By: Sean Crose
“I think it’s going to shock him about my speed, how fast I really am.” So says Regis Prograis in an interview with Fight Hub’s Marcos Villegas on the eve of his extremely anticipated pay per view bout in opposition to the lauded Devin Haney this weekend in San Francisco. Haney is claimed to be giving up his quite a few light-weight world titles so as to transfer up in weight. Don’t anticipate WBC junior welterweight titlist Prograis to be impressed, nevertheless. “I don’t respect shit about Devin, the Haney’s,” he says within the Fight Hub interview. “I don’t respect nothing about none of those dudes on the other side. We gotta fight next week so I don’t respect shit about Devin.”
As for Haney’s extremely regarded slick ability set, Prograis seems unimpressed. “I just think he’s not going to be able to take mine,” Prograis says in reference to his energy. “It’s definitely going to be a different story with me.” It’s apparent Prograis isn’t missing in confidence main into this weekend’s struggle. “I’m going to disable him,” Prograis claims. “All that clinching, it’s not going to work.” Bottom line, Prograis feels Haney has by no means come throughout somebody like himself. “I’m prepared for 12 rounds of brutality,” he says. “He can focus on whoever he wants to, but for me, I’m locked in on him.”
This is among the higher matches made in a 12 months with quite a few excessive profile pairings. Haney hasn’t misplaced a single struggle and appears like a strolling, speaking ability set within the ring. Prograis has misplaced a single time, to the spectacular Josh Taylor again in 2019. The product of New Orleans has received 5 in a row since then, nevertheless, and is clearly a troublesome out for anybody at 140 kilos. He’s owned the WBC junior welterweight title since defeating Jose Zepeda late final 12 months.
Unsurprisingly, Haney is the favourite strolling into Saturday’s struggle. Taylor was a formidable opponent, however the truth he defeated Prograis indicated that there was a method the spectacular American may very well be defeated. What’s extra, Haney not too long ago had a whole shootout with the formidable Vasyl Lomachenko. And, though the struggle might have gone both method, Haney stepped out of the ring the winner that night. Still, it’s Prograis who would be the defending champion come Saturday, of a weight class Haney is simply now calling residence. Things needs to be fascinating as soon as the bell sounds in San Francisco this weekend.
