Puerto Rico's Danielito Zorrilla believes that he did enough to overcome Regis Prograis for the World Boxing Council (WBC) super lightweight world title at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans.

The fight, which took place earlier this month, saw one judge score the fight 114-113 in favor of Zorrilla, while the other two gave it to the defending champion by scores of 118-109 and 117-110.

With this result, Zorrilla dropped to a record of 17 wins, two losses and 13 knockouts. 

“I am not satisfied [with the decision] because the judges did not know how to appreciate [the way I fight]. But for my part I feel good because I realize that I did my fight and I did what I had to do with the little time I had to train," Zorrilla told Sara Hernandez.

“I felt that I won because [Prograis] only punched me once, which was the one where he knocked me down [in the third round]. I have watched the fight twice, and that was the only punch that he could land on me. Obviously, I didn't look like the way people wanted or thought I would, but I did good boxing: hit and not get hit. The one who looked bad was [Prograis]."

The fight itself was viewed as a stinker for both fighters, as CompuBox tallied 84 combined punches between the two fighters in their twelve round contest - which "were the fewest in a title fight in CompuBox's 38-year history."

Zorrilla accepted the fight on a few weeks notice after Prograis' initial opponent, Liam Paro, withdrew with injury.

When he was notified of the opportunity, Zorrilla was working outside of boxing, but he was still in solid shape after being active this past March.

“I did not convince the judges, but I did convince the organizations and the bosses. We had a lot of discussions because they know that they only notified me three weeks before the fight [that I'd face Prograis]. I was not 'ready' because boxing is not profitable for me and I have a home to maintain. But now, with this fight, some doors have been opened for me and I can dedicate myself to boxing 100 percent with the money I earned,” Zorrilla said.