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Regis Prograis is scheduled to defend his 140-pound title against former 135-pound champ Devin Haney on pay-per-view Saturday in San Francisco.
REGIS PROGRAIS (29-1, 24 KOs)
vs. DEVIN HANEY (30-0, 15 KOs)
- Date: Saturday, Dec. 9
- Time: 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PT (main event later in show)
- Where: Chase Center, San Francisco
- TV/Stream: Pay-per-view
- Division: Junior welterweight (140 pounds)
- At stake: Prograis’ WBC title
- Odds: Haney 3½-1 favorite (average of multiple outlets)
- Also on the card: Liam Paro vs. Montana Love, junior welterweights; Andy Cruz vs. Jovanni Straffon, lightweights; Ebanie Bridges vs. Miyo Yoshida, bantamweights (for Bridges’ IBF title)
- Prediction: Haney UD
- Background: Haney will begin his quest to conquer a second division when he challenges the WBC 140-pound titleholder. The talented native of San Francisco collected all four major 135-pound titles and climbed onto some pound-for-pound lists with consecutive victories over Zaur Abdullaev, Alfredo Santiago, Yuriorkis Gamboa, Jorge Linares, Joseph Diaz Jr. and George Kambosos Jr. (twice) between 2019 and last year. Haney’s last fight at that weight was his defense against Vasiliy Lomachenko on May 20, when he won a unanimous, but disputed decision. He then made the decision to move up in weight. Prograis is a two-time 140-pound beltholder. The southpaw from New Orleans lost the WBA version when Josh Taylor defeated him by a majority decision in a title-unification bout in October 2019, the only setback of his career. He has won five consecutive fights since, including an 11th-round knockout of Jose Zepeda that earned him the WBC title and a split decision victory over Danielito Zorrilla this past June 17. Most observers thought he won that fight handily.
