Jack Catterall


Jack Catterall is an English professional boxer who held the British light-welterweight title in 2017. As of November 2019, he is ranked as the world’s sixth-best active light-welterweight by BoxRec.

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

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 Argentines 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.
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.
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. In August, the WBO announced that the winner of the light-welterweight unification world title fight between Maurice Hooker and WBC champion José Ramírez would have to face Catterall as the mandatory challenger within 120 days of the bout. Ramírez retained his WBC title and captured the WBO title via sixth-round TKO, setting up a 2020 world title fight between Catterall and Ramírez.
He fought twice in 2019; a third-round KO win over Oscar Amador in April and a ten-round UD victory over Timo Schwarzkopf in November.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
25Win25–0 Timo SchwarzkopfUD1022 Nov 2019Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates.png" />
24Win24–0 Oscar AmadorKO3, 1:1227 Apr 2019Wembley Arena, London, England.png" />
23Win23–0 Ohara DaviesUD126 Oct 2018Leicester Arena, Leicester, England.png" />Retained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
22Win22–0 Tyrone McKennaUD1230 Jun 2018The SSE Arena, Belfast, Northern Ireland.png" />Retained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
21Win21–0 Christopher SebireTKO1, 1:4719 May 2018Elland Road, Leeds, England.png" />Retained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
20Win20–0 Kevin McCauleyKO1, 2:1231 Mar 2018Guild Hall, Preston, England.png" />
19Win19–0 Tyrone NurseUD1221 Oct 2017Won British light-welterweight title
18Win18–0 Martin GethinTKO3, 1:408 Apr 2017Manchester Arena, Manchester, England.png" />Retained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
17Win17–0 Diego Gonzalo LuqueUD103 Dec 2016Paisley, Scotland.png" />Retained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
16Win16–0 Łukasz JanikPTS812 Aug 2016Ashton-under-Lyne, England.png" />
15Win15–0 Joe HughesUD1213 May 2016Macron Stadium's Premier Suite, Bolton, England.png" />Retained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
14Win14–0 Noe NunezTKO3, 2:5819 Dec 2015Retained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
13Win13–0 Jarkko Putkonen1010 Oct 2015Retained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
12Win12–0 Gabriel Fernando Punalef CalfinTKO6, 1:2011 Jul 2015Manchester Velodrome, Manchester, England.png" />Retained WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
11Win11–0 Cesar David InalefTKO5, 1:036 Mar 2015Won vacant WBO Inter-Continental light-welterweight title
10Win10–0 Tom StalkerTKO8, 2:4825 Oct 2014Won vacant WBO European light-welterweight title
9Win9–0 Nathan BroughTKO2, 0:5826 Jul 2014Won vacant Central Area light-welterweight title
8Win8–0 Krzysztof SzotPTS810 May 2014Olympia, Liverpool, England.png" />
7Win7–0 Aleksas VaserisTKO5, 1:388 Mar 2014
6Win6–0 Renald GarridoPTS622 Nov 2013
5Win5–0 Tom Price2, 1:537 Jun 2013Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England.png" />
4Win4–0 Mark McKrayPTS427 Apr 2013Sheffield Arena, Sheffield, England.png" />
3Win3–0 Carl AllenTKO4 9 Mar 2013De Vere Whites Hotel, Bolton, England.png" />
2Win2–0 Johnny Greaves1, 1:4614 Dec 2012Blackpool, England.png" />
1Win1–0 Carl Allen422 Sep 2012