By Jim Dower: WBC interim light welterweight champion Regis “Rougarou” Prograis (21-0, 18 KOs) will be looking to shine on Saturday night in defending against Juan Jose Velasco (20-0, 12 KOs) at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans, Louisiana. Prograis-Velasco will be televised on ESPN and ESPN Deportes. The start time is at 7:00 p.m. Although Velasco and Prograis are both unbeaten, there’s a vast difference between the two in the talent department. Prograis is the much better fighter of the two.
Exclusive Interview by Ian Aldous: On July 14th, Regis Prograis (21-0) will return home to New Orleans to defend his WBC interim super-lightweight world championship against Juan Jose Velasco (20-0). His homecoming main-event will see big-time boxing return to New Orleans at the Lakefront Arena on the campus of the University of New Orleans, live on ESPN. Impressive win after impressive win has seen Prograis build a reputation as one of the premier 140lbs fighters on the planet. Last week, ‘Rougarou’ took some time to talk with me over the phone about his career, the upcoming fight and the future.
By Sean Jones: Regis Prograis will be getting in a defense of his interim WBC World light welterweight title against Juan Jose Velasco on July 14 on ESPN. The Prograis vs. Velasco fight card starts at 7:00 p.m. ET on ESPN and ESPN Deportes.
By Danni Rocket: In the first part of this article, I wrote about my personal ideal fighter selection for the Bantamweight divisions recently announced WBSS tournament. I considered popularity, world ranking/titles held, the fighters’ justification in being involved in the event, and the likelihood of them participating. In part two, I will utilize the same grading system and breakdown the fighters I’d like to see selected from the Light Welterweight division.
By Chris Williams: It looks like the fight between WBC light welterweight champion Jose Ramirez (22-0, 16 KOs) and interim WBC 140lb champion Regis Prograis (21-0, 18 KOs) is dead in the water after Monday’s purse bid was called off without a new date for the rescheduling. Ramirez’s promoters at Top Rank aren’t eager to make the fight with the highly talented unbeaten Prograis right now, according to Dan Rafael.
By Chris Williams: The World Boxing Council has ordered WBC World light welterweight champion Jose Carlos Ramirez (22-0, 16 KOs) to defend against interim WBO 140lb. champion Regis Prograis (21-0, 18 KOs) in his next fight. A purse bid is scheduled for April 27 if the management for the two fighters is unable to make a deal.
By Chris Williams: WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman and Top Rank promoter Bob Arum seem to be in disagreement about when WBC light welterweight champion Jose Carlos Ramirez should defend against interim WBC champion Regis Prograis.
By Chris Williams: Undefeated interim WBC light welterweight champion Regis ‘Rougarou’ Prograis (21-0, 18 KOs) says he’ll be facing newly crowned WBC 140 lb. champion Jose Carlos Ramirez (22-0, 16 KOs) in his next fight after his 12 round unanimous decision victory over Amir Iman (21-2, 18 KOs) last Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York.
By Jim Dower: Viktor Postol suffered a fractured thumb in training and he won’t be facing Regis Prograis for the interim WBC light welterweight title on March 9 on Showtime. Former IBF 140 lb. champion Julius Indongo (22-1, 11 KOs) will replace Postol (29-1, 12 KOs) to be the one that faces #2 WBC Prograis (20-0, 12 KOs) on the 9th of March on Showtime Boxing.
ShoBox: The New Generation will celebrate the 2017 Hall of Fame weekend with a special doubleheader on Friday, June 9 live on SHOWTIME (10:30 p.m. ET/PT) from Turning Stone Resort Casino, just minutes from the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, N.Y.
Longtime ShoBox analysts Barry Tompkins and Steve Farhood will call the action on Friday before their induction in the “Observer” category on Sunday as part of a 2017 class headlined by boxing greats Evander Holyfield, Marco Antonio Barrera and Johnny Tapia.