Jack Catterall and Regis Prograis weigh in ahead of their Super Lightweight contest tomorrow night at CoOp Live, Manchester 25 October 2024 Photo by Mark Robinson Matchroom Boxing
Jack Catterall and Regis Prograis are finally one sleep away from meeting in the ring.
Both fighters made weight for their oft-postponed junior welterweight showdown. Catterall weighed 140 pounds, while Prograis was 139.7 pounds. Their scheduled 12-round bout will be broadcast live on DAZN this Saturday from Co-op Live in Manchester.
The show is the first ever boxing event to take place at the brand new, state-of-the-art venue.
The two were to meet at this place on August 24. An injury suffered Catterall (29-1, 13 knockouts) to push the event out by two months.
It was an ironic twist for Catterall, who had been waiting more than two years for a rematch with former RING/undisputed champion Josh Taylor. Their snake-bitten sequel suffered several delays before they finally met on May 25.
Catterall won a unanimous decision, 27 months after suffering a controversial split decision loss in their February 2022 championship contest. He tried to make up for lost time and immediately moved forward with his career. The Ring’s no. 4-rated junior welterweight agreed to face Prograis (29-2, 24 KOs) this summer on minimal severance.
The only interruption was moving forward with the event.
Prograis has held titles at 140 twice. He won the WBA belt in an April 2019 knockout victory over Kyril Relikh in Lafayette, Louisiana.
The feat took place two hours from Prograis’ childhood hometown of New Orleans, but his reign ended on the other side of the Atlantic. Prograis dropped a contested majority decision to Taylor in their Oct. 2019 World Boxing Super Series Final in London.
Five wins followed, including a November 2022 11th-round knockout of Jose Zepeda to win the WBC 140-pound belt. Prograis has made one defense, a decision win over Danielito Zorrilla last June 17 in New Orleans. The reign ended in a twelve-round loss to Devin Haney (31-0, 15 KOs; 1 NC) last December 9 in San Francisco, California.
Catterall has fought just three times since the controversial loss to Taylor. Four separate delays kept him out of the ring for 13 months before a decision win over Darragh Foley last May. Catterall then outpointed former three-division titleholder Jorge Linares last October before his victory over Taylor in May.
DAZN Undercard, 7pm local time/2pm ET
Reece Bellotti (19-5, 14 KOs), Watford, Hertfordshire, 129 ¾ lbs
Michael Gomez Jr. (21-1, 6 KOs), Manchester, 129.9 lbs
12 rounds, junior lightweight
Jimmy Joe Flint (14-2-2, 3 KOs), Doncaster, Yorkshire, 139 ¼ lbs
Campbell Hatton (14-1, KOs), Hyde, Lancashire, 139.8 lbs
10 rounds, junior welterweight
Pat McCormack (5-0, 4 KOs), Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, 146.7 lbs
Williams Andres Herrera (16-3, 7 KOs), Cordoba, Argentina, 145 ½ lbs
10 rounds, welterweight
Junaid Bostan (9-0. 7 KOs), Rotherham, Yorkshire, 158 lbs
Maico Sommariva (9-4-1, 8 KOs) Cordoba, Argentina, 155.4 lbs
8 rounds, junior middleweight
DAZN Before The Bell, 5pm local time/12pm ET
Stephen Clarke (4-0, 1 KO), Liverpool, 161.4 lbs
Mateusz Pawlowski (2-1, 1 KO), Krakow, Poland, 159 ¾ lbs
6 rounds, middleweight
William Crolla (5-0, 4 KOs), Manchester, 155 ¾ lbs
Lorenzo Grasso (6-2, 1 KO), Harrow, London, 155.7 lbs
6 rounds, junior middleweight
Joe McGrail (10-0, 5 KOs), Liverpool, 127 ¾ lbs
Lewis Morris (8-2, 1 KO), Walsall, West Midlands, 128 ¾ lbs
8 rounds, featherweight
Emily Whitworth (pro debut), Heywood, Lancashire, 117.6 lbs
Sara Orszagi (1-2, 0 KOs), Ajka, Hungary, 110.9 pounds
4 rounds, bantamweight
