Jack Catterall and Regis Prograis Weigh In forward of their Tremendous Light-weight Contest tomorrow evening at CoOp Reside, Manchester
25 October 2024
Image By Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing
Jack Catterall and Regis Prograis are lastly one sleep away from assembly within the ring.
Each fighters made weight for his or her oft-postponed junior welterweight conflict. Catterall weighed 140 kilos, whereas Prograis was 139.7 kilos. Their scheduled 12-round bout airs dwell on DAZN this Saturday from Co-op Reside in Manchester.
The present marks the primary ever boxing occasion to happen on the model new, state-of-the-art venue.
The 2 have been on account of meet on Aug. 24 at this location. An harm suffered by Catterall (29-1, 13 knockouts) to push out the occasion by two months.
It was an ironic twist for Catterall, who spent greater than two years ready on a rematch with former RING/undisputed champion Josh Taylor. Their snakebitten sequel suffered a number of delays earlier than they lastly met on Might 25.
Catterall gained a unanimous resolution, 27 months after he suffered a controversial cut up resolution defeat of their Feb. 2022 championship contest. He sought to make up for misplaced time and instantly moved ahead together with his profession. The Ring’s No. 4-rated junior welterweight agreed to phrases with minimal interruption to face Prograis (29-2, 24 KOs) this summer season.
The one interruption was transferring ahead with the occasion.
Prograis has twice held titles at 140. He gained the WBA belt in an April 2019 knockout win over Kyril Relikh in Lafayette, Louisiana.
The feat came about two hours from Prograis’ childhood hometown of New Orleans however his reign ended on the opposite facet of the Atlantic. Prograis dropped a aggressive majority resolution to Taylor of their Oct. 2019 World Boxing Tremendous Collection finale in London.
5 wins adopted, together with a Nov. 2022 eleventh spherical knockout of Jose Zepeda to win the WBC 140-pound belt. Prograis made one protection, a choice win over Danielito Zorrilla final June 17 in New Orleans. The reign resulted in a twelve-round shutout defeat to Devin Haney (31-0, 15 KOs; 1 NC) final Dec. 9 in San Francisco, California.
Catterall has fought simply 3 times for the reason that disputed defeat to Taylor. 4 separate delays left him out of the ring for 13 months earlier than a choice victory over Darragh Foley final Might. Catterall then outpointed former three-division titlist Jorge Linares final October earlier than his victory over Taylor in Might.
DAZN Undercard, 7:00 p.m. native time/2:00 p.m. ET
Reece Bellotti (19-5, 14 KOs), Watford, Hertfordshire, 129 ¾ kilos
Michael Gomez Jr. (21-1, 6 KOs), Manchester, 129.9 kilos
12 rounds, junior light-weight
Jimmy Joe Flint (14-2-2, 3 KOs), Doncaster, Yorkshire, 139 ¼ kilos
Campbell Hatton (14-1, KOs), Hyde, Lancashire, 139.8 kilos
10 rounds, junior welterweight
Pat McCormack (5-0, 4 KOs), Sunderland, Tyne and Put on, 146.7 kilos
Williams Andres Herrera (16-3, 7 KOs), Cordoba, Argentina, 145 ½ kilos
10 rounds, welterweight
Junaid Bostan (9-0. 7 KOs), Rotherham, Yorkshire, 158 kilos
Maico Sommariva (9-4-1, 8 KOs) Cordoba, Argentina, 155.4 kilos
8 rounds, junior middleweight
DAZN Earlier than The Bell, 5:00 p.m. native time/12:00 p.m. ET
Stephen Clarke (4-0, 1 KO), Liverpool, 161.4 kilos
Mateusz Pawlowski (2-1, 1 KO), Krakow, Poland, 159 ¾ kilos
6 rounds, middleweight
William Crolla (5-0, 4 KOs), Manchester, 155 ¾ kilos
Lorenzo Grasso (6-2, 1 KO), Harrow, London, 155.7 kilos
6 rounds, junior middleweight
Joe McGrail (10-0, 5 KOs), Liverpool, 127 ¾ kilos
Lewis Morris (8-2, 1 KO), Walsall, West Midlands, 128 ¾ kilos
8 rounds, featherweight
Emily Whitworth (professional debut), Heywood, Lancashire, 117.6 kilos
Sara Orszagi (1-2, 0 KOs), Ajka, Hungary, 110.9 kilos
4 rounds, bantamweight
