{"id":631829,"date":"2026-06-10T20:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/631829\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T20:51:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:51:10","slug":"champion-who-sparred-canelo-and-mayweather-says-one-active-fighter-is-better-than-both","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/631829\/","title":{"rendered":"Champion who sparred Canelo and Mayweather says one active fighter is better than both"},"content":{"rendered":"

Floyd Mayweather and Canelo Alvarez are credited with being two of boxing\u2019s modern greats, but in the eyes of a shared former sparring partner, Jack Catterall, there is one active fighter who trumps them both as \u2018the best he has shared the ring with\u2019.<\/p>\n

Last month, Catterall decisioned Shakhram Giyasov to get his hands on the WBA Regular welterweight world title<\/a>; a win which he hopes will tee up a showdown for a shot at super champion, Rolando Romero.<\/p>\n

Catterall, who boasts wins over both Josh Taylor and Regis Prograis, had been preparing for world level far before he arrived, sharing the ring with Mayweather and Canelo in the past.<\/p>\n

In 2015, the Chorley operator was brought in as one of many sparring partners for Mayweather<\/a> ahead of his long-awaited mega-fight with Manny Pacquiao. Then, just days later, Catterall ventured to San Diego to help Canelo prepare for his bout against James Kirkland.<\/p>\n

Yet, speaking with Pro Boxing Fans<\/a>, Catterall claimed to be more impressed by former stablemate Jaron Ennis, whom he expects to halt Xander Zayas when challenging for the unified super-welterweight world titles later this month.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would go as far as saying that he is one of\u2026 the best fighter that I have sparred or been in the ring with; the speed, the power, the timing, the footwork.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I am excited for that fight. I am going to try and make the trip over there and support him. I think that it is a good night\u2019s work for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe [that he will stop Zayas].\u201d<\/p>\n

Ennis established himself as the leading welterweight of the post-Terence Crawford era, unifying the IBF and WBA world titles before moving up to 154lbs in search of further championships.<\/p>\n

He faces on Zayas on June 27 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, as Ennis seeks to capture the unified titles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather and Canelo Alvarez are credited with being two of boxing\u2019s modern greats, but in the eyes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-631829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}