R egis Prograis would never look past an opponent. But few in the world of men’s professional boxing would blame him for making plans beyond his junior welterweight title defense Saturday in his hometown of New Orleans.
In Prograis’s first fight since he knocked out Jose Zepeda in Los Angeles in November to win the World Boxing Council’s 140lb belt, Danielito Zorrilla stands in his way.
Zorrilla (17-1, 13 KOs) only landed the shot to face Prograis after an injury forced the originally programmed challenger, Liam Paro, to withdraw.
He’s entering his second fight since losing a fairly wide unanimous decision last July to Arnold Barboza – who was the Prograis camp’s first choice to replace Paro – and is considered a relatively sizable underdog by the bettors.