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WBC champion Regis Prograis wants all the smoke and is more than happy to welcome 135 pound undisputed champion Devin Haney to the 140 pound division.
Last week, Haney revealed that he had called Matchroom Boxing promoter Eddie Hearn about a potential fight with Prograis.
I’m thinking bout it.. I’m assuming Eddie told you about that lil call I just gave em 😏 https://t.co/8CXkoayv0b
— Devin Haney (@Realdevinhaney) May 26, 2023
& for the record.. I called Eddie about making a Regis fight. He didn’t call me! 😤
— Devin Haney (@Realdevinhaney) May 26, 2023
We spoke with Prograis ahead of his fight against Danielito Zorrilla on June 17TH live on DAZN and he told us that he loves the fight against Haney.
“I love that fight, Devin is in a tough spot, he got to fight somebody because a lot of people thought he lost against Loma, so he’s in a really, really tough spot right now, he’s like he could go up to 40, he could stay at 35, he could fight Loma again in a rematch Loma, or he got to fight Tank or he got to fight Shakur or he can come up to 40 and mess with the bigger guys up at 40, so I think he has to do something big. If he wants to fight me, I’m with it.
Regis believes he can stop Haney if the two would fight.
“I think I stop him, I really think I can hurt him, not disrespectful, you look at the shots that Loma hit him with and Loma is a 30 pounder and you know I’m a 40 pounder and I’ve been 40 pounder my whole career and I got a lot of knockouts, so if I hit him with those same shots, I feel like Imma hurt him”
Before he can fight Haney, Prograis has to get a win against Zorrilla on June 17th.
Champ in camp 😤 @RPrograis #PrograisZorrilla pic.twitter.com/qvUIUOHcpY
— DAZN Boxing (@DAZNBoxing) May 30, 2023