Jack Catterall

Bio

Jack Catterall is, finally, a world champion. The Chorley southpaw outpointed Shakhram Giyasov over twelve at the Pyramids of Giza on the Glory In Giza undercard to win the vacant WBA welterweight title at 32. All three judges, no debate, a clinic from start to finish. After everything that's happened in his career, this one was overdue.

Catterall's CV reads like a fighter who's always been just a fraction unlucky. The Josh Taylor robbery in 2022 should have made him undisputed at 140. The war with Regis Prograis confirmed him as a top-five fighter pound-for-pound on these shores. Promotional fall-outs and inactivity cost him momentum at exactly the wrong moments. None of it changed the fact that he was always one of the very best technical southpaws in the business.

Now with the green WBA strap on his shoulder, the welterweight picture opens up. Ryan Garcia vs Conor Benn for the WBC welterweight in September puts a unification on the table for the winner. The IBF holder is another option. At 32, Catterall has a real two-year window to add to the legacy — and on the form he showed against Giyasov, nobody at 147 should fancy it.