Things got pretty testy during the final press conference for the World Boxing Super Series junior welterweight final between Regis Prograis (24-0, 20 KOs) and Josh Taylor (15-0, 12 KOs). They clash Saturday night at The O2 in London and shown live via Sky Sports Box Office in the UK and DAZN in the U.S.
Regis Prograis: Josh has been hurt. We saw it against Baranchyk. He’s been hurt against Postal. None of those fighters are punchers like me. They’re not sharp like me. They’re not fast like me. They’re not crisp like me. And they don’t have the timing like I do. So if you got hurt by those fighters like that, just imagine what’s going to happen with me!
Josh Taylor: It’s all smoke and wind. I’m going in there to do a job and I really feel I can lay him out cold on Saturday. 100% I believe I can knock him out…he’s had 24 fights, 24 wins against nobody. He’s not fought anybody who’s been in there to win. He’s never fought against any real live opponents, so he’s in for a hard night on Saturday.
Taylor in 11. Mark my words.
Taylor and Prograis both made good points, Regis hasn’t fought the level of opponents that Taylor has and Taylor has been hurt in recent fights because of it while Regis hasn’t been hurt but has been timed and good punches landed by less powerful fighters than Josh.
Either way, this is going to be one heck of a fight while it lasts! Two of the best fighting each other in the prime! Are you watching/listening all you protected, carefully matched and managed “champions”?
Don’t see this fight going the distance, someone is going to get KO’s. Too close to call.
Doubt either gets a KO. Neither is devastating puncher and both are hard to hit twice in a row. Good match-up.
I get a feeling this fight is gonna be like Joshua-Parker neither guy is gonna risk getting KO’d
Heard about Regis.. Not so much the other guy. Taylor got that height. Looks like Juan beat me to it.. They both have great points. Looking forward to it!
hard to go into a man’s hometown, in another country, and win the fight. The crowd can take you out of a fight in a foreign land. I think Prograis has the right mindset to go into another man’s country and make a good fight. The winner should definitely get Terence Crawford, because everyone calls him pound for pound off of defeating Indongo, that wasn’t enough to me, it had to be based on some things he did before Indongo, and maybe a couple of fights after it.
Tom – Taylor is Scottish, from a small town near Glasgow. This fight is being held in London, England. This is not Josh’s home town, and Scots get very worked up if they are referred to as English!
Very close fight can’t wait for this I think they will draw
Progress needs to move up and fight Usyk.