REGIS PROGRAIS DOMINATES & STOPS JOSE ZEPEDA TO BECOME THE BEST FIGHTER AT 140LBS – VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

REGIS PROGRAIS DOMINATES & STOPS JOSE ZEPEDA TO BECOME THE BEST FIGHTER AT 140LBS

CARSON, California – On Saturday night on Dignity Health Sports Center in Carson, California, southpaw Regis Prograis, 28-1 with 24 knockouts, Houston, Texas, won the vacant World Boxing Council Super Lightweight title with an eleventh-round knockout of southpaw Jose Zepeda, 35-3 with 27 knockouts, La Puente, California. Vicious give and take affair for the duration, but Prograis began landing pinpoint effective power shots in the eleventh round which saw Zepeda crumble, who eventually went down and out at 0:59 of the eleventh round, whereby referee Ray Corona waived it off.

“At first I wanted to come out and box him,” Prograis said, “but then I started catching my rhythm. I trained hard for this, like six months, I worked my ass off every single day, so I wanted to take him deep and drown him.”

Mission accomplished. Prograis, now a two-time world titleholder, refused to call anyone out during his post-fight interview.

“I don’t have to say nobody’s name. I’m going to let them say my name.”

Members of the media brought up Taylor during the post-fight press conference.

Prograis said he would like to run it back against the one man to defeat him.

“I want my get-back, more than anything,” he said. “But I don’t feel like I need to chase him. I feel like I’m the man at 140 pounds.”

On the undercard, 36-2 Yokasta Valle of San Jose, Costa Rica, retained the IBF and WBO World Female Minimumweight titles with a 10 round majority decision over 17-0-1 Evelin Nazarena Bermudez of Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. 18-0 David McWater junior middleweight prospect Charles Conwell won a 10 round majority decision over 25-6 Dominican veteran Juan Carlos Abreu. 14-1 Eduardo Estrela of Montevideo, Uruguay, won an upset eight round split decision over 19-0 Ruben Torres of Santa Monica, California. Torres was ruled down on the ropes in the first round by referee Thomas Taylor, resulting in a 10-8 round for Estrela. The scores went 76-75 Torres. 78-73 Estrela, and 76-75 Estrela.

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