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Unbeaten super-lightweights Jack Catterall and Tyrone McKenna will collide in Belfast on June 30 after McKenna’s original opponent Phil Sutcliffe Jr suffered an injury.

News of Sutcliffe Jr’s withdrawal was quickly followed by confirmation that Lancastrian Catterall (21-0-KO12) will put his WBO world ranking title on the line in a colossal bout with McKenna (16-0-1-KO6) at The SSE Arena.

Far from complaining about facing such a high-quality replacement at four weeks’ notice, home fighter McKenna has welcomed the opportunity to pit his wits against a former sparring partner.

McKenna said: “When I heard Sutcliffe Jr was out again my heart sank but then I was told Catterall was in and it’s amazing. I’ve wanted that fight for 18 months.

“It’s extra motivation for me in camp now. Catterall is a massive name. I sparred him and I speak to him so I know what he brings to the table.”

Catterall is equally excited to be on another big stage after his recent outing at Elland Road ended in an underwhelming early victory, when opponent Christopher Sebire appeared to sustain a shoulder injury.

Catterall said: “I’ve only had two rounds in the ring this year but I knew sooner or later I would be involved in a big fight. I was expecting a different opponent but this makes perfect sense.

“I fought just two weeks ago and it wasn’t much of a fight so this is brilliant. I’m in shape anyway and Tyrone was training. Both camps and both fighters want it and that’s great to see.”

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Love this fight

mckenna to me has been a loss waiting to happen, but such a big height difference has me interested. always like to see how superior guys go about dealing with those.

catteral is unspectacular but pretty solid and steady i think. kind of reminds me of liam williams a bit.

this is a real tasty fight , iam a big jack fan, but i like Tyrone, if he uses his height range he could win this , tough lad as well , is it a 12 rounder

brilo33 wrote: ↑02 Jun 2018, 13:51 this is a real tasty fight , iam a big jack fan, but i like Tyrone, if he uses his height range he could win this , tough lad as well , is it a 12 rounder

I hope so. 12 rounder it should be.

Good fight.

Cat needs fights like this. A record of 21 and 0 with about few names on it. Every fight a apart from Nurse, Hughes and Stalker has been a tune up.

Look forward to this until he gets fed to Flanagan.

jlh wrote: ↑03 Jun 2018, 05:13 Good fight.

Cat needs fights like this. A record of 21 and 0 with about few names on it. Every fight a apart from Nurse, Hughes and Stalker has been a tune up.

Look forward to this until he gets fed to Flanagan.

Can't disagree with the first paragraph.

I've no interest in Caterall fighting Flanagan. Terry needs better fights than that. I like Catterall v Ohara Davies though.

It's still piss poor Caterall dropped the British title especially when the mandatory Glenn Foot is someone he would probably beat.