
'Super-focused' Jack Catterall and Arnold Barboza Jnr make weight
Jack Catterall narrowly outweighed Arnold Barboza Jnr ahead of Saturday’s WBO interim junior-welterweight title fight at the Co-op Live in Manchester, England
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Jack Catterall narrowly outweighed Arnold Barboza Jnr ahead of Saturday’s WBO interim junior-welterweight title fight at the Co-op Live in Manchester, England

“And the new!”. It’s what every young child dreams of when they first pick up a pair of boxing gloves...

Although he is so close to a world title shot he can almost touch and smell it, Jack Catterall also knows that all his good work will count for nothing should he get carried away and overlook Saturday’s opponent, Arnold Barboza.

Not short on confidence, Arnold Barboza spoke to the British media this afternoon ahead of his fight against Jack Catterall on Saturday and claimed that he is the best 140-pound fighter in the world.

Ahead of their February 15 fight in Manchester next week, Jack Catterall and Arnold Barboza faced off tonight at a gathering hosted by Matchroom and Eddie Hearn.

Teofimo Lopez has been ordered to defend his WBO junior-welterweight title against the winner of the fight between Jack Catterall and Arnold Barboza Jnr on February 15

Jack Catterall believes that Arnold Barboza beat a faded version of former unified junior welterweight champion Jose Carlos Ramirez

DAZN will host a double-header on February 15 after Golden Boy Promotions made it official that Regis Prograis and Oscar Duarte will meet at the Honda Center in Anaheim

WBO President Gustavo Oliveiri says he is considering having the February 15 bout between the top 140-pound contenders become an interim title fight.

Whether it arises to a full-fledged title bout by fight night is in the hands of Teofimo Lopez’s handlers, but Jack Catterall and Arnold Barboza Jnr will at least get as close as possible to the WBO 140-pound title February 15 when they clash in Manchester, England.