Jack Catterall and Jorge Linares will meet this Saturday for the World Boxing Affiliation (WBA) tremendous light-weight intercontinental belt on the Echo Area in Liverpool, United Kingdom.
The bout would be the spotlight of the Matchroom occasion and can pit two nice fighters in opposition to one another. Catterall is the regional champion of the pioneer group and can make the primary protection of the title he received in Could when he defeated Darragh Foley by unanimous resolution.
The 30-year-old Brit is a southpaw who’s aiming to develop into a world champion within the brief time period. His solely loss was to Josh Taylor in 2022 in a reasonably shut resolution for the undisputed division title.
Linares is a former three-time world champion who’s 38 years previous. The Venezuelan is on a shedding streak with three defeats however is again with coach Ismael Salas and has created a brand new workforce with which, he assures, he’ll do higher for this struggle.
The “Golden Boy” has fought on three events on British soil and has by no means suffered a loss, whereas he has additionally not misplaced to any UK-born fighter among the many three he has confronted. He intends to maintain the streak going however the problem might be robust, plus he might be shifting up at school after making his most up-to-date fights at light-weight.
Promotional actions will happen this week main as much as Saturday’s struggle. Friday would be the official weigh-in and on Saturday they are going to be prepared for the struggle. Catterall has 27 wins, 1 loss and 13 knockouts, whereas Linares has 47 wins, 8 losses and 29 knockouts.
