Prograis tops Zorrilla, defends WBC junior welterweight title - ESPN

NEW ORLEANS — It wasn't the performance Regis Prograis wanted to put on in his hometown, but he was able to successfully defend his WBC junior welterweight title on Saturday night.

Prograis defeated Danielito Zorrilla by split decision on Saturday night at the Smoothie King Center. Prograis won on two cards 118-109 and 117-110 while one scorecard went Zorrilla's way, 114-113.

Prograis (29-1, 25 KO) was honest about his performance and felt he could have put on a better show for the local crowd.

«My performance was s---. I can admit to myself it wasn't a good performance,» Prograis said. «The last two days, I felt the hometown jitters. The hometown fights, they are the worst. I felt it going into it yesterday into today. I got the job done. I kept the belt. I'm happy about that but I'm definitely not happy about my performance.»

Zorrilla (17-2, 13 KO) took the fight on less than a month's notice as he was a late replacement for undefeated Australian fighter Liam Paro who pulled out of the fight with an injury.

Following the fight, Prograis sat with Matchroom boxing promoter Eddie Hearn as the two spoke with reporters about what options could be next at 140 pounds. Bill Haney, Devin Haney's father, was in attendance on Saturday but Hearn said there are plenty of options for Prograis' next fight.

Hearn mentioned Haney, Teofimo Lopez and Gervonta Davis as all great fights that could be made for Prograis.

«For me, it's up to Regis,» Hearn said. «I mean, I think the great thing about tonight is there's going to be a lot of people queuing up to fight. I've not heard any of those big names mention Regis' name before tonight, other than Devin. But now I think you're going to see people actually target Regis Prograis that he might