Jack Catterall

Jack Catterall, also known by his nickname "El Gato," is an English professional boxer in the light-welterweight category. Born on July 1, 1993, he made his professional boxing debut against Carl Allen in September 2012, winning the fight via points decision (PTS) over four rounds.

Catterall went on to win 25 more consecutive fights after his professional debut, with 13 of them being knockout wins. Some of his notable victories include wins over Martin Gethin, Ohara Davies, Christopher Sebire, Tyrone Nurse, Tom Stalker, Joe Hughes, and Johnny Greaves.

On February 26, 2022, Catterall had his first world title fight against Josh Taylor for the WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring titles. Unfortunately, he lost to Taylor via a 12 round split-decision. This was his first loss in his professional boxing career, reducing his current record to 26-1, which includes 13 knockout wins.

Despite the loss, Jack Catterall remains an impressive boxer, having held the British light-welterweight title in 2017.

Early Career

Catterall made his first professional debut against Carl Allen in September 2012 at the Bowlers Exhibition Centre in Manchester. He went on to fight once more in 2012, defeating Johnny Greaves via first-round technical knockout (TKO).

He began 2013 with a fourth-round TKO win over Carl Allen in March, and secured another three wins that year: Mark McKray via points decision (PTS) in April, a second-round knockout (KO) over Tom Price in June, and Renald Garrido via PTS in November.

In 2014, he signed a two-year contract with Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions before winning an eight-round PTS over Krzysztof Szot in May. His next fight was against undefeated prospect Nathan Brough (11-0) on July 26 at the Phones 4u Arena in Manchester.

Both fighters had success in round one, with Brough with the jab and Catterall with a few clean shots to the head. In round two, 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.

His final fight of 2014 was against Tom Stalker, who had pulled out of a British light-welterweight title eliminator against Chris Jenkins in favor of facing Catterall instead. 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.

On March 6, 2015, Catterall fought against Cesar David Inalef (18-5-1) for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. He scored a fifth-round TKO with 1 minute and 3 seconds remaining, after a controlled performance that had Inalef down in the second-round from a body shot, and knocked the Argentine's mouthpiece out on three occasions.

Catterall successfully defended his WBO regional title three times in 2015: a sixth-round TKO over Gabriel Calfin in September, a ten-round unanimous decision over Jarkko Putkonen in October, and a third-round TKO over Noe Nunez in December to finish the year.

British Champion

Catterall had three decision wins in 2016: a defense against Joe Hughes in a British light-welterweight final eliminator in May, a win over Lukasz Janik in an eight-round non-title bout in August, and another defense against Diego Gonzalo Luque in December.

He began 2017 with a third-round TKO win over Martin Gethin in April, in what would be Gethin's final professional bout, before going on to challenge British light-welterweight champion Tyrone Nurse (35-2-2) on October 21 at the First Direct Arena in Leeds.

Catterall won by unanimous decision with the scorecards reading 118-111, 116-113, and 115-114, to capture the British light-welterweight title. Shortly after winning the title, Catterall vacated in favor of continuing down the WBO title route.

World Title Contention

In March 2018, Catterall started out the year with a first-round KO over Kevin McCauley in a non-title bout before successfully defending his WBO Inter-Continental title a further three times that year; scoring a first-round TKO over Christopher Sebire in May, a ten-round unanimous decision over undefeated Tyrone McKenna in June, and ending with a twelve-round UD over Ohara Davies in October.

In January 2019, it was announced that Catterall had been installed as the mandatory challenger to WBO light-welterweight champion Maurice Hooker. While waiting for a fight with Hooker, Catterall took a stay-busy fight in April, defeating Oscar Amador via third-round KO.

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. In the meantime, Catterall took another stay-busy fight, defeating Timo Schwarzkopf via UD in November.

After Ramirez defeated Hooker in July 2020 to become a unified champion, the WBO ordered Ramirez to face Catterall. Around the same time, the WBC also ordered Ramirez to face their mandatory challenger, Viktor Postol. Ramirez faced Postol in August 2020, with the agreement that Catterall face the winner. Less than 48 hours after Ramirez emerged victorious, the WBO once again ordered Ramirez to face Catterall.

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