Tweet. Taylor roared back with good work to the head and body. In a back-and-forth fight, Josh Taylor topped Regis Prograis by majority decision to add the WBA junior welterweight belt to his IBF version on Saturday in … 5:00 p.m.: It is now time for the co-main event of Prograis vs. Taylor as Dereck Chisora squares off with David Price in heavyweight action. 5:45 p.m.: It is now time for the main event as WBA junior welterweight champion Regis Prograis meets IBF titlist Josh Taylor in a title unification bout in the final of the World Boxing Super Series. The tide has turned. During this interview with Fight Hype, former junior welterweight champion Regis Prograis gives his quick analysis of the upcoming undisputed title fight between Josh Taylor and Jose Ramirez … Let's see how Selby reacts. The newest recipient of the Ali trophy, the teak-tough Taylor, has all of this to look forward to. Burns is going to have to make a decision on what he's going to do. (Taylor 10-9, 69-64 Taylor), Round 6: Taylor is looking fantastic tonight. The World Boxing Super Series is the most prestigious tournament in boxing. Who can take advantage of the other's disadvantage? Regis Prograis vs Josh Taylor on October 26, 2019. Safety comes first. 2 2 comments. Josh Taylor just decisioned Regis Prograis in a thrilling, edge-of-your-seat battle in London. 6:42 p.m.: Taylor def. At 17-0 with 13 KOs, Taylor has scored victories vs. Regis Prograis, Viktor Postol, Ivan Baranchyk and Ryan Martin (between the four of them, they had only one combined loss before they faced Taylor). A great finishing sequence from Benn as he threw a couple combinations and ended it with a short right hand to send Jamoye packing and remain undefeated. Exclusively on EYE ON THE RING. He needs to fight fire with fire and let it all hang out. Regis Prograis had an amazing run in the World Boxing Super Series (WBSS) junior welterweight tournament but lost in the final round to Josh Taylor. The championship rounds were not kind to Prograis as blood rushed out of his nose like a waterfall of claret decorating his lips. Taylor has swelling over the right eye. (Taylor 10-9, 20-18 Taylor), Round 1: Entertaining opening round. How does Price get himself back in the fight? Josh Taylor becomes undisputed champion at 140; how good is he, and what's next for him? Okolie closed the show when he stunned Ngabu with a left hook and quickly followed it up with a thunderous right hook to send Ngabu wobbling and stumbling. (Taylor 10-9, 30-27 Taylor), Round 2: A better round for Prograis as he started to establish everything by flicking the jab, which allowed him to start throwing the left hand. (Prograis 10-9, 107-102 Taylor), Round 10: Taylor is pulling away. 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REGIS PROGRAIS REACTS TO JOSH TAYLOR DROPPING & BEATING JOSE RAMIREZ TO BECOME UNDISPUTED AT 140. It was only when Selby took the foot off the gas pedal a bit did Burns get himself back into it. (Taylor 10-9, 59-55 Taylor), Round 5: Such a hard round to score. He discusses with Sporting News how he stayed positive through all of the trials and tribulations and why Taylor should be thanking him. capturing the WBA belt and winning the World Boxing Super Series. Price wobbled Chisora with a left hand, but all that did was upset Chisora. Prograis vs Taylor: Pros react to Josh Taylor’s decision win over Regis Prograis. For the second consecutive round, Taylor hit Prograis after the bell. Price had absorbed enough punishment from what Chisora was doling out. Okolie is making this more difficult than it needs to be. (Photo by ... [+] Regis Prograis has collected two dozen victories as a … Post navigation. (Getty Images) Whenever filmmakers do … Should be a highly entertaining affair between two guys from across the pond. 2:02 p.m.: Welcome to Sporting News’ live coverage of World Boxing Super Series final between WBA junior welterweight champion Regis Prograis and IBF titleholder Josh Taylor. (Prograis 10-9, 78-74 Taylor), Round 7: Prograis got off to a quick start but the power of Taylor is having its effect as a right hook appeared to bloody Prograis' nose. Okolie is one of the rising stars in an underrated cruiserweight division. A stamina battle broke out. Referee Howard Foster asked if Price wanted more. He’s only 23, so let him grow and gain the necessary experience before you throw him to the wolves. The Briton’s defense differed to the American’s, keeping both his forearms high to provide a double-gloved shield against Prograis’s incoming patter. As of February 2021, he is ranked as the world's third best active light welterweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, second best by The Ring magazine and fourth best by BoxRec. Heading into their junior welterweight title unification bout on Saturday night, Regis Prograis told Sporting News that Josh Taylor was the No. (They won’t.) Josh Taylor defeats Jose Ramirez, says Regis “I got Taylor,” said Prograis to iFL TV when asked to pick the Josh Taylor vs. Jose Ramirez unification fight. (Taylor 10-9, 49-46 Taylor), Round 4: Prograis finally looks loose. The percentage of fan cards that disagree with an official result. Josh Taylor walks out ahead of the super-lightweight victory over Regis Prograis in London in 2019. Want to see what Prograis is made of here in the final round. Prograis boxed with a distinctive guard in which his left glove protected his chin and his right stayed loose, and he southpaw jabbed Taylor, boxing cute, showing superior activity in the early stages of the contest. That man with the endurance, through six at least, appeared to be Taylor, with Prograis struggling to match the higher tempo. 4:43 p.m.: Lee Selby def. Josh Taylor vs Regis Prograis Fan scorecards. Originally, Chisora had been set to face former WBO champion Joseph Parker but the latter was forced off the card so Price stepped up to the plate. That's the type of fight Usyk needs to see if he is a legit contender. Picture: Paul Harding/PA Wire Josh Taylor walks out ahead of the super-lightweight victory over Regis Prograis in London in 2019. Fan Rating: 0. Here is what happened at Regis Prograis vs. Josh Taylor. Werben auf Business Insider | Werben auf Gründerszene, Impressum & Kontakt |  Datenschutz | AGB | Jobs & Karriere, Privatsphäre |  Disclaimer | Widerrufsbelehrung. He's landing crisp jabs which is allowing him to get on the inside. The continuous onslaught from every angle is starting to take its toll on Prograis. — It was a long, winding road for Prograis to get to the World Boxing Super Series finals. How the referee didn't take a point away from Burns is mind boggling. 3:25 p.m.: Lawrence Okolie def. Taylor and Prograis exhibited elite boxing skills and opened up brutal damage on each other. Taylor’s eye almost closed while Prograis bled heavily from the mouth. Regis Prograis vs. Josh Taylor - Preview and Analysis. Too little, too late for Burns as Selby now has won back-to-back tilts. Selby and his corner went after Burns to no avail. Chisora and Price were in tight quarters when the former connected on a short right hook to the top of the head that dropped Price. Picture By Ian Walton. 3:15 p.m.: Halfway through the fight and Okolie is up at least two rounds. May 22, 2021 l Leave a comment l by Boxing Videos. 2:10 p.m.: Kicking off the main card of Prograis vs. Taylor, Conor Benn (15-0, 10 KOs) faces off with Steve Jamoye (26-7-2, 5 KOs) in welterweight action. He stunned Selby with a flush right hook and a solid left hook at the end of the fight. Fun stuff so far. Join DAZN and watch more than 100 fight nights a year. Regis Prograis vs. Josh Taylor for Ring 140-pound title May 20th, 2019 - Comments Closed By Charles Brun: Regis ‘Rougarou’ Prograis and Josh ‘The … He brought up Oleksandr Usyk as his next opponent. The referee needs to deduct a point the next time if Taylor does it again. Okolie needs to be more active. Where was this Prograis for the bulk of the fight? (Prograis 10-9, 116-112 Taylor), Round 11: Great action round and one Prograis needed in the worst way. Steve Jamoye by TKO at 2:18 of the fourth round. Sensing a shift in work-rate, Taylor worked his way into a higher gear, throwing combinations and attacking Prograis with more purpose than he had shown in the first half of the fight. The lucrative World Boxing Super Series continues to reward fighters with big pay cheques. Prograis … Expectations are high for him. CONTROVERSY RATING: 63%. At the end of each season, there are world titles at stake, career-high paydays, and a torso-sized and spiralized Muhammad Ali trophy. Josh Taylor just decisioned Regis Prograis in a thrilling, edge-of-your-seat battle in London. Taylor (15-0, 12 KOs) made it to this stage with a TKO victory over Ryan Martin and a unanimous decision win against Ivan Baranchyk. Stay locked in with SN, as it should be an exciting night of action. That's the universal sign in boxing that the punch hurt. 5:13 p.m.: What an entertaining conclusion to the third round. He went hard to the body and connected on a couple flush left hands. 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This may well be a key aspect in the fight. Selby should get the nod in this one. (Taylor 10-9, 98-92 Taylor), Round 9: Prograis appeared to continue the momentum from the eighth as he was boxing very well off the back foot and in a good rhythm. Josh Taylor beats Regis PrograisPhoto by Paul Harding/PA Images via Getty Images. (Taylor 10-9, 88-83 Taylor), Round 8: Good work from Prograis. Hard to know what to make of Benn. Taylor landed the cleaner shots, going in and out and mixing it up by going inside and then going upstairs. It's to the point Prograis needs to start applying the pressure because the fight is slipping away. Prograis excels when he’s able to flow freely with his offense, but Taylor is a more complete fighter than anyone the Louisianan has faced to date. Well those were late #BurnsSelby pic.twitter.com/3aDcJDbVyc. Regis Prograis and Josh Taylor meet in a highly-anticipated 140-pound showdown. Selby controlled the first seven rounds as he showed to be the superior boxer. Email. Chisora's now won three in a row and keeps his hopes alive for another crack at the heavyweight title. Josh Taylor (R) and Regis Prograis during the super-lightweight unification at the O2 Arena, London. The towel comes in from Price's corner, giving @DerekWarChisora the win #ChisoraPrice pic.twitter.com/DbDCx0KeFD. Ricky Burns by majority decision (115-115, 116-113, 116-112). Tweet Embed: //twitter.com/mims/statuses/1188229761488867328?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw A night he’ll never forget ?#PrograisTaylor pic.twitter.com/JsWxrFr2C7. Most fans and pundits will agree that Prograis-Taylor is … 5:21 p.m.: Chisora def. 2:48 p.m.: Up next at Prograis vs. Taylor, Lawrence Okolie (13-0, 10 KOs) takes on Yves Ngabu (20-0, 14 KOs) in cruiserweight action. Taylor, in contrast, threw less but had superior power, inspiring raucous applause from the partisan crowd whenever he landed a single chin-crunching uppercut. Bad sportsmanship by Burns because Selby is outboxing him and making it look easy at this point. The winner  keeps hope alive for a title shot, while the loser is unlikely to get one for the remainder of his career. Price (25-6, 20 KOs) seems to have found a new lease on life after being written off after going through a stretch where he lost three of four by now winning three in a row. (Taylor 10-9). By Peter Lim. Prograis, meanwhile, had a busted, bloody nose. Taylor has a cut above the right eye. A lot is on the line for the British heavyweights. Sporting News scored the fight 116-112 for Taylor. 2:32 p.m.: Conor Benn def. His best round of the fight. He's more worried about feinting than landing effective shots. Seeing too many single shots from Okolie and more holding than throwing from Ngabu. Josh Taylor vs Regis Prograis. Burns (43-7-1, 16 KOs) is a former three-division world champion comes in on shaky footing, going 2-2 in his last four fights. Price by TKO at 2:00 of the fourth round. But the ringside judges gave the teak-tough Taylor the nod, ushering in a new star of the lightweight division. (Prograis 10-9, 39-37 Taylor), Round 3: A pretty even round until Taylor poured it on in the final moments with a blistering combination. 02 ARENA, LONDON — Josh Taylor defeated Regis Prograis by the slimmest of margins on Saturday, but in doing so becomes a unified lightweight champion, the World Boxing Super Series winner, and a new face of British boxing. Conor is the son of former world champion Nigel Benn. WhatsApp. Regis Prograis takes on Josh Taylor in the biggest fights of their careers on Saturday. He's more active and throwing the heavier shots especially to the body. Ngabu will be Okolie’s toughest test to date. His footwork came together, the jab was clicking and nearly spun Taylor's head around with a right hand. Date, time, PPV price, odds & location for 2021 boxing match, Anthony Joshua calls Tyson Fury a 'fraud' after arbitrator rules in Deontay Wilder's favor, https://images.daznservices.com/di/library/sporting_news/27/45/regis-prograis-josh-taylor-102619-sportingnews-ftr_1cw2bmyyspmpm1fc7t6v58v7gi.jpg?t=202157838&w=500&quality=80, Regis Prograis vs. Josh Taylor; Ali Trophy, WBA Super, WBC Diamond, IBF & Ring Magazine super lightweight titles, Dereck Chisora vs. David Price; Heavyweights, Lawrence Okolie vs. Yves Ngabu; EBU European cruiserweight title, Conor Benn vs. Steve Jamoye; WBA Continental welterweight title. He unloaded a barrage of power punches including a right hand that made Price stumble into the ropes and got saved by the bell. The World Boxing Super Series final between Regis Prograis and Josh Taylor will take place on a show shared with Derek Chisora vs Joseph Parker, October 26 at London’s O2 Arena. 4:35 p.m.: Where was that Burns in the first half of the fight? Alle Rechte vorbehalten. The referee immediately jumped in and put a halt to it. Josh Taylor Knocks Down Ramirez Twice, Becomes Undisputed Champion | FIGHT HIGHLIGHTS. Copyright © 2021 Business Insider Deutschland GmbH. For Taylor, it was bruising on the right eye — a swelling so large it was close to sealing shut. Neither fighter escaped injury free and will likely be waking up for days to come, wandering into their bathrooms bleary-eyed, looking in the mirror and seeing the damage, then cursing each other aloud. Let's see what the judges have to say. He’s content with popping the jab because of his sizable reach advantage, and in turn, only throws the majority of his shots one at a time. Through four, it was hard to split a winner. By Scott Christ, Wil Esco, Patrick L. Stumberg, and Lewis Watson Oct 25, 2019, 12:00pm EDT Photo by … Josh Taylor’s run through what was a tough tournament included title wins over Ivan Baranchyk and the excellent Regis Prograis after a pre-tournament victory … 4:06 p.m.: Interesting exchange at the end of the fifth round as Burns hit Selby way after the bell had sounded with a right hook. Both had their styles, evident from the opening bell. Too little, too late as the fight should go to Taylor. But after 12, despite a competitive fight between two athletes at the top of their game, there was only one winner — Taylor, whose majority decision victory was confirmed by the ring announcer Michael Buffer with scorecards of 114-114, 115-113, 117-112. Josh Taylor's sharpness of mind and movement could give him the edge over Regis Prograis in the World Boxing Super Series final, says the Scot's former opponent Ohara Davies. One decided by who could out-last who. Regis Prograis at a media workout at the Rathbone Boxing Club, London, ahead of his fight against Josh Taylor in the World Boxing Super Series junior welterweight final at the o2 Arena on October 26, 2019.