Jack Catterall vs Arnold Barboza: Live Updates, Results and Undercard
Jack Catterall returns tonight in Manchester as he takes on Arnold Barboza Jr. The fight card begins at 5pm on DAZN YouTube, with the main card beginning at 7pm on DAZN. Catch the live round by round updates for every fight on the card right here on this article. Manchester’s Co-Op Arena once again is the host for the boxing, just a week after it played host to Derek Chisora beating Otto Wallin in his ‘Last Dance’.
Tonight’s main event sees, El Gato (30-1) Jack Catterall from Chorley return after his win over Regis Prograis last year. Jack Catterall is beginning to staple his name in Manchester. The Chorley Boy will be headlining the new Co-Op Arena for the second time already since its official opening last year. He’s becoming one of the UK’s biggest stars. Nobody deserves it better than Jack. He should already have been an undisputed champ not even have picked up a world title yet. Jack is one of the most deserving fighters left in the sport.
However in the opposite corner is the undefeated American (31-0) Arnold Barboza Jr. Barboza comes into the right from a win in Riyadh over Jose Ramirez, on the ‘Latino Night’, in a not-so-thrilling fight. Before that, Barboza took a hugely controversial decision win over Irish fighter Sean McComb, which sparked massive debate among fight fans. With the fight being a dominant performance from McComb. However, the judges thought otherwise.
Running Order
Jack Catterall PTS Loss to Arnold Barboza Jr (115-113 Catterall, 115-113 Barboza x2)
Reece Bellotti TKO9 Michael Gomez Jr
Pat McCormack TKO6 win over Robbie Davies Jr
Zelfa Barrett UD Loss to Jazza Dickens
Conner Tudsbury KO over Sadaam Caetano
William Crolla first round TKO over Ayoub Zakari
Aqib Fiaz 3rd round TKO over Lydon Chircop
Alfie Middlemiss PTS win over Caine Singh
LIVE Results: Round by Round Updates
MAIN event up next as Jack Catterall takes on Arnold Barboza Jr for the WBO Interim World Title!
OFFICIAL Result… 115-113 Catterall, 115-113 x2 Barboza!! Barboza Jr upsets the odds as he defeats Jack Catterall in Manchester to become the new WBO interim world champion.
Round 12: 115-113 (10-9 Catterall)
Catterall put his punches together well in the final round. Good left hand lands. A great finish, right hand, uppercut all landing.
Round 11: 105-104 Catterall (10-9 Barboza)
Not a lot of action.. tough round to call but Barboza landed a good right hand to the open Catterall guard.
Round 10: 96-94 Catterall (10-9 Barboza)
Good left hook from Barboza lands. Barboza is out working Catterall here. Jack tried to land a counter but fails, he does land some sharp jabs but isn’t enough to win the round.
Round 9: 87-84 (10-9 Catterall)
Competitive round. Catterall lands a huge straight left. Probably his best shot of the right. The left hand lands again.
Round 8: 77-75 Catterall (10-9 Catterall)
Good body shot from Catterall followed by a shot upstairs. Another left hand from Jack. 1-2 from Catterall connects slightly with Barboza. Better round from Jack who needs to continue this into the end of this fight.
Round 7: 67-66 Catterall (10-9 Barboza)
Another good round for the American. Right hand clips Catterall on the inside, Catterall lands a left hand. Barboza works the body of Catterall, then a BIG right hand buckles the leg of Catterall at the end of the round.
Round 6: 58-56 Catterall (10-9 Barboza)
Good start from this round for Barboza. Right hand is landing. Catterall does land a great left hand in the second half of the round. Barboza outworked Catterall in this round which has ultimately won him the round.
Round 5: 49-46 Catterall
Jack lands two good body shots. Barboza responds with a 1-2 and then a body shot, which then sees Catterall return with a stiff jab. Not a lot of output, but every step from both is crucial in this fight.
Round 4: 39-37 Catterall (10-9 Catterall)
Good 1/2 from Catterall as he makes Barboza miss. That left hand lands again from Jack. Better round after he lost the last, Barboza lands on the body, Catterall attempts to counter but doesn’t land.
Round 3: 29-28 Catterall (10-9 Barboza)
Much better round from Barboza. Very fast hands and feet and has a lot of success and lands more shots Barboza who is not shy to come forward so far.
Round 2: 20-18 Catterall
Good right hook lands from Jack Catterall. A left hand then breaks the guard from Catterall. Both try to swing but miss, Catteralls left hand can be dangerous and he’s starting to land it.
Round 1: 10-9 Catterall
Left hand from Catterall the first significant shot of this fight. Barboza struggling to find distance so far, and is up against it with an electric crowd in Manchester for Jack. Barboza does land a good left hook. I’m
21:46 Both Jack Catterall & Arnold Barboza Jr are in the ring and we are minutes away from tonight’s main event!
Reece Bellotti vs Michael Gomez Jr: Round by Round Updates
21:25 – There will be NO tenth round as Reece Bellotti forced the Gomez Jr corner to pull Gomez out of the fight and securing Bellotti the TKO win in a dominant display.
Gomez Jr is in no way happy with his corners decision, and leaves the ring to his dressing room and won’t be there for the official result.
Round 9: 90-79 Bellotti
Another dominant round from Bellotti, backing up Gomez Jr to the ropes multiple times and hammering that bosh once again. Gomez Jr had some success with a couple shots but then as to no surprise is pushed back against the ropes.
Round 8: 80-70 Bellotti (10-8 Bellotti)
DOWN goes Gomez Jr to the body for the second time in this fight. Bellotti continues attack to the body and continues to outwork Gomez Jr and dominate this fight.
Round 7: 70-62 Bellotti
Bellotti lands some good counter uppercuts early in the round. Gomez Jr is applying pressure but is just getting picked up when he comes forward with the jab and body shots form Bellotti.
Round 6: 60-53 Bellotti
Bellotti is cut above the right eye due to clash of heads and blood is oozing out. However he continues to hammer the body of Gomez Jr and continues to outwork him, Gomez Jr maybe has some more belief now due to the cut, and he needs to try and capitalise on it.
Round 5: 50-44 Bellotti (10-8 Bellotti)
DOWN goes Bellotti from a big body shot from Bellotti which he has been hammering this the first bell rang in the first round. He is saved by the bell as Bellotti continues to land.
Round 4: 40-36 Bellotti
Bellotti is continuing to outwork Gomez Jr in every aspect. Gomez Jr is not letting his hands go and if he doesn’t begin to he could see himself chasing this fight. Bellotti landed a right hand which made Gomez Jr take a step back into the ropes. Fight has really not caught fire yet.
Round 3: 30-27 Bellotti
Bellotti is really targeting the body of Gomez Jr so far in this fight. He’s out working Bellotti in every round in the early rounds here. He’s letting his hands go a lot more than Gomez Jr. Gomez Jr may be trying to let Bellotti tire himself but right now Bellotti is banking rounds and out working Gomez Jr.
Round 2: 20-18 Bellotti
Bellotti targeting the body of Gomez Jr in the early stages of the round. Guard is tight for Gomez so far and not much from Bellotti is getting through it but he looks to break that guard with a right hook. Bellotti is out working Gomez Jr so far.
Round 1: 10-9 Bellotti
Gomez Jr attempting to put pressure onto Bellotti early. Left hook to the body but Bellotti throws a good combination and is looking to land that left hand counter on the back foot.
20:00 Fight 2 – Pat McCormack vs Robbie Davies Jr
20:30 Official Result: There is no round 7 as Robbie Davies Jr corner pulls him out of the fight, and Pat McCormack takes the TKO win in a dominant, statement display!
Round 5: 50-42 McCormack (10-8 Pat)
Right hand from McCormack..and DOWN goes Davies Jr for the third time. Another dominant round from Pat and we all want to see Davies Jr pulled out of this fight now, legs are still not steady.
Round 4: 40-34 (10-9 Pat)
Another dominant round from Pat. Landing a lot of shots, the straight 1-2 is really effective for McCormack and Davies Jr is on the back foot attempting to survive that round.
Round 3: 30-25 Pat McCormack (10-7 Pat)
DOWN goes Davies Jr from a big 1-2 combination from Pat McCormack, Davies Jr up at eight, still one minute to go of the round. DOWN goes Davies Jr again just before the end of the round, up at eight again and is saved by the bell.
Round 2: 20-18 Pat McCormack
Another dominant round. Long right hands landing multiple times. Then he lands a devastating 4 punch combination. Davies Jr hasn’t got the defence so far to deal with these attacks.
Round 1: 10-9 Pat McCormack
Good 1-2 combo from Pat breaks Davies guard in the early stages of the opener. He then lands another and Davies Jr isn’t quick enough to see these coming.
Here we go, both men in the ring for a huge step up for Pat McCormack and is going to be really yelling at where Pat is at this point of his career.
19:51 – OFFICIAL Result: 97-93 x2, 96-94, BIG upset as Jazza Dickens defeats Zelfa Barrett in a dominant performance through ten rounds!
Round 10: 98-92 Dickens
Final round, we head to the scorecards. Zelfa tried to land some huge shots but had no success once again, and Jazza continued to land on the back foot.
Round 9: 88-83 Dickens
Zelfa finally begins to be more aggressive and land more shots on the front foot but Jazza continues to try and land counter shots and is having really good success with them as he has all fight.
Round 8: 78-74 Dickens
Very close and competitive round with both men trading blows.
Round 7: 68-65 Dickens (10-9 Dickens)
Dickens begins to be more aggressive again, last round seems to have re awoken him. Some great left hands landed from Jazza and a great counter left hand. One of his best rounds so far.
Round 6: 58-56 Dickens (10-9 Barrett)
Zelfas corner urges him to ‘pick it up now’ which makes his begin to let his hands go more and throw more power punches. Not much of a dent into Dickens, and Jazza has a good second half of the round.
Round 5: 49-46 Dickens (10-9 Dickens)
Dickens begins more cautious on the back foot looking to counter, but Barrett does engage. Dickens looks to land in flurries and lands a good combination. Barrett needs to start throwing more.
Round 4: 39-37 Dickens (10-9 Dickens)
Barrett begins to be more aggressive but a left hand from Jazza breaks the guard. Jazza then continues to be aggressive on the front foot.
Round 3: 29-28 Dickens (10-9 Barrett)
Dickens again trying to apply pressure in the centre, with Barrett not really letting his hands go fast enough. Good finish by Zelfa however, lands a good right hand to the body after a good right upstairs.
Round 2: 20-18 Dickens
Dickens comes out fast to assert himself in the centre of the ring. Both men jabbing to try and assert control, not much action again.
Round 1: 10-9 Dickens
Cagey opener to this fight. Not much action at all in the first half, with Dickens applying the pressure. Final minute the round begins to heat up as both meet in the middle and exchange shots.
19.06: Jazza Dickens & Zelfa Barrett make their way to the ring to kick off tonight’s main card.
Main Card up next after an entertaining BTB, main card begins on DAZN from 7pm
Before The Bell:
What a pro debut for Conor Tudsbury as he stops Sadaam Caetano with a brutal performance, putting a real statement out on his professional debut.
Catch his stoppage below:
Manchesters own Alfie Middlemiss takes a points win through four rounds versus the tough Singh.
Aqib Fiaz put in a strong performance and stopped Lydon Chircop in the third round as the referee stepped in.
William Crolla showcased his scary power as he stopped Ayoub Zakari in the first round, claiming after the fight he has ‘world class power’
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