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The Long Game

WHEN analysing the attributes of super-ligshtweight Jack Catterall, patience must rank somewhere near the top.

It might not be enough to deliver him a world title – for that he will need more – but it has certainly helped him negotiate the past three years of his career and land, at last, a shot against division number one Josh Taylor this Saturday (February 26) in Glasgow.

“It has all worked out for the best,” said Jamie Moore, Catterall’s coach. “His shot was originally just going to be for the WBO title, then it should have been the WBC and WBO, and

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