Along with Canelo Alvarez scoring essentially the most important win of the weekend within the Mexico ring this previous Saturday, Matchroom Boxing made information simply exterior of it. This, as they introduced that they’ve signed WBC 140 lb. title holder Regis Prograis to a multi-fight deal.
Prograis and Matchroom promoter Eddie Hearn appeared collectively and had been all smiles on the DAZN broadcast simply previous to Canelo Alvarez’s one sided determination win over John Ryder,
Welcome to the staff the primary 140lber within the World @RPrograis – straight out the gate June 17 in New Orleans! @DAZNBoxing 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/6aPvOanqLi
— Eddie Hearn (@EddieHearn) Might 7, 2023
“Over the previous few weeks, I’ve been considering which transfer I ought to make subsequent,” Prograis stated to DAZN’s Chris Mannix. “I had numerous good gives on the desk. However I really feel like Matchroom is the very best for me. I simply really feel prefer it’s the fitting match. From the start I had that intestine feeling and it by no means left. I can’t wait to start out this chapter in my profession.”
“We acquired the No. 1 star within the 140-pound division, the WBC king, and June 17 we take him straight residence for an enormous celebration and an enormous night time,” Hearn stated throughout an interview on the Canelo-Ryder pay-per-view broadcast. “This man is the person to beat within the 140-pound division. Large, large signing for us. He’s certainly one of our high fighters. We’re gonna make him an enormous star.”
Prograis will likely be within the ring subsequent month
Prograis, 28-1, 24 KOs, will waste no time and make his first WBC protection towards unbeaten Australian Liam Paro on June 17 on the Smoothie King Middle in Prograis’ hometown of New Orleans. The bout will headline a card on DAZN.
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Rafael reported on his substack Sunday that the deal is for 3 fights with base purses of: $1.25 million for the primary struggle, $1.5 million for the second and $1.75 for the third, though they might rise for the second and third bouts relying on the extent of opponent.
The 34 12 months outdated Prograis regained a portion of the junior welterweight world titles, when he gained the vacant WBC 140-pound belt by eleventh spherical KO of Jose Zepeda on Nov. 26.
Rafael additional reported that Prograis drew critical curiosity from Prime Rank Boxing, which has the WBO/lineal champion Josh Taylor, in addition to former unified light-weight champion Teofimo Lopez, former unified junior welterweight title holder Jose Ramirez and unbeaten contender Arnold Barboza.
Taylor and Lopez are headlining for Prime Rank/ESPN subsequent month in NYC.
Prograis misplaced his WBA 140 lb. world title belt in his first protection by majority determination to Taylor within the finale of the World Boxing Tremendous Sequence in October of 2019. Nevertheless, since that defeat, he’s gained 4 in a row and all by knockout. Taylor vacated the WBC belt Prograis now has, final Summer season.
Paro is 23-0, 14 KOs, and is coming off his most spectacular victory, a first-round knockout of countryman Brock Jarvis in October in his first struggle with Matchroom.
