By: Sean Crose
“It came really fast,” Regis Prograis instructed Fight Hub of this Saturday’s upcoming protection of his WBC junior welterweight title in opposition to Danielito Zorrilla. The bout, which goes down on the Smoothie Center in New Orleans, represents a homecoming for Prograis, himself a product of the town generally known as “The Big Easy.” Fortunately, the person has made positive he’s bodily ready for this weekend’s DAZN-broadcast matchup. “I’m always in the gym,” he mentioned. “I’m always training.”
Indeed, Prograis discovered himself in quite a few gyms whereas making ready for Zorrilla. “We actually started in Houston,” Prograis mentioned. “Then we came here for a few weeks, and then we went back to Houston, and now we’re back here (in new Orkeans). This fight, it went real fast, and everything was smooth, and it was good, a real good camp.” Aside from a single shut determination loss to Josh Taylor again in 2019, the 28-1 Prograis has managed to keep up an ideal document.
Sure sufficient, Matchroom Boxing honcho Eddie Heard has been so impressed with Prograis, that the Englishman has satisfied the American to affix his steady to fighters. “Eddie just naturally got that European English charm,” Prograis says. “It just felt like I’m more of a priority over here with Matchroom….Eddie actually flew to me (unlike other promotional outlets who would have Prograis fly to them).”
Should Prograis defeat the 17-1 Zorrilla as anticipated on Saturday, numerous huge title opponents, together with maybe the not too long ago retired Teofimo Lopez, could also be in line to take a shot profitable his title. Still, Prograis is set to remained centered on the duty at hand. “I don’t want to focus on nobody but myself,” he mentioned (referring to Lopez). “People get sidetracked a lot. At the end of the day I still have a dude in front of me who wants to take my belt.”
Porgrais will particularly wish to look his greatest now that he shall be preventing in entrance of a hometown crowd this weekend. Not that he’s nervous about it. To the opposite. “It’s no pressure,” he mentioned. “This is what I enjoy…if I get him hurt then I’ll get him out of there but if not then I can box, I can do my thing.” To make sure, in the long run all of it comes right down to getting one other test within the “Win Column.” That and entertaining his hometown followers. A native hero has tasks, in any case.
