Reporters’ star ratings for main events and undercards are based on in-ring entertainment, competitiveness and whether overall expectation was met
LIVERPOOL
OCTOBER 21
MAIN EVENT
IT WAS never going to be a slugfest, a fight to the very end, after Jack Catterall and Jorge Linares touched gloves.
It was always going to be clever, smart; a fight of tiny angles and slick moves. It was boxing in the end and not a fight to please everybody. There were some pantomime boos in round eight – not a sustained chorus, just a few bored fans. The boos were not personal, trust me.
Catterall did enough in just about