Regis Prograis isn’t ready to let his ongoing feud with Maurice Hooker end without an actual fight in the ring. The twice-canceled matchup of former junior welterweight titlists has left Prograis out of the ring since his title-losing effort to Josh...
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Promoters Lou DiBella and Dino Duva conceded Monday that they’ve stopped negotiating to make a Regis Prograis-Maurice Hooker fight at a higher weight. The former 140-pound champions signed contracts for a 12-round fight at a contracted catch weight o...
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Regis Prograis doesn’t believe this stalemate is about weight. The powerful southpaw suspects Maurice Hooker actually thought twice after agreeing to box Prograis and changed his mind. The former WBO junior welterweight champion would’ve been paid ve...
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Regis Prograis gets the sense that his fight against Maurice Hooker just wasn’t meant to happen. They were supposed to meet earlier in their careers. Then the former 140-pound champions signed contracts to fight April 17, only to have it postponed by...
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Maurice Hooker still wants to fight fellow former junior welterweight world titlist Regis Prograis, but said he simply cannot do it at the 143-pound weight limit they had agreed to before their fight was postponed. Hooker and Prograis were scheduled...
Maurice Hooker is willing to reschedule his fight against Regis Prograis. The former WBO junior welterweight champion just doesn’t want to face Prograis at a catch weight of 143 pounds anymore. According to what Brian McIntyre, Hooker’s trainer, told...
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Jose Ramirez has a feeling an improved Maurice Hooker will give Regis Prograis a tougher fight than some might expect. Ramirez knocked out Hooker in the sixth round of their 140-pound title unification fight July 27, but the unbeaten WBC/WBO champion...
The winner of the Regis Prograis-Maurice Hooker fight is a potential opponent for Mikey Garcia if he returns to the junior welterweight division. Garcia is intrigued by Prograis-Hooker, though he expects Prograis to win that battle between former 140...
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Under normal circumstances, tonight would have been the night Maurice Hooker would have been walking to the ring at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland to square off against Regis Prograis in a clash of once-beaten fighters.
Maurice Hooker is enjoying time with his loved ones, but is eager to get back to work with his boxing family. The ongoing coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic continues to carry global impact, with many people isolated in their place of residence...
By Keith Idec - Regis Prograis earned nearly $30,000 for his first televised fight. The eventual WBA super lightweight champion had never made that much money for a single bout before out-pointing Amos Cowart in an eight-rounder Showtime televised fr...
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Regis Prograis sparred eight rounds Monday afternoon in Santa Monica, California. That was after the former WBA 140-pound champion learned that his fight with Maurice Hooker won’t take place April 17 in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Prograis (24-1, 20 KOs) wa...
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A battle between two former junior welterweight champions has fallen victim as the latest cancellation on the boxing calendar due to the coronavirus outbreak. Regis Prograis (24-1 20 KOs) and Maurice Hooker (27-1-3 18 KOs) were set to meet at the MGM...
FRISCO, Texas – Regis Prograis experienced the pressure a fighter feels when boxing in his hometown. The former WBA 140-pound champion has headlined cards in his native New Orleans and nearby Lafayette, Louisiana. As he sat ringside for the Jose Rami...
By Thomas Gerbasi - When Shane Mosley ruled the lightweight division from 1997 to 1999, some were brave enough to state that the Pomona native would never lose. He was that good. Yet that opinion never came out of Mosley’s mouth. Instead, he was blun...
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