Jack Catterall-Arnold Barboza ‘very close,' reveals Eddie Hearn
HAMBURG Germany – Eddie Hearn is looking to start 2025 with two Matchroom promotions in January.
They will come before a likely fight on February 15 between Jack Catterall and Arnold Barboza in Manchester, in an eliminator for the WBO title held by Teofimo Lopez.
The promoter said that negotiations were nearly done for the fight.
“[It’s] very close,” Hearn told BoxingScene. “We’re negotiating with Golden Boy, for February in Manchester. Jack has agreed – we’re just trying to finalise with Golden Boy and hopefully it will be getting it over the line in the next couple of days.”
Hearn is looking for a big show in the UK and a smaller one before he gets to that, and it is likely Dalton Smith will fight Walid Ouizza in Nottingham on January 25. The smaller promotion will likely be in London.
Tris Dixon covered his first amateur boxing fight in 1996. The former editor of Boxing News, he has written for a number of international publications and newspapers, including GQ and Men’s Health, and is a board member for the Ringside Charitable Trust and the Ring of Brotherhood. He has been a broadcaster for TNT Sports and hosts the popular “Boxing Life Stories” podcast. Dixon is a British Boxing Hall of Famer, an International Boxing Hall of Fame elector, a BWAA award winner, and is the author of five boxing books, including “Damage: The Untold Story of Brain Trauma in Boxing” (shortlisted for the William Hill Sportsbook of the Year), “Warrior: A Champion’s Search for His Identity” (shortlisted for the Sunday Times International Sportsbook of the Year) and “The Road to Nowhere: A Journey Through Boxing’s Wastelands.” You can reach him @trisdixon on X and Instagram.
