Jack Catterall has taunted Harlem Eubank by telling him he only agreed to this fight because of the Brighton man’s famous surname.

Catterall and Eubank will meet at the Manchester Arena on Saturday in a fight to decide which of the two men will press on towards a shot at the world welterweight title.

It is Catterall’s first fight up at 147lbs after he ended his long run at super lightweight with a disappointing defeat to Arnold Barboza Jr across the city at Co-op Live Arena on Feb. 15.

As one of the most established fighters in Britain, the 32-year-old from Chorley had a long list of options for his comeback fight but finally settled on undefeated Eubank (21-0, 9 KOs).

Now Catterall has declared that he only picked Eubank because of his ties to cousin Chris Jr, who lit up The Ring’s Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves event in April by beating Conor Benn at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

He told The Ring: “When it was proposed to me, there were other people in the hat, but to me what stuck out was that Eubank name.

“And I’ll be honest with you, there wouldn't have been any real interest in fighting him other than he's a Eubank.

“He's an undefeated fighter, but I think the Eubank name's hot. Chris had a great win a couple of months back. I think that's the exciting part of it.”

Harlem is the son of the late Simon Eubanks, himself a former fighter, who was the brother of two-weight world champion Chris Sr.

The former Brighton and Hove Albion academy player has battled hard to establish himself in his own right over the course of his career.

He has been one of the brightest prospects on the Wasserman Boxing roster in recent years and has headlined in his hometown in two of his last three fights before heading to Manchester to face Catterall.

Eubank has openly described Saturday’s opponent, a former world title challenger, as a steppingstone towards the upper echelon of the division, and Catterall can understand why.

“I've been in that position, myself," he said. "I've been hunting, calling out the fighters that you want to fight.

“And you know what? Credit to him. You want to achieve in the sport. I see a lot of fighters constantly on undercards fighting people they should beat.

“You've had enough fights now and you need to take that step to further your career and go and achieve what you can achieve in the sport. You can't knock a fighter for that.

“That being said, that gives me motivation. It has put my back against the wall so I know I need to go out there and I need to dominate. I need to put on a good performance. I need to remind people what I can do.

“It's a great domestic fight and it hopefully makes some noise to help me get back to where I need to be, which is challenging for world titles.”