Comments Thread For: DiBella: Regis Prograis Is Not Fighting Maurice Hooker At 147 Pounds

[yankees7448]

This fight wasn't going to take placce at 140 in the first place. It was a already at welterweight. Time to move up and start trying to fight these fighters he love to name drop like Crawford and Spence. I was never high on him and you should see why. Dude is content spending his whole career in the minor league version of welterweight.

That's silly. He's a top dog at 140 and there are still very good matchups for him there. If he can make 140 comfortably then he should stick around, win some more fights and try to put himself in a position where he challenges the winner of the eventual Taylor/Ramirez fight.

People shouldn't move up just for the sake of moving up.

[Inspired]

Why move up when you still have good fights at 140 Prograis is not even that big of a guy he will be similar to Matthysse when he moved up to 147. Some people don't understand moving up in weight and moving back down is not always a good idea and sometimes messes with fighters in a bad way.

Lol minor league welterweight get the hell out of here dude 140 has more competitive fights at the moment than 147 where there is only 2 big names on a collision course in Spence and Crawford and everybody else is just recycling fights against each other. Crawford name drops a lot knowing damn well he fights top rank fighters only.

wouldnt mind crawford vs pacquaio though...
bob can get it done in china or dubai.

[Satir]

why people are pushing him to 147, he isnt that big and Hooker isnt WW himself, 140 is more compétitive division with more potetntial match/ups, he is still a top dog and can become the ****ing king of this division, Taylor-Prograis fight was a final and at the time for the best 140 pounder, Ramirez is clearly weaker than both Taylor and Prograis and imo loses to both of them

[SteveM]

If Prograis can make 140 without losing something he should stay there. Why did Hooker sign for 143 if he can't make it? What happened between time of signature and now - I'm guessing he's been lazy (read non-professional) during Covid and blown up to who knows what walk-around weight.

The jump from 140-147 isn't mentioned as a difficult jump but recently there have been a number of fighters who've looked stellar at 140 but can't dominate 147

Matthyse
Danny Garcia - competitive but not dominant
Khan - best win Alexander
Crawford - he's assumed to be top two on the eyeball test but it's not proven yet
Mikey Garcia - was a champ at 140

All of which leaves Pac looking even better. Beats former champion Thurman at 40 years old - there's an ATG fighting before your eyes.

[Bronx2245]

What if Mikey Garcia offered Prograis to fight him @ 147? Hmmm? Hooker might as well chase Vergil Ortiz Jr., or Mikey Garcia too! Not many options @ 147 at DAZN.

[emceetns]

This fight wasn't going to take placce at 140 in the first place. It was a already at welterweight. Time to move up and start trying to fight these fighters he love to name drop like Crawford and Spence. I was never high on him and you should see why. Dude is content spending his whole career in the minor league version of welterweight.

The catchweight was a concession to Maurice Hooker and their is still unfinished business at 140 with Josh Taylor and a potential fight with Jose Ramirez. In addition to that, there are guys at 135 who will probably move up soon, like Teofimo Lopez, Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia.

[Kannabis Kid]

wouldnt mind crawford vs pacquaio though...
bob can get it done in china or dubai.

Oh definitely that would be a good fight I favor Crawford because he can box and is long but I'd still watch it and couldn't complain because Pacquiao eliminated Thurman so it wouldn't be out of reach for either one.

Except not China lets do Dubai lol

[Mister Wolf]

The catchweight was a concession to Maurice Hooker and their is still unfinished business at 140 with Josh Taylor and a potential fight with Jose Ramirez. In addition to that, there are guys at 135 who will probably move up soon, like Teofimo Lopez, Devin Haney and Ryan Garcia.

So while Taylor and Ramirez move up to the big leagues this guy plans to stay behind to play gatekeeper to some kids.

[Afi23]

A bit like Jessie Vargas and Brook, Hooker seems to be caught between two divisions: can't make 140lbs but probably not "big" enough to hang at 147lbs vs the elite.

[Mister Wolf]

A bit like Jessie Vargas and Brook, Hooker seems to be caught between two divisions: can't make 140lbs but probably not "big" enough to hang at 147lbs vs the elite.

Hooker's punch resistance might actually end up being better now that he isn't killing himself to make 140.