Devin Haney beat Regis Prograis by unanimous resolution in his division debut to win the WBC super-welterweight title.
Devin Haney has wrested the WBC super-lightweight world title from Regis Prograis, knocking his opponent down as soon as on the best way to a unanimous resolution victory in San Francisco.
Haney, the previous undisputed light-weight world champion stepping as much as the 140-pound division for the primary time, received by scores of 120-107 from all three judges on Saturday.
Haney despatched Prograis to the canvas within the third spherical with one in all many devastating combos and wobbled Prograis once more within the sixth on the best way to the dominant victory.
Haney (31-0) remained unbeaten with a sluggish however dominant victory over Prograis in entrance of a sellout crowd at Chase Middle in San Francisco, residence of the Golden State Warriors.
He was cheered wildly whereas repeatedly touchdown a stiff left hand and a number of other arduous proper hooks that stored Prograis from discovering a rhythm.
He dropped Prograis within the third spherical with a stinging straight proper hand.
Prograis couldn’t keep away from Haney’s crisp proper hand to the top that repeatedly landed and opened a small reduce on his nostril within the sixth spherical.
“It’s a dream come true,” Haney mentioned. “I knew I had him hurt a few times. I went in there and was real disciplined. I made it as easy as possible.”
‘The biggest fights are the most money’
It was Haney’s first struggle as an excellent welterweight after dominating because the undisputed light-weight crown. Haney made the choice to maneuver up after having hassle making weight at light-weight.
Now as a two-division champion, Haney is eyeing a 3rd title.
“I want to talk to my dad and see what’s next,” Haney mentioned. “I want to do a fight at 147 but there’s a lot of fights at 140.”
The hometown favorite later mentioned the transfer up in weight had made a brand new fighter of him.
“A tremendous difference,” a victorious Haney advised DAZN within the ring on the Chase Middle, residence of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors.
“You see it in my performance. I felt so much stronger… 140 got a new king.”
Laborious-hitting southpaw Prograis was making the second defence of the WBC title he received with an Eleventh-round knockout of Jose Zepeda for the vacant title in November final yr. Prograis misplaced for the primary time since October 2019.
He notched a cut up resolution win over Danielito Zorrilla in June however fell to 29-2 with 24 knockouts with the defeat.
The win opens the door for Haney to participate in massive cash fights now. Amongst these being rumoured for his subsequent struggle are Gervonta Davis and Ryan Garcia.
“I want to make the biggest, best fights happen,” Haney mentioned.
“The biggest fights are the most money.”
