Regis Prograis vs. Josh Taylor

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Regis Prograis vs. Josh Taylor
Date26 October 2019
VenueThe O2 Arena, Greenwich, London, UK
Title(s) on the lineWBA (Super), IBF, WBC Diamond and vacant The Ring light welterweight titles
Tale of the tape
Boxer Regis Prograis Josh Taylor
Nickname "Rougarou" "The Tartan Tornado"
Hometown New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. Prestonpans, Scotland, UK
Pre-fight record 24–0 (20 KO) 15–0 (12 KO)
Age 30 years, 9 months 28 years, 9 months
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 140 lb (64 kg) 139+1⁄2 lb (63 kg)
Style Southpaw Southpaw
Recognition WBA (Super) and WBC Diamond
Light Welterweight Champion
The Ring/TBRB
No. 1 Ranked Light Welterweight		 IBF
Light Welterweight Champion
The Ring
No. 2 Ranked Light Welterweight
TBRB
No. 3 Ranked Light Welterweight
Result
Taylor wins via 12–round majority decision (114–114, 115–113, 117–112)

Regis Prograis vs. Josh Taylor, was a professional boxing match contested on 26 October 2019, for the WBA (Super), IBF and The Ring light welterweight championship.[1] The fight was the World Boxing Super Series: light-welterweight final, with the winner receiving the Muhammad Ali Trophy. The bout took place at The O2 Arena London, with Taylor winning by majority decision.

Background

On 30 June 2018, it was announced that Taylor would join the eight man tournament.[2] It was later announced on 13 July 2018 that Prograis would also be taking part in the tournament.[3]

Prograis defeated his quarter-final, and semi-final opponents, Terry Flanagan, and Kiryl Relikh, to win the WBA light welterweight title.[4][5] Taylor defeated his quarter-final, and semi-final opponents, Ryan Martin, and Ivan Baranchyk, to win the IBF light welterweight title.[6][7]

On 31 August 2019, the unification bout between Prograis and Taylor was announced to take place on 26 October at The O2 Arena on Sky Sports Box Office.[8]

Speaking during the build up Taylor expressed confidence saying "I'm very confident that I can outbox him and outfight him as well, I'm all about my speed, reactions and timing but I punch real hard as well for someone of my size. If I hit you, you're either going down or you're going to be hurt and in trouble. So if he tries to make it a 'dog fight', tries to walk me down and drag me into a fight, he is getting chinned. I will knock him spark out. The two best lads in the division are going for it. We are both undefeated, we are both hungry, so it's going to be a real interesting fight. But I can't see anything other than a Josh Taylor win."[9]

Prograis entered the fight as a slight favourite to win.

Fight details

Taylor spend much of the bout on the front foot with Prograis using head movement to evade before attempting to land counters with both hands.

After 12 hard fought rounds, Taylor was awarded a majority decision victory with scores of 115–113, 117–112 and an even 114–114.[10][11]

Aftermath

Following Taylor's win, in the post-fight interview, Taylor challenged WBC and WBO light-welterweight champion José Ramírez to an undisputed title fight.[12] Prograis expressed interest in a rematch.

Fight card

Confirmed bouts:[13]

Weight Class vs. Method Round Time Notes
Light-welterweight Josh Taylor (c) def. Regis Prograis (c) MD 12/12 Note 1
Heavyweight Derek Chisora def. David Price TKO 4/12 2:00 Note 2
Lightweight Lee Selby def. Ricky Burns MD 12/12
Cruiserweight Lawrence Okolie def. Yves Ngabu (c) TKO 7/12 2:28 Note 3
Welterweight Conor Benn (c) def. Steve Jamoye TKO 4/10 2:18 Note 4
Preliminary bouts
Super-bantamweight Shannon Courtenay def. Jasmina Nad PTS 4/4
Light-middleweight Abass Baraou (c) def. John O'Donnell TKO 6/10 2:59 Note 5
Non-TV bouts
Middleweight Austin Williams def. Miroslav Juna PTS 4/4
Light-heavyweight Denis Radovan def. Luke Blackledge RTD 4/8 3:00

^Note 1 For WBA (Super), IBF, The Ring and WBC Diamond light-welterweight titles
^Note 2 For WBO Inter-Continental heavyweight title
^Note 3 For European cruiserweight title
^Note 4 For WBA Continental welterweight title
^Note 5 For WBC International Silver light-middleweight title

Broadcasting

Country Broadcaster
PPV Stream
United Kingdom Sky Sports Box Office —N/a
United States —N/a DAZN

References

  1. "Josh Taylor vs. Regis Prograis". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
  2. "Josh Taylor joins World Boxing Super Series". Sky Sports. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  3. McGuigan, Barry (13 July 2018). "Regis Prograis is one of boxing's most exciting fighters - but Josh Taylor is ready for explosive American". mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  4. "Regis Prograis Drops, Dominates Terry Flanagan in WBSS Clash". BoxingScene. 17 October 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  5. "Regis Prograis claims first major title in dominating fashion against Relikh". The Ring. 27 April 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  6. "World Boxing Super Series: Josh Taylor beats Ryan Martin to book semi-final title shot". BBC Sport. 3 November 2018.
  7. "Josh Taylor outpoints Ivan Baranchyk, wins IBF junior welterweight title". The Ring. 18 May 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  8. "Taylor v Prograis set for O2". Sky Sports. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  9. "Josh Taylor v Regis Prograis: American will 'get chinned in dog fight'". bbc.co.uk. BBC. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
  10. "Josh Taylor outpoints Regis Prograis via majority decision, wins WBSS 140-pound final and Ring title". The Ring Magazine. 26 October 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
  11. Keir Murray (26 October 2019). "Boxing: Josh Taylor beats Regis Prograis on points to unify IBF & WBA super-lightweight titles". bbc.co.uk. O2 Arena, London: BBC. Retrieved 2 March 2025.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  12. Michael Emons (26 October 2019). "Super Series final: Josh Taylor beats Regis Prograis - As it happened". bbc.co.uk. BBC. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  13. "BoxRec - event".