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FIGHT WEEK

Junior welterweight contender Jack Catterall will return to the ring against veteran Jorge Linares on Saturday in England.

JACK CATTERALL (27-1, 13 KOs)
VS. JORGE LINARES (47-8, 29 KOs)

• Date: Saturday, Oct. 21
• Time: 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT (main event later in show)
• Where: Echo Arena, Liverpool
• TV/Stream: DAZN
• Division: Junior welterweight (140 pounds)
• At stake: No major title
• Odds: Catterall 6½-1 favorite (average of multiple outlets)
• Pound-for-pound: None
• Also on the card: Peter McGrail vs. Fran Mendoza, junior featherweights; Shabaz Masoud vs. Jose Sanmartin, junior featherweights; Aqib Fiaz vs. Reece Bellotti, junior lightweights
• Prediction: Catterall UD
• Background: Catterall took his biggest step forward in a disputed split-decision loss to then-titleholder Josh Taylor in February of last year, after which a proposed rematch failed to materialize. He ended up putting Darragh Foley down twice and easily outpointing him on May 27, his most recent fight. The 30-year-old from Northern England is ranked in the Top 7 by all four major sanctioning bodies, which means another title shot is a realistic possibility if he continues to win. Linares, 38, is a former three-division world titleholder trying to remain relevant after three consecutive losses. He was competitive against 135-pound beltholder Devin Haney in May 2021 but was stopped by Zaur Abdullaev in a fight he was winning early last year and outpointed by Zhora Hamazaryan in December.