Comments Thread For: Regis Prograis Believes He Can Be The Face of Boxing

[tokon]

He is not going to be the face of boxing, but no one ever achieved greatness shooting for mediocrity. Beat Haney, no easy task, and more doors will sure be open to him. He has proven he is willing to fight all comers. That alone is rare in this day and age of carefully managed careers.

There's a lot to like about Prograis but beating Haney will be a difficult task and Regis hasn't previously shown that he's prepared to take the risks, or lay it all on the line. When it was all there to win he came up short against Taylor.

[Ry92]

Beat Haney aim for Ryan Garcia if win get the tank fight another payday n retire then again if magically still winning there's the Teo fight. If teo is there in his head he smokes Regis but if teo is teo it's a winnable fight for Regis prepare fore the best teo hope the regular teo shows up

[Boxing18]

Gervonta isn’t face of anything

[TheOneAboveAll]

Preposterous, but, in his defense, Progras didn't actually say he could be the face of boxing, or be as big as Canelo or Davis. Of course not, he could barely sell 6,000 seats at the Smoothie King Center in his hometown of New Orleans (1/3 capacity) earlier this year. He's not a star in his hometown and never will be; even if he puts another dumb New Orleans tattoo in the middle of his forehead. As far as Gervonta goes, he's the king of Baltimore. That's about it.

[TheOneAboveAll]

The only ones with the Skills to be the face of boxing might be Shakur.

Would love to see Shakur vs Teo in the future.

It takes more than skill though. Generally you need some flair and charisma to get to that level of commercial success. Canelo isn't really any kind of character, but on top of being an exciting fighter, he's a red-headed Irish Mexican with a built-in 100 million member fanbase.

[TheOneAboveAll]

Face of boxing in New Orleans

Not really. I live there.

[jackblack008]

His previous fight was embarrassing. Hopefully he turns up for Haney

[Smash]

"Currently, Canelo Alvarez and Gervonta Davis are head and shoulders above everyone in that department"

there is just something weird about that statement

[back2ochos]

Sorry, but I think Jake Paul has a better chance than Regis, some fighters are good, but there is something that just dont grab the casuals attention, we in different generation now days

[Elheath]

"Currently, Canelo Alvarez and Gervonta Davis are head and shoulders above everyone in that department"

there is just something weird about that statement

Like him or not personally, Canelo I can understand the argument and agree with it, but sheesh...

I've come to the point where I am begging to see who Tank fights next and what his PPV will be. He was making a million or so per fight up with less than 300k PPV until the Ryan Garcia fight where it suddenly exploded, but I highly doubt it will hit that high again unless he gets some super popular opponent (which I can't think of what he'll do).