Devin Haney has reportedly petitioned the WBC to allow him to keep his lightweight title while he moves up to 140 to challenge champion Regis Prograis for his belt.
Devin Haney has been given an extension by the WBC until July 27th to hammer out a deal for a fight with light welterweight champion Regis Prograis.
WBC light welterweight champion Regis Prograis and Devin Haney traded trash talk on Twitter on Tuesday. Haney holds the undisputed lightweight title, but perhaps not for much longer.
Devin Haney let WBC light welterweight champion Regis Prograis know that they’re going to be fighting in October after he asked his promoter Eddie Hearn today if he’ll be fighting ‘The Dream’ in November or not.
Undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney has until this Friday, July 21st, to inform the WBC of his intentions on whether he’ll fight his 135-lb mandatory Shakur Stevenson or move up to 140 to challenge WBC light welterweight champion Regis Prograis for his belt.
Eddie Hearn says he doesn’t believe the fight between WBO light welterweight champion Teofimo Lopez and Devin Haney will happen. Hearn doesn’t feel the fight will get past the negotiation stages, if there are any.
Eddie Hearn says the fight that he’s going to try and make next for WBC light welterweight champion Regis Prograis is against Devin Haney, who is moving up to 140 and obviously witnessed Regis’ struggle beat his replacement opponent Danielito Zorrilla last Saturday night in New Orleans.
WBC light welterweight champion Regis Prograis (29-1, 24 KOs) says his opponent Danielito Zorrilla (17-2, 13 KOs) was just running around all night instead of standing and fighting last Saturday night at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans/
Before last night’s contest, Prograis had never faced a runner like Zorrilla, and he wasn’t prepared for the type of mobility that he saw in that fight.
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Fighting his first fight under the Matchroom banner and also having his first fight at home in New Orleans in five years, Regis Prograis got the win last night, defeating late replacement challenger Danielito Zorrilla by split decision, Prograis retaining his WBC 140 pound title.
Regis Prograis (29-1, 24 KOs) says he’s looking for the biggest fight possible next and would like to fight Teofimo Lopez or Devin Haney next after successfully defending his WBC light welterweight title last Saturay night, beating Danielito Zorrilla (17-2, 13 KOs) by a twelve round split decision at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.