Jack Catterall vs. Regis Prograis Rescheduled for October 26

The junior welterweight division is in a state of flux at the moment and one of the fringe top-tier fights people may give a flux about (see the play on words?) is Jack Catterall vs. Regis Prograis.

Originally scheduled for August 24, the battle of the 140 lb. also-rans (that’s not the line used on the fight poster), had to be postponed due to an undisclosed injury suffered in training by the UK’s Catterall.

The new date is October 26 and the venue will remain the boxing-new the Co-op Live in Manchester, England.

Catterall (29-1, 13 KOs) is coming off the defining win of his career this past May when he notched a unanimous decision over archrival Josh Taylor. That victory came more than two years after a career-defining loss to Taylor, which many felt should’ve been a win.

The two-time 140 lb. world champ Prograis (29-2, 24 KOs), meanwhile, walks into October 26 after what could be seen as a career-defining loss against Devin Haney last December– one where his 35-year-old legs looked tired and his reflexes seemed a half-step behind what they needed to be.

At the moment, the junior welterweight division is all over the place, with WBO titlist Teofimo Lopez taking top dog status pretty much by default.

Devin Haney being whupped completely and totally by Ryan Garcia may have been scrubbed from the permanent record because of Garcia’s dirty PEDs test, but it remains in the minds of fight fans and inside the brain of Haney, who has had to take some time off to heal physical and psychological wounds.

Garcia’s subsequent suspension takes him off the books for a year (and his general nuttiness may keep him away longer).

Liam Paro just upset supposed boogeyman Subriel Matias for the IBF title and nobody quite knows what to think of Paro yet.

Jose “El Rayo” Valenzuela recently upset Isaac “Pitbull Cruz” for the WBA title, but his body of work is slim and his run at 140 consists of precisely one fight.

Guys like Jose Ramirez, Arnold Barboza Jr., Alberto Puello, Gary Antuanne Russell, Richardson Hitchins, and Josh Taylor lurk closely behind the titlists, with Catterall and Prograis firmly planted in that group of also-ran contenders with a legit shot at main stage ascension.