I'll concede that Prograis is talented. But I'm not sure why the whole "140 Bogeyman" narrative got started. Nor why it seemingly still endures. Regis lost the only big fight of his career, THREE years ago. Josh Taylor won a competitive, but clear decision. Zepeda may not be a "Bogeyman", but he is a scary spoiler type. I favor Zepeda slightly in this fight.
> Prograis would only have himself to blame if he didn't get to challenge for one of the two vacant world titles.
Following the Taylor loss, he decided to go with PBC instead of Top Rank (bad decision) and is now with Probellum. So since the Taylor loss he's only fought and beaten Hearaldez, Redkatch (Triller Card) and Tyronne McKenna (in Saudi Arabia) which is hardly a murderer's row of 140lbers.
Consequently Prograis has been given the chance of regaining a world title more on his reputation than what he's done in the ring recently.
> Daniel Dubois not being paid for the Bryan fight is no surprise to anyone in boxing. Everybody and their dog warned Daniel Dubois not to get involved with Don King. One person who didn't see any problem was Frank Warren, Dubois' promoter, and he has to take some of the blame for this as he was well aware of King's reputation for not paying fighters.
I watched both Cuevas-Hearns and Cervantes-Pryor live on regular TV. I had no idea I watched them on the same day. I had completely forgotten that. Great stuff, Dan.
That double-header reminds me of how lame today’s boxers are with this “fight every nine months” BS. Like Santa Cruz-Wood. Can someone schedule the fight already? In the ‘80s this fight would’ve happened in April or May. We’re losing all the great unification momentum from the first half of the year. I’m starting to think I should check out of boxing for a couple of years. What difference would it make? These guys fight once a year anyway.
Santa Cruz 'agrees' to fight Wood - with the 75/25 split put in place to deter the fight from happening. Just my opinion.
hope Santa Cruz vs Wood takes place in LA!🙌🏻 Still cant believe Santa Cruz vs Frampton 3 was never made.
I'll concede that Prograis is talented. But I'm not sure why the whole "140 Bogeyman" narrative got started. Nor why it seemingly still endures. Regis lost the only big fight of his career, THREE years ago. Josh Taylor won a competitive, but clear decision. Zepeda may not be a "Bogeyman", but he is a scary spoiler type. I favor Zepeda slightly in this fight.
> Prograis would only have himself to blame if he didn't get to challenge for one of the two vacant world titles.
Following the Taylor loss, he decided to go with PBC instead of Top Rank (bad decision) and is now with Probellum. So since the Taylor loss he's only fought and beaten Hearaldez, Redkatch (Triller Card) and Tyronne McKenna (in Saudi Arabia) which is hardly a murderer's row of 140lbers.
Consequently Prograis has been given the chance of regaining a world title more on his reputation than what he's done in the ring recently.
> Daniel Dubois not being paid for the Bryan fight is no surprise to anyone in boxing. Everybody and their dog warned Daniel Dubois not to get involved with Don King. One person who didn't see any problem was Frank Warren, Dubois' promoter, and he has to take some of the blame for this as he was well aware of King's reputation for not paying fighters.
I watched both Cuevas-Hearns and Cervantes-Pryor live on regular TV. I had no idea I watched them on the same day. I had completely forgotten that. Great stuff, Dan.
That double-header reminds me of how lame today’s boxers are with this “fight every nine months” BS. Like Santa Cruz-Wood. Can someone schedule the fight already? In the ‘80s this fight would’ve happened in April or May. We’re losing all the great unification momentum from the first half of the year. I’m starting to think I should check out of boxing for a couple of years. What difference would it make? These guys fight once a year anyway.