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In a sport so notorious for making fans
wait for big fights to eventually — if at all — get made, what has taken
place within the junior welterweight division this calendar year has
been nothing but a breath of fresh air.
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In July, Jose Ramirez stopped fellow
unbeaten champion Maurice Hooker to unify the WBC and WBO titles at 140
pounds in a fight that was difficult to make considering each boxer is
tied to a competing network. On Saturday, at the O2 Arena in London, the
other two recognized champions within the division will do the same in
the final of the World Boxing Super Series tournament (2 p.m. ET, DAZN).
Regis Prograis (24-0, 20 KOs) will put
his WBA title on the line against Scotland native and IBF champion Josh
Taylor (15-0, 12 KOs) in not just one of the best fights on paper of
2019, but one that will take us one step closer to undisputed clarity
within the division.
Given the styles and personalities of
both fighters, this junior welterweight showdown is nothing but a dream.
And with all due respect to Ramirez (25-0, 17 KOs) and the noble
charity work he does surrounding his fights, the winner of
Prograis-Taylor has a legitimate shot to become the face of a reloaded
division and a future star in the making across the sport.
“I am fully confident going in to this
fight,” Taylor said. “I am bigger than him, stronger, quicker and punch
just as hard. I can beat him in every department. If he comes and tries
to walk me down than I believe that he will walk into a shot and I will
get him out of there. If not, I can outbox him for the full 12 rounds.”
At its core, this fight is a classic
pairing between the puncher in Prograis, a 30-year-old native of New
Orleans, and the boxer in the 28-year-old Taylor. Yet the “Tartan
Tornado” is also no stranger to letting his hands go from his tall frame
and (as evidenced above) has no shortage of confidence.
It’s a wonder, however, just how
confident and comfortable Taylor should be inside the ring against a
fighter as dangerous as Prograis. Even though Taylor bit down hard to
outpoint then-unbeaten Ivan Baranchyk to claim his first world title in
May, he was forced to weather the storm to get there.
Prograis owns knockout wins over former
unified champion Julius Indongo and Kiryl Relikh, whom he claimed his
WBA title from in April. He also outpointed the difficult Terry Flanagan
last October and remains one of boxing’s most explosive and best-kept
secrets thanks to his stalking style.
“Everybody that I have fought was
supposed to be an even, 50-50 fight but I dominated,” Prograis said.
“[Taylor] is taller and longer than me but the tale of the tape doesn’t
matter to me. You can’t determine my hook by the tale of the tape or my
boxing IQ. I don’t just want to repeat what he said but I really cannot
see how he can beat me. I am not being cocky or arrogant, but I just
can’t see it.
“[Taylor] has been hurt in his last fight
and he was dropped, too. The past is the past and this is going to be
me and him and I think he will bring his A game like I will. This is
going to be one hell of a fight.”
Taylor owns stoppage wins himself against
the likes of Ohara Davies, Miguel Vazquez and Ryan Martin, in addition
to an impressive decision win over former champion Viktor Postol in
2018.
The idea of seeing both unbeaten fighters
square off in their respective physical primes with a pair of world
titles at stake has forced fight fans to circle the date on their
calendar months in advance.
“I believe myself and Regis are No. 1 and
2 in the division — we’re the two guys to beat,” Taylor said. “We will
prove this on [Saturday] and I feel like this is my time to shine. I
can’t see him beating me at all and I am super confident.”


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