Brighton Centre has been booked for the November return of Harlem Eubank, who has Regis Prograis back in his sights, his promoter Kalle Sauerland confirmed to The Ring.

The 31-year-old lost for the first time July 5 when he dropped a technical decision to Jack Catterall at Manchester Arena.

In the sixth round, both British welterweights were cut from the sort of accidental head clash that can be typical between southpaws, like Catterall, and orthodox boxers, like Eubank. Although the fight initially continued, it was waved off at the start of the seventh round after a second consultation with the ringside doctor.

With scores of 69-65 and 69-66 twice, Catterall won on the cards in an anticlimactic ending not in keeping with the build up for one of the biggest domestic fights of the year.

Prograis is coming off a hard-fought unanimous decision over JoJo Diaz last month in Chicago.

Now Eubank (21-1, 9 KOs) is expected to return to his home city of Brighton for his next outing.

“I expect him to be out in November and there are obviously some good fights there for him,” Sauerland said. “He's a welterweight and that weight class is just very interesting.

“We’ve definitely got Brighton held for November for another big fight night at the Brighton Centre.”

That particular venue has been a happy hunting ground for Eubank, who stopped Timo Schwarzkopf in his first appearance there in November 2023 before repeating the trick against Tyrone McKenna in their clash on March 7.

“The place is building and building for Harlem,” he added. “You don't always have the luxury, but if you can build up a fortress in your hometown as a pro that's what you want to be doing.

“Brighton has got rich sporting history, but when you look at boxing in Brighton there isn't too much, particularly recently.

“Of course there is the Eubank family and Scott Welch, but how many famous boxing nights took place there really? I can't think of a major night coming out of Brighton so that's something that we have to put right with Harlem.”

The attention has turned to which opponent could provide the sort of big nights Sauerland is hoping to stage on the south coast. Once again, Prograis is one of the names on the list as he was before the Catterall fight was agreed.

Sauerland has previous dealings with the two-time junior welterweight champion Prograis given his involvement in the World Boxing Super Series in 2018 and '19, which culminated in his defeat to Josh Taylor in the final.

Eubank had also seemed set to fight domestic rival Adam Azim during 2024 and the pair had even posed for a head-to-head in March, but that fight never materialised. Sauerland, however, believes it is a fight which may present itself again should Azim follow Eubank to 147 pounds.

“Regis Prograis is a name that I think would be a great fight with Harlem,” Sauerland said. “I do think that the Adam Azim number will come up next year again at some point and we'll see where that goes.

“But for the moment Harlem has got very few miles on the clock and our goal is to just take him up the world rankings. That is the goal and hopefully against some exciting opponents on the way, Regis Prograis or similar those are the sort of fights we're looking at making.

“I've promoted Regis before and he's won world titles with me and he's lost world titles with me. I'll never forget the Josh Taylor night.

“It's quite a straightforward one to make. We've just got to get our ducks in a row with the broadcast situation whether it's Channel 5 or what's going elsewhere, but Brighton in November is the plan."

However, due to the public response to their initial encounter, a rematch with Catterall seems highly unlikely as it stands. Sauerland added: “That was like the fight that kind of never happened, which is always a shame especially when there's a camp gone into it and you want to see a real winner decided.

“Unfortunately what happened on the night does happen in boxing and it won't be the last time either. And it's unfortunate because the fight didn't really spark off so there is no real cry for a rematch which is a bit of a shame.

“If there is some sort of scandal or a speculative ending in a fight you'd like to watch it again but because the fight hadn't even really started, because they were both very cagey in the opening rounds, no one's crying out for a rematch.”