Chris Algieri doesn’t consider that British fighter Jack Catterall will be capable of take his cautious, safety-first model of preventing to America and win selections towards aggressive fighters.
Algieri factors out the sunshine welterweight contender Catterall (30-1, 13 KOs) doesn’t interact sufficient and retreats an excessive amount of in his fights to win selections with that model within the U.S. the way in which he’s been doing within the UK. Catterall has a preventing model that solely a promoter would love.
Though the U.S. does have fighters just like Catterall, like Shakur Stevenson and Richardson Hitchins, they’re the uncommon exceptions. In Shakur’s case, he was promoted by the American promotional powerhouse Prime Rank and gained a silver medal within the 2016 Olympics for the U.S. He’s not going to maintain profitable with that model for lengthy, although.
Catterall engages even lower than Shakur and isn’t nice to look at. Even within the UK, Catterall shouldn’t be a well-liked fighter. He’s profitable with ugly model, however he’s additionally being rigorously matched and hasn’t confronted any killers at 140.
His finest wins had been towards washed-up fighters Josh Taylor and Regis Prograis. His promoter hasn’t matched him towards proficient gentle welterweights like Alberto Puello, Devin Haney, Ryan Garcia, Teofimo Lopez, and Jose Ramirez.
“Eddie Hearn was calling out, which makes essentially the most sense. He’s the money cow greater than anybody else within the division. In order that battle is smart from a cash state of affairs,” stated Chris Algieri to Probox TV about promoter Eddie Hearn calling out WBO gentle welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez to face Jack Catterall subsequent following his win over Regis Prograis final Saturday night time.
“Liam Paro is smart when it comes to what’s most logistically straightforward to make, however that’s a tricky battle. He’s a tricky out. He’s a southpaw, he’s good, he is aware of the best way to field, and he’s obtained lots of momentum. He’s coming off back-to-back stellar performances. He’s overperforming time and time once more,” continued Algieri about IBF gentle welterweight champion Liam Paro being a tricky battle for Catterall.
Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn will seemingly throw some huge cash on the winner of the December seventh battle between IBF gentle welterweight champion Liam Paro and Richardson Hitchins to get them to return to the UK to defend towards Catterall in Manchester. That transfer would give Catterall’s his finest probability of profitable.
If Catterall has to battle Hitchins in New York, his possibilities of profitable a call may not be good if he’s retreating throughout the ring like he did towards Prograis final Saturday night time in Manchester. He was actually working from Prograis at instances, and it was terrible to look at. It was very, very boring. Simply primarily based on Catterall’s unwillingness to have interaction within the first eight rounds, it’s exhausting to make a case that he gained any of the rounds.
“I don’t see Catterall profitable fights in America. I don’t see him leaving his yard and profitable selections. The man simply doesn’t interact sufficient, and we’ve seen it time and time once more with judges currently. They just like the man that goes ahead, and he by no means goes ahead, even when he’s obtained guys harm.
“He backs up rather a lot; he has a pleasant jab. He has a pleasant left hand, and has a pleasant one-two, but it surely’s few and much between. I don’t see him taking that model out of the UK. Within the UK, they like boxing rather a lot higher. They perceive. After I say, ‘Boxing,’ I imply they like guys which might be boxers. I’m not saying the game. They perceive footwork higher. They perceive higher. They perceive boxing and transferring. They recognize the candy science far more than we do over right here.
“I don’t see Catterall’s model coming over right here and being as dominant as he’s. Name me loopy, however I don’t see that,” stated Algieri.
Hearn is clearly going to do his utmost to maintain Catterall preventing completely within the UK till His Excellency Turki Alalshikh an takes an curiosity in him and has him preventing on his Riyadh Season playing cards. I don’t know why Turki would wish to use Catterall for his playing cards as a result of he doesn’t entertain, and U.S. followers dislike his preventing model. He’s an eyesore, and the U.S. already has Shakur doing that, getting booed out of arenas. Apparently, Hearn signed him, and thinks he can remodel him into a world famous person.
