Comments Thread For: Regis Prograis and his enduring love for a 'super dirty sport'

[champion4ever]

Regis Prograis just lost me and many more with that Haney weight BS! He beat your asS fair and square get the fu_k over it, he made weight by the rules of the governing bodies so lose that BS! I kind of thing he's finished now, when you make them weak ass excuses, especially when you getting outboxed every round and not even competitive at all.

You are right. He has lost a ton of respect among boxing fans with his false insinuations and implications that Haney cheated him.

He is really tarnishing his legacy now. He has gone from being a graceful and class act to an actual piece of shit overnight!

[Boricua181]

I hope that Regis realizes that he is fighting Catterall , not Catteralls resume. Forget what he's done , focus on what he can do. I think that Regis should have enough left to beat Catterall but would not be shocked if it went the other way. He looked terrible against Zorilla and Haney.

You have to have a certain amount of empathy for fighters, because beyond the physical injuries they endure in boxing, there are the psychological, and spiritual injuries.
They are cheated, mistreated, and in the end they are defeated, leaving them broke, confused, with no where else to go.
Prograis has got it all wrong when bring up Catterall's resume, he's not fighting Catterall's resume, he's fighting Catterall just as you said.
Then trying to say that Haney's weight advantage against him, was comparable to Garcia's illegal PED's advantage over Haney is just plain crazy (a flat out lie).
Haney weighed 8.2 pounds more than you did after the weigh-in, the fact that he was able to put on more weight than you, doesn't make him a cheat.
On the other hand Garcia taking Performance enhancing drugs before his fight with Haney, does make Garcia a cheat.
Get that through your thick head, and stop spreading false narratives, boxing fans can see right through your bull****.
Pull yourself together, because you sound like your broken, and you can't fight effectively in that kind of mind set. Accept your defeats like a professional, and soldier on.

[Finito2K]

You have to have a certain amount of empathy for fighters, because beyond the physical injuries they endure in boxing, there are the psychological, and spiritual injuries.
They are cheated, mistreated, and in the end they are defeated, leaving them broke, confused, with no where else to go.
Prograis has got it all wrong when bring up Catterall's resume, he's not fighting Catterall's resume, he's fighting Catterall just as you said.
Then trying to say that Haney's weight advantage against him, was comparable to Garcia's illegal PED's advantage over Haney is just plain crazy (a flat out lie).
Haney weighed 8.2 pounds more than you did after the weigh-in, the fact that he was able to put on more weight than you, doesn't make him a cheat.
On the other hand Garcia taking Performance enhancing drugs before his fight with Haney, does make Garcia a cheat.
Get that through your thick head, and stop spreading false narratives, boxing fans can see right through your bull****.
Pull yourself together, because you sound like your broken, and you can't fight effectively in that kind of mind set. Accept your defeats like a professional, and soldier on.

I'd like to feel some empathy for fighters. Until I remind myself that there are far better ways to make a living that don't involve getting punched in the face. These guys have chosen to participate in the shadiest of sports, well aware of all the pitfalls you've listed.

[STREET CLEANER]

That’s right. He is a gatekeeper status now.

Too bad because I like to watch him but his approach like Ennis in not having a promoter hindered his career. He got a title and a nice unification but was quickly boxed out again by the promoters. Unfortunately promotions companies are a necessary evil.

[SteveM]

He on the downside of his career. He will go where they pay him for his name and some credibility. Now he will be brought in to be a name in some fighter's record.

He will lose to Caterall and then get a easy fight before being fed to Azim

[SteveM]

Regis Prograis just lost me and many more with that Haney weight BS! He beat your asS fair and square get the fu_k over it, he made weight by the rules of the governing bodies so lose that BS! I kind of thing he's finished now, when you make them weak ass excuses, especially when you getting outboxed every round and not even competitive at all.

Likely he didn't make weight by the rules of the governing bodies - and that's the issue

[Boricua181]

I'd like to feel some empathy for fighters. Until I remind myself that there are far better ways to make a living that don't involve getting punched in the face. These guys have chosen to participate in the shadiest of sports, well aware of all the pitfalls you've listed.

I've read, or seen their documentaries, biographies, or movies, and many of these guys have been punched in their faces early in their lives, and often.
Some even before they knew that fighting or boxing existed, learning at an early age if you don't want to get beat up you have to fight back.
They didn't have many choices in life, so they turn to fighting to defend themselves, stealing to feed themselves, and possibly their families etc.
Moreover many of them don't have a clue as to how shady boxing really is, until they've gotten their fair share of black eyes, bloody noses, busted lips, and broken bones.
It's to late for them to back out then, because they've become addicted, to the cheers, money, and fame that makes them feel like somebody important.
I've fought in, and out of the ring, you probably have too, it wasn't always by choice, it was more out of necessity.
I had a choice like many of us had, but everyone isn't afforded choices especially when they're young, ignorant, hungry, and scared.
There way of surviving is to fight, which in many cases leads them to boxing, if it keeps them from a life of crime, drugs, and homelessness, then so be it.