The clock is ticking until the first bell in Manchester after Jack Catterall and Harlem Eubank both made weight ahead of their fight at the Manchester Arena tomorrow.
They both weighed in at 146.5lbs.
Catterall, 30-2 (13 KOs) and aged 32, is coming in off a loss to Arnold Barboza having previously-reeled off victories over Jorge Linares, Josh Taylor and Regis Prograis. The talented southpaw, from nearby Chorley, will hope to parlay victory over Brighton’s Eubank into another big fight at 147lbs, where this fight takes place, or back at 140lbs.
For 31-year-old Eubank, who is 21-0 (9 KOs), it is the biggest event of his career to date and he says he has never been more ready.
The bill also sees the return of two-time world champion Joe Cordina, from Cardiff in Wales, the return of Australia’s Skye Nicholson following her first defeat, the debut of Matchroom’s promising heavyweight Leo Atang, another bout for the 8-0 William Crolla – brother of former world lightweight champion Anthony – and former Team GB Olympian Pat Brown, who will hope to move to 3-0.
Tempers flared between Aqib Fiaz and Alex Murphy, and Fiaz grabbed Murphy by the throat before the lightweights were separated.
All weights below:
12 rounds – welterweight
Jack Catterall – 146.5lbs
Harlem Eubank – 146.5lbs
10 rounds – lightweight
Joe Cordina – 134.7lbs
Jaret Gonzalez Quiroz – 133.45lbs
10 rounds – lightweight
Aqib Fiaz – 133.9lbs
Alex Murphy – 135lbs
Eight rounds – cruiserweight
Pat Brown – 203.8lbs
Lewis Oakford – 204lbs
Eight rounds – junior middleweight
|William Crolla – 155.7lbs
Fraser Wilkinson –154.6lbs
Eight-two minutes rounds – junior featherweight
Skye Nicolson – 123.9lbs
Carla Camila Campos Gonzales – 122.7lbs
Six rounds – super middleweight
Niall Brown – 171.4lbs
Victor Ionascu – 168.6lbs
Four rounds – heavyweight
Leo Atang – 226.3lbs
Milen Paunov – 218.6lbs
Four rounds – featherweight
Alfie Middlemiss – 127.5lbs
Mohammed Wako – 127.4lbs
