Jack Catterall isn’t giving up on his hopes for a world title shot towards WBO mild welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez.
Catterall (29-1, 13 KOs) took to social media at the moment, sending a message to Teofimo (20-1, 1 KOs), telling him that he would fly him to “impartial grounds” for a battle in Saudi Arabia and saying that His Excellency Turki Alalshikh is the one that may make a battle between them.
Catterall’s Saudi Proposal
“I can see Teofimo Lopez received essentially the most votes. Let’s do it if you end with [Steve] Clagget. Don’t fear, I’ll fly to you, or we will meet on impartial grounds within the Kingdom. Turki Alalshikh is the person to do it,” stated Jack Catterall on X.
Alalshikh has lots of higher choices for fights involving Teofimo Lopez than Catterall, who fights loads like Shakur Stevenson, with the jabbing, shifting, and fixed holding. The combating fashion that Catterall could be very, very boring to observe. There are lots of extra entertaining fighters that Teofimo can battle within the 140-lb division than Catterall, and a few of them would promote.
Sadly, Catterall’s lack of marketability makes a battle towards Teofimo, Devin Haney, or any of the favored fighters at 140 extremely unlikely. His promoter, Eddie Hearn, wants to take a seat him down and let him know that he’s not in the identical ballpark, popularity-wise, as the fellows he desires to battle.
Catterall ought to take heed to his promoter, Eddie Hearn, and take into account a 3rd battle towards Josh Taylor or wait till the smoke clears from IBF mild welterweight champion Subriel Matias’ title protection towards Liam Paro on June fifteenth.
Hearn promotes each of these guys, so it’s a doable battle between the winner of the match and Catterall. The cash that Catterall would make combating the Matias-Paro winner would seemingly be far lower than what he’d get in a battle towards Teofimo, and his possibilities of beating both of these guys can be slim.
Catterall isn’t going to beat them by clinching and jabbing like he did towards the pale Josh Taylor. These guys will take Catterall’s head off and received’t be fairly to observe.
Teofimo’s Promoter Unlikely to Budge
So far as Catterall’s dream of combating Teofimo, it’s not occurring. It’s a battle that received’t promote on PPV, as Catterall isn’t recognized within the U.S. and isn’t even a star in his personal nation, the UK. Teofimo’s promoter, Bob Arum, isn’t going to need something to do with Catterall after the lopsided scores the judges handed in for Josh Taylor’s battle final Saturday night time.
If Catterall desires a world title shot towards WBO champion Teofimo, he ought to earn the battle by working to develop into the obligatory challenger as a substitute of campaigning for it:
Path to a Title Shot
Preventing these guys can be a great begin for Catterall if he desires to earn a title shot towards Teofimo:
– Gary Antuanne Russell– Jamaine Ortiz– Shohjahon Ergashev– Arnold Barboza Jr.– Elvis Rodriguez– Jose Ramirez– Richardson Hitchins
If Catterall beats two or three of those contenders, he’ll seemingly earn the WBO obligatory place to power a title shot towards Teofimo. Aside from that, Catterall’s possibilities of combating Teofimo are dim.
I don’t see Catterall beating any of the fighters on the above listing until the judges are scoring the battle like they did in his rematch with Taylor. With these sorts of scores, there isn’t a fighter within the division that Catterall can’t beat.
