Regis Prograis will defend his 140-pound title against Danielito Zorrilla on Saturday night in New Orleans, Prograis’ hometown.
REGIS PROGRAIS (28-1, 24 KOs) vs. DANIELITO ZORRILLA (17-1, 13 KOs)
- Date: Saturday, June 17
- Time: 7 p.m. ET / 4 p.m. PT (main event later in show)
- Where: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans
- TV/Stream: DAZN
- Division: Junior welterweight (140 pounds)
- At stake: Prograis’ WBC title
- Odds: Prograis 10-1 favorite (average of multiple outlets)
- Also on the card: Shakhram Giyasov vs. Harold Calderon, welterweights; Justis Huni vs. Andrew Tabiti, heavyweights; Ramla Ali vs. Julissa Alejandra Guzman, junior featherweights
- Prediction: Prograis UD
- Background: The talented Prograis lost his WBA 140-pound belt and considerable momentum to Josh Taylor by a majority decision in a title-unification bout in 2019 but rebounded to win his last four fights, including an 11th-round knockout of Jose Zepeda to win the vacant WBC title in November. The 34-year-old from New Orleans could now be on a collision course with Teofimo Lopez, who outpointed Taylor to take the Scot’s WBO belt this past Saturday. Of course, Prograis must get past the unranked Zorrilla first. The 29-year-old Puerto Rican, a good boxer-puncher, delivered quality victories over Ruslan Madiyev and Pablo Cesar Cano in 2021 but then lost a clear decision to unbeaten Arnold Barboza Jr. last July, stemming his momentum. He bounced back with a first-round knockout of journeyman Aristides Quintero in March. Prograis had been scheduled to face Liam Paro but Paro pulled out because of an injury a few weeks ago.
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