favor for this combat is that it is in his neck of the woods in England, which suggests he may win a choice he would not like. If the rounds are shut, it would not be shocking in the event that they went to Catterall.
Barboza Jr. will destroy Hearn’s imaginative and prescient
Barboza Jr. is the significantly better expertise of the 2 and figures to win this combat with the benefit of his offensive expertise. Catterall is sort of a British model of Shakur Stevenson, an imperfect imitation of actuality. Jack has the very same strikes as Shakur however with out the pace, reflexes and ring IQ.
“It’s a ultimate eliminator for the WBO world title – and hopefully it may even be for the world title if Teofimo Lopez steps apart.” Jack ought to already be an undisputed world champion” stated Hearn. “And there is no higher manner than to show he is earned his place on the high by beating Arnold Barboza Jr in what’s a unbelievable combat within the 140lbs division.”
Hearn’s remark about how Catterall ought to already be the undisputed world champion is already resulting from his controversial loss to Josh Taylor on February 26, 2022. Hearn remains to be complaining about that loss, nevertheless it wasn’t controversial. Taylor hit the toughest pictures all night time and he was the one who attacked.
If Catterall needed to win, he ought to have stayed within the pocket as an alternative of utilizing his Shakur-style three-foot step-back strategy each time Taylor confirmed up. It was so boring to look at and it was apparent Catterall was attempting to get an affordable victory. The judges did not have any.
Catterall was unwatchable in his current combat towards Regis Prograis on October 26 in Manchester. The outdated warrior, Prograis, dropped Catterall within the fifth and put him on the run all through the 12 rounds of the competition.
The judges gave Catterall a unanimous 12-round determination, nevertheless it was like watching one in every of Shakur’s fights. So boring. If the competition had been held in america, followers would have booed Catterall out of the world that night time. You will have to have the ability to entertain on this period.
Fighters like Shakur and Catterall are relics of the previous and do not belong there. Hearn could have loads of work to do attempting to advertise the Catterall-Barboza Jr. occasion on February 15.
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