Favourite Jack Catterall and Regis Progais confronted off in the present day for his or her 12-round mild welterweight conflict this Saturday, October twenty sixth on the Co-op Reside Enviornment in Manchester, England. The occasion will probably be proven reside on DAZN.
Surprisingly, the two-time 140-lb champion Prograis (29-2, 24 KOs) is the underdog, and his profession is actually on the road in opposition to the light-hitting defensive artist Catterall (29-1, 13 KOs).
In only one struggle, Prograis, 35, has gone from being checked out because the #1 fighter within the mild welterweight to a washed up ex-champion, combating for profession survival in opposition to in opposition to a man that’s seen as extra domestic-level than a prime ten man.
Regis Should Use His Energy to Win
Prograis goes to have to make use of his energy to win this struggle as a result of Catterall has a unfavourable type that entails a variety of jabbing, transferring, and clinching. It’s ugly to observe, and it’s acquired to make it tough for the judges as a result of his photographs have so little energy. Regis will completely have to knock out Catterall to win as a result of he’s the customer, and he’s not prone to be given any favors by the judges.
In Cattterall’s final struggle in opposition to Josh Taylor on Could twenty fifth in Leeds, he was getting hit onerous, clinching, jabbing on working. The photographs he landed have been weaker, and he did a variety of holding that ought to have resulted in warnings and level deductions.
Catterall regarded like a British model of Shakur Stevenson, making scoring the competition onerous for the judges. After the struggle, Taylor’s promoter, Bob Arum, erupted on the scores, feeling that the judges had given his fighter a uncooked deal. If Catterall was an American, he could be booed out of occasions, making his promoter look unhealthy in entrance of the networks.
It’s not good for promotional corporations to have runners that trigger followers to boo. The community offers are like gold for promotional corporations, they usually can’t afford to have a boring fighters being positioned in premium spots in headliners and booed.
“Simply me being me and being the person who acquired there and having fun with myself,” stated Regis Prograis to the Combat Hub TV channel about his strategy to his conflict in opposition to Jack Catterall on Saturday night time. “I put an excessive amount of stress on myself, and I really feel like I’ve to have objectives.”
Prograis regarded unhealthy in his one-sided 12-round unanimous resolution defeat to Devin Haney final yr on December ninth. In hindsight, Prograis ought to targeted on loading up with headshots as a result of Haney was working and clinching all night time in opposition to him.
Prograis ought to have skilled to land brief punches to catch Haney as he got here in to carry, and he ought to have made him pay every time he tried to seize. We noticed how Ryan Garcia and Jorge Linares each harm Haney when he was making an attempt to carry them excessively, and he was near being knocked out in each of these fights.
For Saturday’s struggle, Prograis ought to have skilled to take care of Catterall’s holding as a result of that’s considered one of his foremost instruments to neutralize the offense of his opponents. If Prograis can nail Catterall with point-blank photographs within the clinch, he’s acquired a good chance of knocking him out as a result of he’s going to be holding nonstop. He can’t assist himself.
“I really feel like within the final yr, I misplaced myself, however proper now, I’m getting again to being me. I overtrained and did a lot different stuff,” stated Prograis about his loss to Devin Haney final December. “Proper now, we’re enemies. If I beat Jack Catterall, we might struggle once more. He nonetheless has a belt and I may struggle him once more.
“I needed to be a two-time champion once more, and I handed up a variety of alternatives at 147 for giant cash. Folks have been like, ‘You’re loopy.’ Now, I’ve a aim. I need to be a three-time champion. That’s my aim. Now, I’m simply going out and having fun with myself. I actually love boxing.
“I’d fairly struggle a southpaw than an orthodox. I really feel it’s simpler to struggle a southpaw,” stated Prograis.
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