Brighton welterweight Harlem Eubank is preparing for the biggest fight of his life.
He meets Jack Catterall in Manchester next week (Saturday, July 5), hoping that victory over the world-ranked southpaw will land him a title fight.
Eubank trains with the unheralded but well-liked firefighter Charlie Beatt south of London, and the 31-year-old Eubank, could not be happier.
“Pretty much, I’ve been training with him since the start of my pro career, really,” said the 21-0 (9 KOs) Eubank. “And he’s a great guy; a role model.
“We share a strong belief, strong faith, and we apply ourselves each and every day to go to the gym and get better. And people are starting to see that in the performances now, those developments. People see a quick switch and they think that you’re doing something different, but it’s just the build up of work over the years.
Beatt is not one for the public eye, but in two of their last three fights, Eubank has scored important wins over Tyrone McKenna and Tim Schwazkopf. Eubank stopped both, while Catterall outpointed those common opponents, and it is a fight against the likes of Catterall that Eubank has waited patiently for. While Eubank has not been incredibly active – with only one fight in 2024 – they have not stopped working in the gym.
“Boxing, there’s no overnight successes,” Eubank added. “It’s all the work that’s being done behind closed doors, over the years, with no applause.
“It’s just the grind behind the scenes that takes you to that place of becoming a better fighter and going on to fight at world level. And this is the process that we’ve both been through and it’s been great to share it with him and I appreciate the amount of work that he’s put into developing me as a fighter. And in doing that, he is, I believe, one of the best coaches in the UK.”
Catterall is 30-2 (13 KOs) and lost his last fight, to Arnold Barboza, having defeated Josh Taylor and Regis Prograis in his two previous outings.
