19 Facts About Jack Catterall

Jack Catterall was born on 1 July 1993 and is an English professional boxer.

Jack Catterall challenged for the undisputed light-welterweight title in 2022.

Jack Catterall was born on 1 July 1993 in Chorley, Lancashire.

One of nine children in the household, Catterall took part in judo and wrestling before finding his way into boxing at the age of 10.

Jack Catterall made his professional debut against Carl Allen on 22 September 2012 at the Bowlers Exhibition Centre in Manchester, winning by points decision over four rounds.

Jack Catterall fought once more in 2012, defeating Johnny Greaves via first-round technical knockout.

Jack Catterall started 2013 with a fourth-round TKO win over Carl Allen in March, and secured another three wins that year; Mark McKray via PTS in April; a second-round knockout over Tom Price in June; and Renald Garrido via PTS in November.

The second-round saw much of the same, until Jack Catterall landed a vicious counter left hook to the chin of Brough which left the Liverpudlian needing medical attention in the ring, scoring a TKO win with 58 seconds left in the round to capture the Central Area light-welterweight title.

Jack Catterall's final fight of 2014 came on 25 October at the Echo Arena, Liverpool, against Tom Stalker, friend of Catterall's previous opponent, Nathan Brough.

On 6 March 2015, Jack Catterall fought Cesar David Inalef for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title at the Echo Arena in Liverpool.

Jack Catterall successfully defended his WBO regional title three times in 2015; a sixth-round TKO over Gabriel Calfin in September; a ten-round UD over Jarkko Putkonen in October; and a third-round TKO over Noe Nunez in December to finish the year.

Jack Catterall had three decision wins in 2016; a defence against Joe Hughes in a British light-welterweight final eliminator in May; Lukasz Janik in an eight-round non-title bout in August; and another defence against Diego Gonzalo Luque in December.

Jack Catterall began 2017 with a third-round TKO win over Martin Gethin in April, in what would be Gethin's final professional bout, before going on to challenge British light-welterweight champion Tyrone Nurse on 21 October, at the First Direct Arena in Leeds.

Shortly after winning the title, Jack Catterall vacated in favour of continuing down the WBO title route.

In January 2019, it was announced that Jack Catterall had been installed as the mandatory challenger to WBO light-welterweight champion Maurice Hooker.

Jack Catterall opted to take a step-aside deal in order to allow Ramirez to face WBA, IBF, and The Ring champion, Josh Taylor, again with the agreement that the winner face Jack Catterall next.

On 26 May 2024 in Leeds, England, Jack Catterall was scheduled to face Josh Taylor in a rematch.

Jack Catterall was scheduled to face Regis Prograis in a 12-round junior welterweight bout at Co-op Live Arena in Manchester, England on August 24,2024.

The contest was postponed after Jack Catterall suffered an injury and is due to take place on 26 October 2024 at the same venue.