Ryan Garcia Makes a Shocking Statement About Regis Prograis

Barely days remain for Ryan Garcia’s (24-1, 20 KOs) highly anticipated showdown against super lightweight superstar Devin Haney (31-0, 15 KOs). With the WBC super lightweight title in sight, Garcia has not shied away from trying every antic in the book to hype up the fight. And, now it looks like he has turned his sight towards Haney’s former opponent, Regis Prograis (29-2, 24 KOs). In an intriguing statement, Garcia revealed why he thought Prograis was “not a good fighter.”

Garcia was recently a guest on DAZN Boxing’s Off the Cuff. Haney had previously won the WBC super lightweight title after defeating Prograis in December. In conversation, Garcia stated that Prograis’ amateurish performance was the reason behind his loss.

“You’ve got to have no mercy on Devin. That’s the problem Lomachenko had. Regis is just not a good fighter. He’s still amateur, in my opinion, the way he fights. He started late, and it’s showing that he started late,” he said.

Haney had dominated Prograis from start to finish during their fight. At the end of the 12 rounds, all three judges scored the fight 120–107, making Haney the winner by unanimous decision. On the other hand, Garcia believes that he wouldn’t take as long to defeat Prograis. “I would knock him out within three rounds. It would be very bad for Regis,” he said.

“Make sure your head is on straight”

As the day for the fight inches closer, there is no denying that Garcia’s promoter, Oscar De La Hoya, is super excited about the fight. Speaking to FightHub TV, De La Hoya had a word of advice for his fighter in the event of the fight entering the second half.

De La Hoya stated that emerging victorious was more important than securing a knockout victory.

“Fighters, when they go out and fight, and they come back to the corner, and they’re breathing, and then they feel tired, and they feel they have to kind of slow down. No. Just take a few breaths and go out there and fight hard again. You trained so hard for 12 rounds for that moment. Make sure your head is on straight,” he said. “Make sure that you know that you trained hard. Make sure that when you go to fight, you’re confident enough that you’re going to fight 12 hard rounds. That’s it.”

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