Jack Catterall

Bio

Let's not beat around the bush. Jack Catterall has been treated shabbily by the sport, and anyone with two eyes knows it. The infamous night against Josh Taylor was one of the worst decisions British boxing has thrown up in years, and El Gato has carried that injustice around ever since. The class thing is, he's never let it define him — he's just kept fighting and kept winning.

Catterall is a proper boxer. Southpaw angles, tight defence, accurate counter-punching, and the kind of tough streak that comes from years of grafting in the northern gyms. He's levels above most of the names he's been in with in the super lightweight division.

Now he gets another world title shot on the biggest stage — at the Pyramids of Giza on May 23, underneath Usyk vs Verhoeven. If there's any justice in boxing, Jack Catterall ends that night with a world title round his waist. The whole of British boxing will be roaring him on.