140 pound contender Jack Catterall should be essentially the most pissed off, indignant fighter on the market right this moment. How lengthy has the southpaw been ready for his completely deserved return struggle with Josh Taylor? What number of instances has the rematch fallen aside?
Now, a 12 months on from that evening in Glasgow when virtually everybody felt Catterall had overwhelmed Taylor, who was then the unified four-belt defending champion at light-welterweight, Catterall has had sufficient and he’s transferring on. He has no selection.
With discuss of Taylor transferring on himself, right into a struggle with former light-weight champ Teofimo Lopez, 29 12 months previous Catterall says he doesn’t imagine he’ll ever get his return go at Taylor. Talking with iD Boxing, Catterall stated he’s now trying to land a struggle with Regis Prograis; Prograis being the present WBC champ at 140, having misplaced a detailed choice to Taylor in an earlier title struggle.
Catterall, 26-1(13) says he thinks each he and Prograis beat Taylor, and {that a} struggle between them each is “a simple struggle to make.” Earlier than that, Catterall will return to motion in opposition to TBA on March twenty fifth.
“ what it’s, we was clearly meant to struggle Josh, November, December, February, March, and I’m executed ready for it now,” Catterall stated. “You have got seen this morning the studies of Taylor-Teofimo, they’re speaking about preventing. So we sort of obtained the March twenty fifth date as a keep-busy, lively date. I’m not satisfied the Josh struggle goes to occur now. He’s pulled out greater than as soon as. I wished the Josh struggle. I imagine I beat Josh and it might have been good to place that to mattress. That’s out of the query now. I would like the largest fights attainable. I would like the Regis Prograis struggle. In my view, we each beat Josh, so now we have that in frequent. And it’s a simple struggle to make. Regis is up for the struggle and it’s an ideal struggle.”
Catterall, who has mainly been pressured to waste a full 12 months of his treasured prime years (years that don’t come again), stated he’ll now wait and see how developments unfold relating to a attainable struggle with the 28-1(24) Prograis. And Catterall is correct when he says it’s an ideal struggle.
34 12 months previous Prograis, one other southpaw like Catterall and Taylor, is arguably one of the crucial underrated fighters/champions on the scene right this moment. Whereas Catterall confirmed within the Taylor struggle how good he’s. Perhaps Prograis, who travelled to London for the Taylor struggle again in October of 2019, can be prepared to return again to the UK to struggle Catterall? We UK followers certain would love that.
Catterall deserves one other large struggle alternative, however it’s a disgrace we are going to doubtless by no means get to see that rematch with Taylor. If this does show to be the case, which fighter’s rep will endure essentially the most?; Calls Out Prograis
