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Jack Catterall vs Harlem Eubank

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Jack Catterall vs Harlem Eubank Fight Preview

Jack Catterall (30-2, 13 KOs) makes his welterweight debut against undefeated Harlem Eubank (21-0, 9 KOs) in Manchester on Saturday, July 5, live on DAZN.

The two Brits will fight for Eubank’s IBF Inter-Continental welterweight title over 12-rounds.

“El Gato” comes into the fight off the back of a split decision loss to Arnold Barboza Jr. earlier this year in February. All three judges had it scored 115-113, two in favour of the American, only one for the Brit.

It was an agonising defeat for JC, knowing that he would have lifted the WBO Interim super-lightweight title and been mandated for a world title shot next.

His only other career defeat was perhaps the most the prominent of recent times, when he was denied victory against Josh Taylor in 2022. After what appeared to be a clear win for the challenger, Catterall was cruelly denied by some bizarre scorecards that favoured the Scotsman in Glasgow, who was controversially allowed to retain his undisputed super-lightweight championship.

One of the judges on the night was demoted for his unrealistic scorecard, but the verdict didn’t change, so the robbery stood. Catterall was able to get his revenge in their May 2024 rematch, but there no world titles on the line.

Catterall is an excellent counter-puncher behind his awkward southpaw stance. He holds his right arm in a sling, protecting his middle, while his left hand brushes his chin, cocked and ready to fire.

His flicky jab that fires upwards from his hip is also stiff and commanding, and causes an accumulation of damage over time. His clever feet and agile movement can get him out of any sticky situations if he’s caught up in the corner or on the ropes.

Showing many similarities, Brighton boxer Eubank is also fast and sharp, using feints to open his opponents up. He also uses his fast feet well, making small shifts to find new angles to exploit. He has been known to be a bit wild in the past, overswinging and being uneconomical with his shot selection, but he is demonstrating improvements with every fight.

He isn’t particularly known for his power, although he has dropped opponents with a single shot before. It’s his speed and sharpness that causes the damage, more than actual potent punch power. If he has an opponent hurt, then he wastes no time steaming in to finish the fight, but it’s not always clinical, sometimes swarming and crowding his work over picking out the perfect shot.

This is likely to be a very technical contest, perhaps a bit of a slow-burner as neither one will likely overcommit in the early stages of the fight, but who will pull away down the stretch to win this Battle of Britain?

Jack Catterall vs Harlem Eubank Prediction

Catterall is an unofficial undisputed champion, with impressive scalps over former world champions Josh Taylor, Jorge Linares, Regis Prograis, as well as decent domestic talents Ohara Davies, Tyrone McKenna, Tyrone Nurse, Thomas Stalker.

Eubank has also defeated Tyrone McKenna, but has yet to add any world-level names like Catterall has already. However, this fight is his chance to do just that.

He has been chomping at the bit for a test like this for years and now he has finally got it, he will not be letting his opportunity go. Expect the fittest, most energetic and dedicated version of Harlem Eubank you’ve ever seen. He knows full-well that this is the biggest fight of his career so far and his ticket to world title shots.

For me, Harlem just hasn’t got the experience behind him to beat someone as good as Catterall yet. I do think this will begin as a very close contest, with both boxers feinting and jabbing as they edge inwards, neither one willing to risk too much too soon.

I think both boxers are going to be extremely sharp and fast, and negate each other early on, until the fight and opportunities open up over time for one man to gradually gain the upper hand in the exchanges.

Catterall’s counter-punching ability, sharp jab, and vaster experience at world level, I believe, will be the key factors in winning this fight.

Eubank should be able to prove he belongs at the level by providing a Herculean effort and refusal to give up all the way to the final bell.

I expect this to be a closely-contested fight with Catterall gradually dominating over time to win.

Prediction: Catterall to win.

Extra Tips: Catterall to win on points.

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There are several options when it comes to betting on boxing, and the more you know, the better your chances of success. We will now go into more detail about some of the different betting markets that you will find, and discuss a few potential strategies you could use.

Outright / To Win Fight

As with most sports, the outright market is probably the simplest, because you’re just betting on who will win the fight. There are no other criteria to consider, other than the fact that with many of the best bookies for boxing, you can also bet on the draw. However, draws in boxing are very rare and not many people tend to back this outcome.

Bear in mind that in many fights, one boxer tends to be a heavy favourite and it’s usually quite easy to pick the winner. There don’t tend to be that many shock results. Therefore, the odds on the favourite are often very low, even if you use the bookie with the best odds as described earlier in the article.

If you’re happy betting at short odds, you can certainly get a good success rate simply by backing short price favourites in boxing. But many people prefer to look for bigger wins. So you may sometimes need to look at some of the other markets to get a better return on your bet.

Fight Outcome / Method of Victory

This market lets you choose not only who will win the fight, but how they will win. Different methods of victory are usually grouped as follows:

• By KO (knockout), TKO (tecnhical knockout) or DQ (opponent disqualified).
• By Decision (on points) or Technical Decision.

So because there are more possible outcomes in this market, the odds are higher than just the outright win market.

Round Betting

The Round Betting market offers the opportunity to get the highest odds. Here you can bet on which fighter will win, and which round he/she will win in.

Options to bet on a fighter to win on points, or to bet on the draw, are both also included in this market. In a 12 round bout, that gives 27 different possible outcomes. Therefore, the odds on each one are naturally going to be much higher. Think of it as the equivalent of the correct score market in football betting.

So the round betting market offers the biggest potential wins when betting on boxing. But of course, it’s harder to predict the outcome. You do have the option to split your stake to cover more than one outcome though. So if you felt that a fighter would win within the first 3 rounds, you could split your stake to back him to win in round 1, round 2 and round 3. The odds would mean you’d get a good profit if any of those outcomes happened.

To Go The Distance

This is a simple market in which you decide whether the fight will last all 12 rounds or not. Therefore there are only two outcomes to bet on, Yes or No.

It’s possible to get a decent success rate when betting on this market. Check the stats and the history of each boxer and ask yourself the following:

• Are the fighters evenly matched?
• Do they have a reputation for durability and rarely having been stopped in the past?
• If there is a favourite, is he/she an aggressive boxer or does he/she prefer to wear their opponent down?
• How many of their previous fights have gone the distance?

The answers to these key questions should give you a good idea of whether the fight is likely to go the distance or not. There can still be surprises, but you’ll certainly win more bets than you lose.

Total Rounds Over/Under

This market allows you to bet on the total number of rounds the fight will last for. The advantage here is that you do not need to specify who will win, just how long it will last.

For example, let’s consider a market of Over/Under 3.5 Rounds. There are only two options to bet on, either Over 3.5 Rounds or Under 3.5 Rounds. Therefore, you would approach the market as follows:

• If you think the fight will last for 3 rounds or less, you would bet on Under.
• If you think it will last for 4 rounds or more, you would be on Over.

You will find that similar markets are available for Over/under 4.5, Over/Under 5.5, Over/Under 6.5 etc.

Where To Get The Best Odds On Boxing

As any professional punter will tell you, the key to making a profit is not knowing who will win every time. Because obviously, that is not possible. The real trick is making sure that when you do win, you get the best possible odds on your bet.

We studied the odds for outright bets on every professional boxing match over a period of three months. We wanted to find the best bookies for boxing odds over a prolonged period of time.

As you would expect, Betfair and Bet365 are better than most of the competition. But the results showed that Betfred have the highest odds overall and came out well in some of the other markets like round betting.

Betfred were consistently best or equal best odds on nearly every outright market we recorded. They blew some of the other online bookies away in terms of the value they offered on boxing, and their user ratings are good too. So if you don’t have an account with them yet, we would definitely recommend joining.

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