By: Sean Crose
The 47-8 Jorge Linares travelled to Liverpool to battle the 27-1 Jack Catterall in a junior welterweight affair scheduled for 12 rounds. Linares could have held quite a few world titles all through the course of his stellar profession, however the consensus was the person had seen higher days within the ring when he slipped via the ropes to face the youthful Catterall on Saturday.
The first belonged to Catterall, as did the second, which noticed the Englishman seem like assured and accountable for the ring. Linares had no reply for Catterall’s pawing jab within the third. Still, Linares stored making an attempt to get in on his man within the fourth. Catterall went on to toss off a stable mixture within the fifth. He then harm Linares later within the spherical, however Linares was capable of survive the chapter. The fact was that the sixth was uneventful, however Catterall was preventing good, maintaining his man at bay along with his southpaw jab.
Linares started making an attempt to show up the strain within the seventh, with some success. In the eighth, nevertheless, he appeared like a person who knew he was defeated. Still, being a consummate skilled, the previous world titlist stored making an attempt to work his method via Catterall’s offense. Catterall continued to keep up vary within the ninth. The tenth was basically a replay of the 9 earlier rounds. The penultimate spherical noticed Linares preventing as gamely as he had for the reason that opening bell – to little impact. Linares clearly wanted a knockout to win within the twelfth.
He didn’t get one. Catterall walked out of the ring with a unanimous resolution win so as to add to his resume.
