Jack Catterall


Jack Catterall is an English professional boxer. He challenged for the undisputed light-welterweight title in 2022. At regional level, he has held multiple light-welterweight championships, including the British title from 2017 to 2018.

Early life

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. Before getting into boxing full time, he took a college course in public services and worked a job laying tarmac to fund his gym sessions.

Amateur career

Catterall boxed out of Chorley ABC from the age of 10 and compiled an amateur record of 48–18, during a career in which he won a CYP National title and placed second in the ABAE Junior Championships.

Professional career

Early career

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. He fought once more in 2012, defeating Johnny Greaves via first-round technical knockout.
He 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.
Following his first fight of 2014 – a fifth-round TKO victory over Aleksas Vaseris in March – it was announced that Catterall had signed a two-year contract with Frank Warren's Queensberry Promotions. His first fight with the company was an eight-round points decision victory over Krzysztof Szot in May. Up next was a fight with undefeated prospect Nathan Brough on 26 July at the Phones 4u Arena in Manchester. Both fighters had success in round one – Brough with the jab and Catterall with a few clean shots to the head. The second-round saw much of the same, until 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. His final fight of 2014 came on 25 October at the Echo Arena, Liverpool, against Tom Stalker, friend of Catterall's previous opponent, Nathan Brough. Stalker, a 2012 Olympian and also unbeaten with a record of 9–0, had pulled out of a British light-welterweight title eliminator against Chris Jenkins in favour of facing Catterall. Catterall dropped Stalker in the first and second rounds. With 12 seconds remaining in the eighth-round, referee Mark Lyons waved off the fight after a left hook from Catterall sent Stalker stumbling on unsteady legs, giving Catterall the TKO win and the WBO European light-welterweight title.
On 6 March 2015, Catterall fought Cesar David Inalef for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title at the Echo Arena in Liverpool. After a controlled performance, in which Catterall had Inalef down in the second-round from a body shot and knocked the Argentine's mouthpiece out on three occasions, Catterall scored a fifth-round TKO with 1 minute and 3 seconds remaining. He 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.

British champion

He 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.
He 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. Catterall won by UD with the scorecards reading 118–111, 116–113 and 115–114, to capture the British light-welterweight title. Shortly after winning the title, Catterall vacated in favour of continuing down the WBO title route.

World title contention

Starting out 2018 with a first-round KO over Kevin McCauley in a non-title bout in March 2018, Catterall went on to successfully defend his WBO Inter-Continental title a further three times that year; scoring a first-round TKO over Christopher Sebire in May; a ten-round unanimous decision over undefeated Tyrone McKenna in June; and ending with a twelve-round UD over Ohara Davies in October.
In January 2019, it was announced that Catterall had been installed as the mandatory challenger to WBO light-welterweight champion Maurice Hooker. While waiting for a fight with Hooker, Catterall took a stay-busy fight in April, defeating Oscar Amador via third-round KO. In August, the WBO announced they had sanctioned a unification fight between Hooker and WBC champion José Ramírez, with the winner set to face Catterall as the mandatory challenger within 120 days of the bout. In the meantime, Catterall took another stay-busy fight, defeating Timo Schwarzkopf via UD in November.
After Ramírez defeated Hooker in July 2020 to become a unified champion, the WBO ordered Ramírez to face Catterall. Around the same time, the WBC also ordered Ramírez to face their mandatory challenger, Viktor Postol. Ramírez faced Postol in August 2020, with the agreement that Catterall face the winner. Less than 48 hours after Ramírez emerged victorious, the WBO once again ordered Ramírez to face Catterall. Catterall opted to take a step-aside deal in order to allow Ramírez to face WBA, IBF, and The Ring champion, Josh Taylor, again with the agreement that the winner face Catterall next. Taylor defeated Ramírez in May 2021, unifying all four major world titles to set up an undisputed championship fight with Catterall.

Undisputed championship challenge

In August, ESPN reported that Catterall and Taylor had agreed terms to meet on 18 December at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow. It was announced by Taylor on 21 October that he had suffered an injury, and thus the fight would be postponed to 26 February 2022. Taylor won the bout by a highly controversial split decision with the judges’ scorecards reading 114–111, 113–112 for Taylor and 113–112 for Catterall.

Catterall vs. Taylor II

On 26 May 2024 in Leeds, England, Catterall was scheduled to face Josh Taylor in a rematch. He won the fight by unanimous decision with the scores 117–111, 117–111 and 116–113.

Catterall vs. Prograis

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 Catterall suffered an injury and was rescheduled for 26 October 2024 at the same venue, resulting in him winning by unanimous points decision.

Catterall vs. Barboza Jr.

Catterall faced Arnold Barboza Jr. in a WBO super lightweight title eliminator at Co-op Live in Manchester, England, on 15 February 2025. He lost by split decision.

Catterall vs. Eubank

Moving up a weight division, Catterall faced IBF Intercontinental welterweight champion Harlem Eubank at the Manchester Arena on 5 July 2025. The fight was stopped at the start of the seventh round on the advice of the ringside doctor due to both fighters suffering serious cuts in an accidental clash of heads. Catterall was declared the winner by technical unanimous decision as he was ahead on all three judges' scorecards at the time of the stoppage.

Catterall vs. Essuman

Catterall defeated WBO Global welterweight champion Ekow Essuman by 11th round technical knockout at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London on 15 November 2025.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
34Win32–2Ekow EssumanTKO11, 0:5015 Nov 2025Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London, EnglandWon WBO Global welterweight title
33Win31–2Harlem Eubank7, 0:015 Jul 2025Manchester Arena, Manchester, EnglandWon IBF Inter-Continental and vacant WBA International welterweight titles;
Unanimous TD: Catterall cut from accidental head clash
32Loss30–2Arnold Barboza Jr.SD1215 Feb 2025Co-op Live, Manchester, EnglandFor vacant WBO Interim light welterweight title
31Win30–1Regis PrograisUD1226 Oct 2024Co-op Live, Manchester, EnglandWon vacant WBO International light welterweight title
30Win29–1Josh TaylorUD1225 May 2024First Direct Arena, Leeds, England
29Win28–1Jorge LinaresUD1221 Oct 2023M&S Bank Arena, Liverpool, England
28Win27–1Darragh FoleyUD1027 May 2023Manchester Arena, Manchester, EnglandWon vacant WBA Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
27Loss26–1Josh Taylor1226 Feb 2022OVO Hydro, Glasgow, ScotlandFor WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO and The Ring light-welterweight titles
26Win26–0Abderrazak HouyaPTS1028 Nov 2020Church House, London, England
25Win25–0Timo SchwarzkopfUD1022 Nov 2019Caesars Palace Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
24Win24–0Oscar AmadorKO3, 1:1227 Apr 2019The SSE Arena, London, England
23Win23–0Ohara DaviesUD126 Oct 2018Leicester Arena, Leicester, EnglandRetained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
22Win22–0Tyrone McKennaUD1230 Jun 2018The SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern IrelandRetained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
21Win21–0Christopher SebireTKO1, 1:4719 May 2018Elland Road, Leeds, EnglandRetained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
20Win20–0Kevin McCauleyKO1, 2:1231 Mar 2018Guild Hall, Preston, England
19Win19–0Tyrone NurseUD1221 Oct 2017First Direct Arena, Leeds, EnglandWon British light-welterweight title
18Win18–0Martin GethinTKO3, 1:408 Apr 2017Manchester Arena, Manchester, EnglandRetained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
17Win17–0Diego Gonzalo LuqueUD103 Dec 2016Lagoon Leisure Centre, Paisley, ScotlandRetained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
16Win16–0Łukasz JanikPTS812 Aug 2016Village Hotel, Ashton-under-Lyne, England
15Win15–0Joe HughesUD1213 May 2016Macron Stadium's Premier Suite, Bolton, EnglandRetained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
14Win14–0Noe NunezTKO3, 2:5819 Dec 2015Manchester Arena, Manchester, EnglandRetained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
13Win13–0Jarkko Putkonen1010 Oct 2015Manchester Arena, Manchester, EnglandRetained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
12Win12–0Gabriel Fernando Punalef CalfinTKO6, 1:2011 Jul 2015Manchester Velodrome, Manchester, EnglandRetained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
11Win11–0Cesar David InalefTKO5, 1:036 Mar 2015Echo Arena, Liverpool, EnglandWon vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
10Win10–0Tom StalkerTKO8, 2:4825 Oct 2014Echo Arena, Liverpool, EnglandWon vacant WBO European light-welterweight title
9Win9–0Nathan BroughTKO2, 0:5826 Jul 2014Phones 4u Arena, Manchester, EnglandWon vacant Central Area light-welterweight title
8Win8–0Krzysztof SzotPTS810 May 2014Olympia, Liverpool, England
7Win7–0Aleksas VaserisTKO5, 1:388 Mar 2014Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, England
6Win6–0Renald GarridoPTS622 Nov 2013Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, England
5Win5–0Tom Price2, 1:537 Jun 2013Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England
4Win4–0Mark McKrayPTS427 Apr 2013Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England
3Win3–0Carl AllenTKO4 9 Mar 2013De Vere Whites Hotel, Bolton, England
2Win2–0Johnny Greaves1, 1:4614 Dec 2012Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England
1Win1–0Carl Allen422 Sep 2012Bowlers Exhibition Centre, Manchester, England