Boxing Schedule: Boxing News: Regis Prograis will be defeating the WBC light-welterweight title against the second-tier fighter Danielito Zorilla this weekend on 17th June, at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. Follow Boxing News Updates with InsideSports.IN
Initially, Prograis was set to fight the unbeaten contender Liam Paro, but he couldn’t participate in the fight due to an Achilles injury during his training. Pro would have been an excellent opponent for Prograis, as he is the most powerful and talented fighter after Josh Taylor who defeated Regis in 2019 by a controversial 12-round majority decision in London, England.
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Regis Prograis is 2 centimetres shorter than Danielito Zorrilla, which stands at 175 cm. Zorrilla not only has a reach advantage over Prograis’ 170 cm thanks to his 178 cm height, but he also has a good reach advantage of 8 cm. Additionally, Zorrilla has an advantage over Prograis of 6 cm in terms of ape index.
Prograis had a 28-1 (24 KO) record going into this fight. His most recent fight was an 11th-round knockout victory over Jose Zepeda, which occurred 6 months and 22 days ago.
Zorrilla enters with a 17-1 (13 KO) record. His most recent match was a one-round TKO victory over Aristides Quintero two months and thirty days ago.
On Sunday 18th June the following fighters will be appearing for a boxing match in Queensland, Australia:
Carlos Ocampo and Tim Tszyu will fight in 12 rounds for Tszyu’s interim WBO junior middleweight title.
Junior featherweights Sam Goodman vs. Ra’eese Aleem, 12 rounds
Hassan Hamdan vs. Justin Frost, junior welterweights, 10 rounds
Eduardo Ramirez vs. Liam Wilson, junior lightweights, 10 rounds
Junior featherweights Vegas Larfield vs. Jhunrille Castino, 6 rounds.
Heavyweights Hasely Hepi vs. Troy Pilcher, 8 rounds
Junior lightweights Rocky Ogden vs. Mark Schleibs, 6 rounds
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