Devin Haney and Jack Catterall each took to social media to ask His Excellency Turki Alalshikh to assist put a battle collectively between the 2 defensive artists.
It’s unclear why the 2 would wish Turki to finance a battle as a result of neither of them is a star, and that will require him to intervene to place this degree of a battle collectively. Catterall’s promoter, Eddie Hearn, might simply provide you with the dough to make a Haney-Catterall battle, supplied that Haney (31-0, 15 KOs) doesn’t worth himself out.
In case you’re Turki, do you need to pay Haney and Catterall hundreds of thousands for a battle that guarantees to be a uninteresting, defensive affair that entails a number of working and holding for 12 rounds? I don’t assume so.
If Turki did need to put a battle along with one in all them, it might extra possible contain them dealing with fighters that will curiosity the boxing public. Haney-Catterall is a conflict that will be DOA [dead on arrival] when it comes to attracting fan attraction.
Catterall Ought to Combat
– William Zepeda
– Ryan Garcia
– Subriel Matias
These fighters could be bother for Catterall, who has no energy and incapable of standing his floor and preventing. He has no religion in his chin.
Perfect Oppnents For Haney
– Jaron Ennis
– Bakhram Murtazaliev
– Israil Madrimov
Contemplating that Haney rehydrates to the mid-160s, I included some junior middleweights as a result of that’s the division he must be preventing in if the same-day weigh-ins have been introduced again to the game.
Followers on social media are roasting Haney & Catterall at this time, saying they’re “begging” Turki and viewing it as “shameless.” It wouldn’t be so unhealthy if Haney and Catterall (30-1, 13 KOs) entertained fighters with thrilling preventing kinds that Turki could be curious about inserting on one in all his Riyadh Season playing cards.
Sadly, they’re boring to observe. They win their fights by working, jabbing, and holding. Catterall is arguably the much less entertaining of the 2, however Haney comes shut. The distinction is that Haney at the very least tries to battle at occasions, which is why he typically will get harm in his fights. Catterall takes no probabilities in his fights and is at all times on the run.
Till now, Haney has solely been concerned in a single huge battle throughout his profession, and that was in opposition to Ryan Garcia final April, who wiped the deck with him in Brooklyn, New York. It’s believed Ryan introduced in many of the PPV buys due to his 12 million Instagram followers.
Catterall, AKA The British Shakur, is coming off a career-best win over former WBA and WBC mild welterweight champion Regis Prograis final weekend on the Co-op Dwell Enviornment in Manchester, England.
The Eddie Hearn-promoted Catterall knocked 35-year-old Prograis down twice within the ninth after which ran for the ultimate three rounds to protect the victory, profitable a uninteresting 12-round unanimous choice.
Let’s go @Turki_alalshikh 🙌 https://t.co/2TNiaK3QYB
— Jack Catterall (@jack_catt93) October 28, 2024
