Jack Catterall was awarded a technical resolution victory over Harlem Eubank on Saturday, as he led on the scorecards when a nasty minimize compelled the tip of the struggle – his personal minimize, no much less.
Catterall, preventing Eubank at Manchester’s AO Enviornment, led 69-65, 69-66, 69-66 when the bout was halted on account of a extreme minimize over the Chorley boxer’s proper eye.
The motion was halted in spherical seven, a lot to the chagrin of Eubank – the nephew of British boxing icon Chris Eubank – who made clear his frustration after the bout.
“His nook was instructed he couldn’t proceed,” Eubank, 31, told reporters after the bout, which marked Catterall’s welterweight debut. “It was nothing to do with me, and that was a faux narrative reside on the commentary.
“There have been so-called impartial commentators in his dressing room earlier than the struggle and training him ringside,” Eubank alleged. “I’ve not skilled one thing like that.”
When requested to place a reputation to the accusation, Eubank mentioned: “[Former champion] Carl Frampton. , I used to be a fan of this man. I really feel like I’ve been accomplished soiled this night.
“I used to be finishing up the gameplan to a T, and that’s to make him miss and to make him pay late. And when you watch my championship fights, once I take out my opponents, that’s precisely how I execute a gameplan.
“And the referee took that away from me tonight in not letting Jack Catterall proceed.”
Saturday’s consequence marked a primary skilled defeat for Eubank, whereas 32-year-old Catterall bounced again from his narrow loss to Arnold Barboza Jr from February.
